PORTABLE DENTISTRY

It is very important to provide basic oral health services to people that have difficulty in gaining access to the traditional dental services. Portable and mobile dental clinics provides an innovative solution to provide dental amenities to vulnerable population.

Mobile dental clinic eliminates the geographic and transportation barrier by providing facilities to population such as low socio economic population, new immigrants and seasonal workers ,people who are homebound, bedridden , homeless  people with mental illness, vulnerable as well as pregnant women ,the elderly and school children.2In India, the oral health care services are usually provided through a network of primary health centers ,community health centers1, private hospitals and clinics.

Mobile dental clinic act as the first line of oral health care treatment to educate and motivate people in remote areas and thus, helps to improve the basic oral habits. Mobile dental delivery systems includes portable dental chair, dental x -ray unit, autoclave, oxygen cylinder, model and posters and dental unit waterlines, suction system.