The Community Dentistry Department at IMDC started the year with a school dental screening programme as well as oral health education sessions (OHE). The dental team comprised of Dr Sheze Haroon (Assistant Professor), Dr Sadia Sajjad (Senior Lecturer), and 2nd year BDS undergraduate students. A total of six schools in Bhara Kahu were visited, namely…
Dental Implantology cannot achieve optimum results without bone grafting techniques when needed. The importance of Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) was highlighted at the symposium held in University College of Dentistry, The University of Lahore. Dr Asrar Ahmad, the key speaker, described the different techniques of GBR with the help of clinical cases; he discussed the…
KARACHI: The Directorate of Complaints Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) conducted awareness sessions at their divisional headquarters of Larkana and Ghotki district to provide information about SHCC and the importance of complaint cell along with the process of complaint registration. About 60 participants from different healthcare establishments (HCE’s) including superintendents, doctors, the nursing staff of hospitals…
Being a community oriented medical university, public health awareness has been the primary objective of Baqai. From time to time, different awareness campaigns are held to spread the word amongst the community in order to overcome and eradicate various health problems. On the 4th of February Oral Cancer Day was celebrated in different primary healthcare…
Dow Dental College organised a continuing dental education (CDE) session, recently. The session was facilitated by Dr Fahad Kidwai. He is a PhD in Stem Cells and a Co-investigator / Clinical Fellow at National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. The lecture was attended by faculty members and post graduate trainees of the college. Dr…
KARACHI- Pfizer Pakistan Limited organized a one-day Symposium based on the “Basics of Clinical Orthodontics” at Karachi School of Business Leadership. Large number of dentists from across the city of Karachi attended this session. According to the eminent Orthodontist, Prof. Dr Syed Shah Faisal, In-charge Dental Hospital, Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC), due to the…
KARACHI- The 2nd Annual Symposium on ‘Emergency Medicine: An Emerging Specialty in Pakistan,’ was recently hosted by Dr Ziauddin Hospital and Ziauddin University, shedding light on the increasing number of deaths, occurring due to trauma cases. Whilst addressing the audience, Prof. Syed Minhas, Consultant Orthopedics, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) stated that, “There are 43% of deaths…
A Oral Cancer Genomics Seminar was organised by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Rehman College of Dentistry (RCD), Peshawar, and Centre of Genomics, Rehman Medical Institute (RMI), Peshawar). The objective of this seminar was to create awareness about Oral Cancer. Epidemiology of cancer worldwide and in Pakistan along with its current management, genetic etiology, introduction…
In collaboration with Department of Medical Education, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine (AIDM) arranged a faculty development workshop on ‘Writing Learning Objectives’ for both the campuses of AIDM. Facilitator for the workshop was Dr Shaur Sarfaraz BDS, MBA-HCM, MHPE, Coordinator Medical Education. The workshop was conducted in Defence campus. Workshop was based on introduction, ABCD’s,…
Cape Town- Dr Madiha Anwar, from Department of Oral Biology, Bahria University Medical and Dental College (BUMDC) was invited as Guest Speaker at the World Congress on Oral Care and Dentistry. The two-day conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme of the congress was innovative methods for different oral conditions. In the…
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