Dentistry in Developing Countries

Dentistry in Developing CountriesDENTURE CAMP-AN live BEYOND IMAGINATIONShort Title-Gundlupete Denture CampAbstract engage Main aim of dental camping is aw arness, education, and motivation of the common existence regarding his/her dental health. This report presents the efficient way of conducting a denture camp and tackling the short circuit comings face during the course. Methods When treating a vast population in camps, it c all told(prenominal)s for much number of instruments, equipments and lot of work force in terms of doctors, dental mechanism and supporting stave. 110 diligents were selected for the denture camp. They were communicate to come early cockcrow at 8a.m on the schedule designation and make necessary arrangements for their go on for one night during the camp as the most of the patients were from surrounding villages. raillery Dentures are no more a luxury it has rick a necessity for the edentulous patients for the basic health maintenance. many probl ems were encountered during this camp. Though at that place were so many hurdles doctors became successful in treating the patients. Conclusion The team up had taken a chivalric step with all the problems and they ended successfully. In infract of all the problems faced, the dedicated team work proved generative in rehabilitating 132 patients in short spans 24 hrs. The efforts of team were highly apprehended by the citizenry.Keywords dental consonant Camp, Dentures, Public health.INTRODUCTION alveolar Camps in India are being r protrudeinely conducted. The main objective being awareness, education, and motivation of the common man regarding his/her dental health. Dental camps usually are conducted for a rangy population who do not have devilibility for a train dental treatment and for the people with fiscal constraint. Camps can be conducted for masking or for treating the patients like extractions, restorations and/or untruth of dentures. Screening and treatment camps h eld for extractions, restorations does not require a lot of equipments and man power on the an other(a)(prenominal) hand fabricating a denture for the patients require a lot of equipments and instruments. When treating a vast population in camps, it calls for more number of instruments, equipments and lot of manpower in terms of doctors, dental mechanics and supporting staff.Public health work exhibits a certain number of characteristics that are different from discordant(prenominal) practice in the identical field. Most important is the fact that the earthly concern health work must be done in areas where the concourse responsibility is recognized. Another characteristic of public health order is its belief upon the team work. This is due to the necessity of efficient handling of large aggroup of people.This report presents the efficient way of conducting a denture camp and tackling the short comings faced during the course.Materials and MethodsA denture camp was conducte d by the Department of Prosthodontics, political science Dental College and Research Institute Bangalore, at Gundlupete, Chamarajanagar distric on 9 and tenth of Feb. 2013Gundlupete, is a small town with a population of 28157 situated two hundred kms from Bangalore. The villagers are hailing mostly from poor families, with a very limited familiarity and accessibility to their basic health maintenance needs, especially dental health. For this tenability this particular village was chosen by the Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore to generate denture services to the poor and needy patients. Indian Medical Association Gundelpet took the responsibility to provide the services, like accommodation and viands for the team.An announcement of the denture camp was made in the village by a local body one month prior to the scheduled date of the camp. Audio support like public addressing systems/microphones and visual aids like pamphle ts were used for the public awareness regarding the camp 1. Enlightening the people about the Dental health is a must in much(prenominal) a town, so awareness was made. People were instructed through these aids to pursue the preliminary screening which was held on held on 9th Jan 2013 for which a team of doctors with needed diagnostic aids were deputed from the college. It is an achievement in the history of Government Dental College and Research Institute for having screened 300 patients. Out of 300 patients, 110patients were selected for the denture camp. They were informed to come early morning at 8a.m on the scheduled date and make necessary arrangements for their stay for one night during the camp as the most of the patients were from surrounding villages. The doctors had so much of keen interest to render the services for selected 110 patients who had come from different parts of the village.A arguing of all the necessary equipments, materials and instruments with their qu antity was made for the fabrications for 125 dentures. Required materials and equipments were self-collected from the college stores. Chair- facial expression instruments, diagnostic instruments, lab equipments were collected from the staff and students of the Government dental college and interrogation institute. A total of 100 clamps and flasks and 115 articulators were procured. Ten micromotors were collected, of which 5 were from the incision and the rest were borrowed from the other departments. Local ecesis was so kind tolerable to take the responsibility of providing two gas cylinders for the lab-work. 4 T attachments containing 10 burner gas connection points each were taken from the Department. The collected materials were sorted out in an orderly manner and were packed in the cartons. There were 20 cartons containing equipments and materials. These cartons were numbered and a list containing all materials in a particular carton was made and pasted on each of them. A c opy of the same was made and kept with a particular volunteer for easy access and to avoid confusion.3 mini buses containing a team of 55 dentists, 55 dental mechanics and five supporting staff left to Gundlupete on 8 th morning . The dentists team consisted of staff including the Dean cum Director, Post Graduate students of the department and the house surgeons from various other departments who volunteered to be a part of this denture camp. The dental mechanics team consisted of dental mechanics from our institution and also from various other dental colleges.After reaching the camp venue ( primary prepare in gundlupete) rooms were selected for the clinical work, one for the lab work and plaster work was carried out in the open ground in bearing of the class rooms. Plastic chairs for seating the patients, tables for the dental technicians, gas assembly, huge containers for dewaxing and acrylization were staged on the same evening. On the 9th morning the camp started at some 8 a.m. All the patients were registered and were given a token to come in queue to avoid confusion. On the token the patients register number and all the clinical step involved in the denture fabrication with the delegate Doctors and technicians name were mentioned. Along with each mentioned clinical step, space was provided to indicate the step which has been completed for the patient. Dentist and technicians were divided into 11 groups comprising of 5 dentists and 5 technicians in each group.Primary impressions for all the patients were made with high fusing impression compound and subsequent wash impression with irreversible hydrocolloid were made. For the patients with poor alveolar ridges special tray were fancied, border clay sculpture was done using putty and subsequently secondary impressions were made with surface oxide eugenol. All the primary impressions were numbered according to the number given to the patient. The same poetry were transferred on the casts. Record bases were fabricated using shellac base plates. Occlusal rims were fabricated on the record bases using modeling wax. Lost Occlusal vertical ratio and centric relation were recorded using a static method and shade selection was done. Teeth arrangements were done by the technicians. The try-in was done and the mental test dentures were returned to the technicians for the acrylization. Then the patients were asked to come attached day morning for denture insertion. at a time the patients were dispersed the dentists also joined the technicians for the lab work like close of the trial dentures, flasking, dewaxing, acrylization, refinement and polishing procedures. The register numbers were incorporated in the dentures during the trial closure. The whole team worked till all the dentures were processed which went on day and night without taking rest, the team of doctors did not sleep at all, on such herculean line worked till rising of the sun. Deflasking, trimming, finishing and p olishing of the dentures were done the following day. All the required chair side trimming was done and denture insertion was carried out. Post insertion instruction manual were given to the patients in groups and the written format was distri aloneed to each of them.Most of the dentures had fitted retention and stability. Patients were comfortable and satisfied. One or two patients who had compromised retention in their dentures due to poor alveolar ridge were instructed to use the denture adhesives.The patients were advise to come after a week for the follow up for which a team of three dentists was deputed from the college. Some of the patients had developed soreness which was relieved and some minor occlusal corrections were carried out.DiscussionIn developing countries like India , bulk of the population lives in villages were providing basic health facilities is a Herculean task. The world(a) prevalence of dental disease is a constant reminder of the almost universal need for effective dental health programmes. These programmes should be routinely conducted for the betterment of the patients. Conducting a successful camp, especially denture camps include create the manpower, finance, materials, equipments, instruments, coordination and generous mind of the team.Denture camps unlike the routine camps, require a lot of time, effort, equipments and co-ordination. Treating the edentulous poor patients in camps provides them with dentures which they cannot afford due to financial constraint. Through these camps it is possible to rehabilitate more number of poor patients in short span of time. Rehabilitating the poor edentulous patients improves their appearance, confidence, health and overall well-being. Further, the lineament of treatment provided may not be of high standards as all the clinical steps cannot be done due to time constraint, but the treatment given was the stepping stone to make them know the importance of dentition hygiene and to avoi d further complications.Active participation of the local organization is very important for the success of the camp. They play a key persona in informing and throughing light on their souls how important the camp was to assuage them from further decay in life. Arranging the venue for the camp, accommodation and regimen for the team, should also be taken care by the local bodies for a camp to be successful. Success of the camp depends upon the support and co-ordination of the local bodies.Problems were faced as we had only 100 clamp and flasks, the denture processing steps had to be repeated. The number of patients exceeded our estimate, because of which we informed the unregistered patients to undergo the treatment next time.ConclusionDentures are no more a luxury it has become a necessity for the edentulous patients for the basic health maintenance. Denture fabrication in a camp requires lot of efforts, manpower, equipments, coordination and support of the local body. Many prob lems were encountered during this camp. Though there were many hurdles but the doctors became successful in treating the patients. The mountains may look high, but when we begin to climb and reach the crystalise we say it is not so high. The team had taken a brave step with all the problems and they ended with a happy note. In spite of all the problems faced, the dedicated team work proved fruitful in rehabilitating 132 patients in short spans 24 hrs. The efforts of team were highly appreciated by the people.