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Principal Dental Surgeon: Dr. Shameer Ali
Address: Carmichael Street, Georgetown
Telephone # 225-0702
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2016 Projections
The Diagnostic Centers are staffed with Cuban Brigade Dental Surgeons. Some of these have completed their years of service, and will be replaced by Guyanese Dental Surgeons.
Discussions are presently ongoing for the introduction of Dental Specialty Training for some faculty members of the School of Dentistry, through the intervention of our Guyanese Professor Cynthia Pine, of Queen Mary University of London.
Expansion of the Teaching Facilities of the DHS: proposal is for expansion to be done at West Demerara Regional Hospital Dental Department, where there is potential for expansion.
13 New Dental Chairs and Delivery Systems were installed at the CJDC at the end of 2015.
Dental equipment will be installed in other locations – Presidents College, Lodge Secondary School, Christianburg Secondary (Linden)
Soesdyke and Sophia Community Centre Clinics already functional.
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Mission
To ensure that the population, in general and the most vulnerable segments of the population in particular, notably under-18 year-old-children, deprived communities of the rural and hinterland areas, elderly, etc., enjoy a better oral health status through promotive, preventive and curative oral health interventions, which are relevant, suitable, accessible and cost-effective.
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Key accomplishments
New Dental Clinics were opened in 2014:
- Prosthodontic Clinic at CJDC
- Enterprise Dental Clinic ready to open to the public.
- Soesdyke Dental Clinic was opened to the public in March of 2014
- Sophia Community Centre Dental Clinic: now open.
- BV Dental Clinic has new Dentex
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Oral Health Education
Because of the importance of Oral Health to General Health, the Ministry of Public Health and Dental Health Services have utilised several strategies to promote Oral Health in Guyana. These include:
- The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Programme at the University of Guyana
- The Dental Auxiliary Training Programme (DATP) of the MoPH
- School Oral Health Programme
- School-based Dental Clinics
- Oral Health Education in DATP and BDS Curricula
- Oral Health Month – November every year
- Preventive and Curative Services at regional and national levels (including Specialized Services)
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