"Chirunavvutho"
Dental Camp
"Chirunavvutho"
in telugu language means "The perfect smile" ... We organised a
dental camp at the Andhra Pradesh Residential School for Girls in Bheemili on
14th of March 2016 with the objective of providing a free dental checkup for
all the students of the school and spread awareness about maintaining dental
hygiene among the students. There were around 300 students who came for the
dental checkup. While most didnot have any serious dental condition there
seemed to be a widespread problem of "fluorosis" among the students
which is mostly because of high fluoride content in the ground water they are
using for all purposes. The management of the school were informed to look into
this matter and arrange for purified water for drinking purposes as this problem
can have serious future consequences. We thank the faculty and management of
GITAM Dental College for their kind co-operation in providing the necessary
doctors and other medical supplies and the doctors who devoted their valuable
time for the noble cause. We look forward in enabling the students with some
serious dental conditions to seek further treatment at the GITAM Dental
College, the authorities of which has promised free treatment for all students.
