Dentistry in India is facing serious problems regarding accessibility of its services because of significant geographic imbalance in the availability of dental care. Oral health facility is almost non-existent in many rural areas and urban slums. As a result, it is becoming difficult for the urban poor and the rural population to get access to basic dental care.
A satellite healthcare facility often associated with a hospital or medical school that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients. Satellite health care facility usually operated under the auspices of a large institution but situated in a location some distance from the larger health center. Technology-enabled, asset-light, scalable satellite centres or small care units to serve under-penetrated lower-tier cities and villages by providing quality healthcare services that are accessible and affordable.
The satellite center is dedicated to provide oral health care solutions specifically for the people at the lower end of socio economic strata. The centres also work to widen the clinical opportunities and broaden the perspective for students pursuing dentistry. Through tailor made educational awareness programmes, this center inculcate sound oral health care and practices among the rural population.
Department of Public Health Dentistry is that part of the dental instruction that deals with the prevention of diseases affecting the mouth, teeth and associated structures and by this promoting the overall oral and general health. This department strives to enlighten the dental profession about their responsibilities towards the community and bring about awareness about the social aspects of the profession. Here, instead of the patient coming to the hospital or clinic for dental care, the professionals themselves go to their doorstep to do the same. This is done by conducting regular dental camps using our mobile dental clinic with a team of well trained dentists and interns as well as satellite centres. By this, even the population at the remotest areas and poorest of conditions can be provided with dental care and management.
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