{"id":48214,"date":"2023-09-15T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/?p=48214"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:01:12","slug":"dental-colleges-to-be-equipped-with-super-speciality-facilities-implant-centres-for-five-govt-hospitals-in-punjab-health-minister-dr-balbir-singh-announces-slew-of-initiatives-to-upgrade-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/dental-colleges-to-be-equipped-with-super-speciality-facilities-implant-centres-for-five-govt-hospitals-in-punjab-health-minister-dr-balbir-singh-announces-slew-of-initiatives-to-upgrade-o\/","title":{"rendered":"DENTAL COLLEGES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH SUPER-SPECIALITY FACILITIES, IMPLANT CENTRES FOR FIVE GOVT HOSPITALS IN PUNJAB  \u2014 HEALTH MINISTER DR BALBIR SINGH ANNOUNCES SLEW OF INITIATIVES TO UPGRADE ORAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHANDIGARH, September 15 (Press ki Taquat)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With an aim to ensure world-class oral healthcare facilities at all the government hospitals and medical colleges in the state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday announced slew of projects including upgradation of both the Government Dental Colleges\u2014 Amritsar and Patiala\u2014 to ensure super-speciality facilities including Trauma ward, besides, setting-up of Advanced Dental Implant Centres and introducing Orthopantomagram (OPG) machines at district hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe will also incentivise the doctors (dentists) doing good work at district hospitals by felicitating them and placing them directly at Medical Colleges,\u201d he said while exhorting dentists to have specialisation in their domain by learning advanced dental procedures. He also announced to fill all the vacant posts of dental doctors in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pertinently, this is for the first time that Advanced Dental Implant Centres are being established at five district hospitals including Mohali, Patiala, Jalandhar, Rupnagar and Amritsar, while, the hi-tech OPG machines\u2014 a panoramic scanning dental X-ray of the upper and lower jaw\u2014 are being introduced at two district hospitals including Amritsar and Mohali. After the success of these two pilot projects, the services will be extended to all the district hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Balbir Singh, who was presiding over the 5th Annual Dental Reorientation Training Session organised under the National Oral Health Programme (NOHP) Punjab for 280 Medical Officers (Dental) of the state in Mohali, also lauded the efforts of NOHP Punjab in providing oral healthcare facilities to the people of Punjab. As many as 5431 complete dentures were given free of cost to the patients in Punjab this year, while, 67478 school children and 48028 patients were screened and treated for various oral diseases during last year&#8217;s dental fortnights conducted throughout the Dental OPDs of the state, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Health Minister also felicitated districts, which had fabricated the maximum number of complete dentures during the Dental Fortnights, besides, honouring Medical Officers (Dental), who had conducted a maximum number of oral surgeries in the year, displaying best IEC material in Dental OPDs or for conducting innovative anti-tobacco awareness activities on World No Tobacco Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director Health Dr Adarshpal Kaur, while addressing the gathering said that this annual in-service reorientation training session was aimed to bring the Medical Officers (Dental) abreast with the latest treatment modalities in the field of Dental Implants, Prosthodontics and Orthodontics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speakers including Professor and Head Oral Surgery Government Dental College, Amritsar Dr Nitin Verma, MDS Prosthodontics Dr KBS Kuckreja and MDS Prosthodontics Dr Vikas Gupta and MDS orthodontics Dr Puneet Sharma conducted the scientific session of training by delivering lecture presentations on technical advancements and latest dental procedures to dental surgeons of Government health facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meanwhile, Deputy Director (Dental) Dr Surinder Mall assured the Health Minister that oral health facilities in the state will be further improved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the 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