2. Why Oral Health Intervention?
• High prevalence of dental
disease (Caries, Gum
diseases)
• Dentist: Population ratio
• Pricing is very high and not
standardized
• Lack of awareness about
importance of oral hygiene
especially in rural areas
3. High Prevelance Of Dental Disease
• Dental caries which may
lead to life threatening
condition.
• Periodontal disease Gum
disease is another major
Oral health. When left
untreated it leads to loss
of teeth.
• These two diseases were
found in highest rate in
rural areas
4. Dentist: Population ratio
• The dentist to
population ratio in India
in 2004 was 1:10,000 in
urban areas and
1:250,000 in rural areas
• Presence of doctors
skewed towards urban
area.
5. Cost Of Treatment
• Pricing is very high and not
standardized.
• Normally dental chair alone cost
around 1,15,000.
• More over the pricing of dental
services has put it way beyond
the reach of common man with
dentists pointing to the capital
intensive nature of the practice
as the reason
• Here we innovate in simple
manner.
6. Dental Awareness
Lack of awareness about
Importance of oral
hygiene especially in
rural areas.
7. SughaVazhvu Oral health Intervention
Mainly based on…
1.Curative approach
2.Preventive approach
8. Curative Approach
•Providing good oral
hygiene through our
innovative dental set up
available in RMHC.
•Give oral health education
9. Oral Health Education
• Dental plaque is the most important
factor in the etiology and progression of
prevalent forms of periodontal disease
and dental caries
• This can be is achieved through
promoting oral health education.
10. Preventive Approach
• School Based Screening
• Provision of oral health
education through a
school based
intervention to increase
the awareness of
importance of oral
hygiene.
11. Oral Health Screening in Primary Care
• Oral health screening in the
primary care setting is
important because primary
care providers often have
early access to children who
are most at risk for poor oral
health.
12. Components of Oral Screening
• An oral health screening is comprised
of three parts:
• Reviewing oral health history;
• Performing a physical examination of
the child’s mouth; and
• Referring for preventive dental care or
assessment and treatment.
13. Oral Health Assessment
• Dental Caries status & Treatment
Need
• Periodontal Disease status
• Oral mucosal conditions
• Dental Fluorosis status
14. Market Dental Chair
• Body Contoured electrically operated multi
programmable chair (Two Erasable, Zero & Gargle) right
arm Rotatable for Easy access.
• FARO(Italy) Operating Light with Intensity Control,
Sensor (non touch) On/Off.
• Chair Side Porcelain Spittoon. Vacuum Suction : High &
Low Motorized
• Chair Mount Unit Modular delivery system hanging Cords
• Two Airoter Points – One HPS with Fibre Optic Light ultra
push quick change twist free cord.
• Supreme Micro motor 35000 rpm
• Three way syringe – 2 nos.
• X-Ray viewer
• Monitor Mounting arm with all the Movement
• Multi – Function foot control
• Operating Stool
16. Sughavazhvu Dental Chair-Design
• Innovation in the design of dental chair.
• It was designed in-house as an alternative
to the expensive non-customizable dental
chair currently available in the market.
• An adjustable examination bed was
converted into a dental examination bed.
• A Light Emitting Diode (LED) fitted to an
elevated stand on the side of the bed acted
as the light source during examination and
treatment procedures.
17. • A spitting bowl attached by the side of the bed
has a direct connection to the drainage, which
led to the hygienic disposal of by-products of
scaling procedure.
• Apart from the multi-functional utility of the
dental bed, the entire set up cost Rs 50,000
less than dental chairs currently available in
the market
19. On Launch date
• 17 patients on the day of launch at
the Alakkudi RMHC.
• The patients examined on the dental
bed were very comfortable and
expressed satisfaction with the entire
set up.
• Among the 17 cases, one case of
Gingivitis was advised scaling.
• The remaining 16 cases had to be
referred because of the advanced
nature of the ailments.
20. Referred cases…
• Dental caries in late stage.
• Advanced gingivitis
• Periodontitis cases were mostly in advanced
stages requiring tooth extraction.
• Dental fluorosis
21. Intervention launch- Success…
• Most of the patients were accessing
oral health service for the first time
and were eager to hear about
maintenance of oral hygiene and
brushing techniques.
