Recently one day Capacity Building Workshop under National Oral Health Programme was held today for the Dental Surgeons of District Jammu.

The Workshop was inaugurated by Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Rakesh Magotra. It was organized by Dr. Harbaksh Singh, Chief Medical Officer Jammu in collaboration with Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Dy. Director Dentistry, who is also the Nodal Officer for the programme for the Jammu Division.

The workshop was attended by 25 Dental Surgeons from various Primary Health Centers and Community Health Centers of the District.

Resource persons from Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Dr Ajay Gupta, Dr Satvinder Singh and Dr Sanjay Bhagat deliberated on different topics ranging from Contemporary RCTs, Dental Trauma and Modern Diagnostic methods in Dentistry.

Medical Oncologist from State Cancer Institute Dr Rajiv Gupta enlightened the gathering with diagnosis and management of oral cancers.

Consultant at Government Hospital Gandhinagar Dr Gaurav Gupta, gave a very informative presentation on Basal Implantology. All the participants were enthusiastic about this kind of workshop and had a very good interactive session.

Chief Medical Officer Jammu, in his address, highlighted the achievements of District Jammu and asked the Dental Surgeons to adopt a more proactive approach in implementing various National Health Programmes.