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PMC on the ropes: Will it
survive the change of
government?

NEWS

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MAR-APR 2022 - Issue No. 02 Vol.9

Colgate, Nourished
to release 3D-printed
vitamin supplements

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43RD ASIA PACIFIC DENTAL CONGRESS

Pakistan all set to host
APDC on June 22-26

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ARACHI - After a
gap of 17 years, AsiaPacific Dental
Federation (APDF) has allotted
its flagship 43rd Annual
Conference to
Pakistan. More than
30 countries
representing APDF
will be participating
in this conference.
APDC Pakistan
2022 will be a
Virtual Conference.
Pakistan received its
last APDC in 2006.
Pakistan Dental
Association (PDA)
will host the Virtual
43rd Asia-Pacific
Dental Congress
(APDC) from June
22- 26, 2022. Sixtyfour renowned
International
speakers from 18
Countries will be
g i v i n g
presentations.
Dental News is the
exclusive media
partner of the event.
The
local
organising committee consists
of Dr Mahmood Shah (Patron),
Prof. Ambreen Ahsan Afzal
(Chairperson Conference), Prof.
Syed Shah Faisal (Co-Chairman
Conference), Prof. Nasir Ali
Khan (Chairman Registration
and Secretary Conference), Dr
Murtaza Raza Kazmi

(Chairman Scientific), Prof.
Hasan Mehdi (Chairman Virtual
Affairs), Dr Anwar Saeed
(Chairman Sponsorships), Dr
Ghulam Ali Siyal (Chairman
Finance), Dr Summaiya
Rehman (Chairperson

registration fee of Rs 2,000.
There will also be quiz and
poster competitions for dental
students and young dentists. The
winners will be acknowledged
by APDF.
There is a limited number of

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Over 70 pc of foreign
medical, dental graduates
fail Pakistans license exam

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DT Pakistan Report

SLAMABAD - Pakistan Medical
Commission (PMC) recently released the
summary report of medical and dental
students' National Licensing Examination (NLE)
held in March 2022.
The commission conducted the NLE Step-I
exams in March 2022 and declared the final
result in April.
According to the report, 82.82 per cent of
Pakistan's medical graduates who appeared in

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DT Pakistan Report

FDI cancels this
years World Dental
Congress

Coordination).
APDF will issue the
Certificate of Attendance to the
registered participants with 18
CDE points given by the
International College of Dentists
(ICD).
Pakistani dentists and students
are eligible for a subsidised

registrations for Pakistan on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
For Conference Registration,
please contact Prof Nasir Ali
Khan-0300 2696988 or Dr
Summaiya Rehman-0300
3597629.
For speakers and program
details, visit the APDC website.

the exam cleared the NLE, whereas only 12.67
per cent of foreign medical graduates who
appeared in the exam were declared successful.
On the other hand, 64.15 per cent of national
dental graduates seated for the exam passed the
NLE. However, the result for foreign dental
graduates remained at 29.17 per cent.
Recently the PMC spokesperson stated that,
due to a lack of resources, hospitals, language
barriers, and a shortage of patients and beds, a
number of foreign medical and dental institutes
awarded degrees without a house job or providing
any practical clinical experience, which he
asserted was one of the main reasons for foreign
graduates' low pass percentage in the NLE
exams.
PMC has performed NLE twice in order to
grant licences to interested international
graduates, according to the spokesperson. He
maintained that the purpose of conducting NLEs
for foreign graduates also was to assess their
intellectual and practical abilities before granting
them a licence. PMC is working not just to
improve the quality of healthcare standards but
also to protect patients' rights, he added.

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PMC on the ropes: Will it survive
the change of government?

DT Pakistan Report

SLAMABAD - The Islamabad
High Court (IHC) suspended
the single bench judgement and
restored PMC President Dr Arshad
Taqi, Vice President Mohammad Ali
Raza, members Roshanay Zafar,
Tariq Ahmed Khan, Dr Rumina
Hassan, Dr Asif Loya and Dr
Anisur Rehman who were earlier
shown the door.
Earlier, Justice Mohsin Akhtar
Kayani of the IHC declared the
appointment of all members of
the Pakistan Medical Commission
(PMC), including its president,
illegal. As per the case's
background, the legislature passed
the Pakistan Medical Commission
Act 2020 on Sept 23, 2020. After
two days, the then-prime minister
appointed the members of the
council by a notification, bypassing
the protocol and selection criteria.
After that, PMC filed the intracourt appeal. Justice Aamer Farooq
and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan
suspended the section of the singlemember bench's judgement to
disband the PMC council members
while hearing the matter.

PMC is led by its Vice President,
Mohammad Ali Raza, and the
president is not more than a
ceremonial head. It is also being
considered by the newly-formed
federal government to revert Pakistan
Medical Commission to Pakistan
Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)

The Sindh government reduced the
passing marks for the MDCAT; many
colleges admitted students on this
premise, but later PMC refused, and
Supreme Court upheld its decision.
The changes are expected after the
approval of the federal cabinet.
The Pakistan Medical Association
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and also restore the Federal Higher
Education Commission to its original
structure.
Sindh government, led by Pakistan
People's Party, was always in favour
of PMDC and even challenged PMC
openly during the Medical and
Dental College Admission Test
(MDCAT).

(PMA) Lahore has demanded
immediate restoration of the PMDC
as an independent, autonomous
democratic and transparent body.
PMA Lahore office-bearers, in an
emergent meeting, expressed hope
that the new government will
immediately revoke the controversial
PMC Act 2020 and restore PMDC.

PMC warns students seeking
admission to foreign colleges
DT Pakistan Report

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Syed Hashim A. Hasan
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SLAMABAD - While 30,000
students attempt to get admission
to foreign medical and dental
schools each year, the Pakistan Medical
Commission (PMC) has issued a
warning to students about the use of
informal agents.
The idea was made in light of the fact
that over 80 per cent of foreign
graduates failed the National Licensing
Examination (NLE).
PMC warns youngsters not to be fooled by informal agents. PMC spokesperson said in a statement, "In the last
two NLE exams for foreign graduates, nearly 2,344 students appeared, and out of those, only 424 students could
pass the NLE exam. The low passing percentage is merely due to the wrong selection of medical and dental
colleges by the students chasing cheap foreign education, getting influenced by informal agents who directly
are responsible for putting their educational carrier at stake for the sake of money, and going to non-verified,
substandard educational institutes."
He also stated that, due to a lack of resources, hospitals, language barriers, and a shortage of patients and beds,
a number of foreign medical and dental institutes awarded degrees without a house job or providing any practical
clinical experience, which he asserted was one of the main reasons for foreign graduates' low pass percentage
in the NLE exams.
He added that all those foreign graduates who complete their respective degrees with house jobs or practical
clinical experience easily passed the NLE exams.

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100 years of IDS: Worlds leading dental
trade fair to mark anniversary in 2023

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OLOGNE, Germany
- The world's largest
dental trade expo
layout will begin after the
application deadline on March
31, 2022.
Next year, IDS, the
world's largest dental
t r a d e s h o w, w i l l
celebrate two milestone
anniversaries: The
International Dental
Show will stage its
fortieth edition from
March 14 to March 18,
2023, but it will also
celebrate its 100th
birthday. Because the
main trade fair is
founded on a system of values
that makes it distinctive, the
success story of the dental
industry is inextricably linked
with IDS. 100 years of IDS
stand for the depiction of the
industry in its entirety, for
innovations and market trends,

for a consistent and open
comparison of performance in
the sense of the Olympic
principle and last, but not least,
for a leadership claim as the
largest international industry
platform that has been
repeatedly confirmed for

received numerous stand area
inquiries from companies in
the run-up to the trade fair. The
first planning phase will begin
after the application deadline
on March 31 2022.
Companies that have
confirmed their participation
by the official application
date at the end of March
will be directly considered
in the initial layout planning
of the IDS 2023.
The success story and the
anniversary of IDS are also
outstanding results for
Koelnmesse because the
International Dental Show
has been conducted at the
trade fair location in
Cologne for over thirty
years. At the time, the
Association of German Dental
Manufacturers (VDDI)
decided to provide IDS with a
permanent home in Cologne
from 1992 onwards and entrust
Koelnmesse with organising
the trade fair.

decades. When the online
applications kick off in
February, the anniversary
edition of the world's largest
trade fair for dentistry and
dental technology will be
under starter's orders.
Koelnmesse has already

DTMA en route to be on global dental map
DT Pakistan Report

ARACHI - With the change of guard
at the Dental Trade and Manufacturers'
Association (DTMA), the association
is now all-inclusive, with almost 200 members
in its fold.
DTMA, under the stewardship of its President,
Ashraf Ghauri, has now signed up with worldfamous dental exhibitions, including AEEDC,
IDS and Greater New York Dental Meeting,
with more to follow suit. As part of this
understanding, DTMA recently exhibited at
AEEDC, and in the next event of DTMA,
the organizers of the above events will also

be having
their stalls.
As part of
the
new
restructuring,
DTMA has
V i c e Presidents in
all
the
provinces
and one in Islamabad who will work towards
making DTMA a true representative of the
entire Dental traders and manufacturers. DTMA
is now planning more international alliances to
put DTMA on the global dental map. -PR
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ENEVA - Dr Mahmood Shah, President,
Pakistan Dental Association (PDA), attended
the FDI Public Health Committee meeting
in Geneva, Switzerland.
Last year, Dr Mahmood Shah was elected to the
Public Health Committee of the FDI World Dental
Federation during FDI Virtual Dental Congress held
in Sydney, Australia. He is the first Pakistani dentist
to be elected a member of the important FDI Public
Health Committee. -PR

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President PDA attends
FDI Public Health
Committee meeting

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Dr Mahmood Shah, President of Pakistan Dental
Association and Dr Mahesh Verma, Past President of
Indian Dental Association, pointing their countries on
the FDI map of 200 member countries.
Dr Mahmood Shah, President
of Pakistan Dental Association
and Prof SM Balaji, renowned
Indian maxillofacial surgeon

IADSR to launch Health
Services Academy courses

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SLAMABAD - The Health Services Academy (HSA),
Islamabad, has recently approved the Institute of
Advanced Dental Sciences & Research (IADSR) as its
delivery partner for courses in dentistry.
Prof. Dr Shahzad Ali Khan, Vice-Chancellor and Dean,
HSA, Islamabad, and Prof. Ayyaz Ali Khan, Dean IADSR,
signed an agreement of this effect.
On occasion, Prof. Dr Mubashir Hanif, Director ORIC
and Controller Examination, HSA, Islamabad, was also
present. -PR

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AKUH conducts workshop on advances
in rotary endodontics

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ARACHI - The
Section of Dentistry,
Agha Khan University
Hospital, Karachi, recently
organised a workshop on
Advances in Rotary
Endodontics in collaboration
with the Pakistan Association
of Operative Dentistry and
E n d o d o n t i c s ( PA O D E ) .
The undergraduate dental
students, house officers,
postgraduate residents and
general dental practitioners
from different institutions
attended the workshop.
Renowned clinicians from
different academic institutions,
including Dr Zahid Iqbal, Dr
Arshad Hasan, Dr Javeria Ali
Khan, Dr Haroon Ashraf, Dr
Farah Saeed, Dr Farah Naz and
Dr Kamil Zafar, attended the
workshop as guest speakers.
The workshop aimed to
familiarise the participants with
recent technological
advancements in rotary file
systems and their indications
in various clinical
situations.
D r R o b i a G h a f o o r,
Assistant Professor,
AKUH, delivered a
comprehensive lecture
regarding the evolution
and development of
nickel-titanium rotary
systems until recent

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advancements.
Following this, a hands-on
workshop session was
facilitated by Dr Fahad Umer.

Each participant was allowed
to practice on resin blocks and
extracted teeth under the

Chakwal health district
offers free OPG workshop

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H A K WA L - C E O
Health District Chakwal
recently organised a
free
workshop
on
Orthopantomagram (OPG) in
collaboration with the
International College of Dentists
(ICD), Islamabad Diagnostic
Centre, Pakistan Dental Association (PDA) Chakwal
and Distinguish Innovation Collaboration &
Entrepreneurship (DICE) foundation.
The dental community from Islamabad, Chakwal
and Lahore attended the workshop.
Prof. Dr Arshad Malik, Dean, HBS Dental College,
Islamabad, facilitate the full-day workshop. He
covered every aspect of OPG, from normal anatomy
to pathological lesions.
In the end, District Health Authorities distributed
the certificates and shields of honour. -PR

supervision of workshop
facilitators.
As the collaborating partner
in this workshop, Dr Farhan
Raza Khan, General Secretary,
PAODE, introduced the
participants to the objectives of
PAODE and the efforts done to
the uplifting of Endodontics in
Pakistan.
In
the end, Dr Zahid Iqbal,
President of PAODE, presented
certificates to the guests and
participants.
Dentsply sponsored the
workshop for the materials. It
was successfully managed by
a team of residents, including
Dr Zainab Haji, Dr Saqib Habib
and Dr Aysha Arif leading the
workshop preparations. -PR

FJDC participates in Global
Scientific Dental Alliance

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ARACHI - Fatima Jinnah Dental College
participated in the 19th annual meeting of
the Global Scientific Dental Alliance
(GSDA), held in Dubai in February 2022.
The three-day conference and exhibition, which
brought together oral health practitioners and
producers from
all over the
w o r l d ,
showcased the
latest innovative
technology and
allowed industry
companies to
form long-term
partnerships and joint
investments to meet the
needs of local, regional, and
international markets.
The event attracted 66,000
participants from 155
countries and showcased
4,800 state-of-the-art
products.
Prof. Dr Saqib Rashid,
Head of Operative Dentistry
Department, FJDC, attended Prof. Dr Saqib Rashid
the initial meeting virtually. HoD, Operative Dentistry,
FJDC
He represented the college
and extended prospective research collaborations
from FJDC's platform. He highlighted the role of
FJDC as an initial and one of the oldest member
organisations of GSDA.
Dr Abdul Salam Ali Madani, Executive Chairman
of AEEDC Dubai and the GSDA, appreciated the
role of FJDC in scientific, medical and educational
aspects. He highlighted that FJDC is a regular and
active member of GSDA.
The meeting ended on a positive note, with the
possibility of holding partnerships in the future. -PR

AMDC doctors receive Basic Life Support training

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AHORE - The College
of Dentistry, Akhtar
Saeed Medical and
Dental College (AMDC),
Lahore, recently organised an
international seminar and
hands-on workshop on Cardiac
First Response [Basic Life
Support (BLS)] accredited by
National Ambulance Service
College (NASC) Ireland for
young doctors.
The objective of this seminar/
hands-on training workshop
was to train young doctors to
maintain sufficient blood
circulation and breathing
through a clear airway until
definitive medical treatment.
The idea was to sensitise them
from the beginning and help

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them be aware of dealing with
emergencies. Young learners
participated with immense zeal
& enthusiasm.
All participants learned how
t o c o p e w i t h d i ff e r e n t
emergencies situations and are
followed by multiple hands-on
training workshops on
manikins.
Prof. Dr Sabir Hussain,
Principal Dental Section,
AMDC, Dr Waqar Ali,
Assistant Professor,

Department of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery, AMDC,
and Dr Sohail Yasin, Deputy
Medical Superintendent, Dental
Hospital, AMDC, organised the
seminar/ hands-on training
workshop.
An extensive examination
was conducted at the end of
each session. Participants who
had successfully passed their
exams were awarded two years
of international accredited BLS
certification. -PR

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ZU faculty accomplishes VR Dental Simulation Lab training

ARACHI - The
College
of
Dentistry, Ziauddin
University (ZU) recently
announced that its faculty's
Virtual Reality Dental
Simulation Lab training had
been completed.
The Virtual Reality Dental
Simulation Lab, Ziauddin
College of Dentistry,
Ziauddin University, was
inaugurated on November
25 2021. This VR Lab was
built with great support from
Dr Asim Hussain,
Chancellor, ZU, Dr Abbas
Zafar, Dean Faculty of
Health Sciences, ZU, Dr

Nida Hussain, ProChancellor, ZU, Dr Mervyn
Hosein, Principal College of
Dentistry, ZU, Dr Asmat
Jameel, Head of Operative
Dentistry Department, ZU,
Dr Shoaib Khan, Head of
Dental
Materials
Department, ZU, Mr James
Markey Global Head of
Operations, HRV simulation
and Dr Aisha Anwar, Dental
OPD manager, ZU.
This is the first time such a
lab has been made in
Pakistan. Ziauddin College
of Dentistry proudly
announces the completion of
training in the first three

batches. Fifteen faculty
members are trained in the
VR lab under the supervision
of Dr Sikander Majeed,
Lecturer VR Lab, Dr Asmat
Jameel and Dr Mervyn
Hosein. These faculty
members have received
special training to train
further the first, second and
third year BDS students.
VR simulation training will
now be a part of the
undergraduate curriculum.
This dental simulators
training will help students
excel in their professional
skills before starting dental
procedures on patients. -PR

LCMD guides faculty on
constructing single-best MCQs

ARACHI - The Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE)
of the College of Dentistry (CoD), Liaquat College of Medicine and
Dentistry (LCMD), conducted a two-day workshop on "Developing
One Best Questions" for basic and clinical BDS departments.
It aimed to guide faculty to improve their skill in constructing BCQs and
enhance the process of Q-Bank up-gradation in LCMD-CoD.
Dr Yusra Nasir, Incharge Dental section, DHPE, Dr Sabaa Amir, Lecturer
Dental section, DHPE, LCMD and Dr Asma Shahid, Coordinator QEC, LCMDCoD facilitated the workshop. The workshop was attended by the Head of
Departments, assistant professors and lecturers of all basic and clinical BDS
departments.

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BDC organises oral cancer
awareness programmes

ARACHI - The Department of Community Dentistry, Baqai
Dental College (BDC), Baqai Medical University organised
awareness events regarding oral cancer prevention on "World
Cancer Day".
The event was held under the supervision of Prof. Dr Asghar Ali
Shigri, Head of the Communitive Dentistry Department, BDC. Prof.
Dr Asghar Ali Shigri has shown his true efforts regarding promoting
oral health awareness since 2012. Every year, he plays an active role
in celebrating world cancer day in Baqai Dental College and all five
primary health care centres of Baqai Dental College.

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Participants were provided pre-readings from the National Board of Medical
Examiners (NBME) guidelines. However, to assess the difficulties participants
encounter during construction making, an activity was provided to them as a
pre-workshop task. The facilitators instructed the pre-workshop activity to the
participants to construct one MCQ as per their expertise.
The workshop's main learning objectives were to enlighten faculty with the
structure of BCQ and facilitate them to differentiate between correct and flawed
single best-type MCQs and develop one best question according to the Jinnah
Sindh Medical University (JSMU) template.
Participants appreciated the DHPE-Dental Section for conducting such a
workshop as it clarified the issues they faced while developing BCQs for their
respective departments. -PR

The whole staff and students of the
second year BDS students of BDC
stood in a queue with six feet distance
wearing masks, from Nishan e Manzil
to Block A and held placards on which
written the slogan regarding prevention
of oral cancer. Prof. Dr Talha, Vice
Principal, BDC, joined the event and
held placards for a while. He
appreciated the efforts of the Community Dentistry Department for
such a program.
Prof. Dr Asghar Ali Shigri thanked all the participants who joined
for this noble cause. He also thanked the whole team, including
Dr Samreen Shafqat, Dr Mahwish Bano and Dr Raza Abbas and
non-teaching staff, including Mr Zahid Ali and Hussain Bux. -PR

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AHORE - A one-day
workshop on Removable
Prosthodontics was recently
held at the Institute of Advanced
Dental Sciences and
Research (IADSR). The
workshop is part of the
IADSR 14th Professional
Diploma in Advanced
General Dentistry (PDAGD)
curriculum.
D r Wa l e e d To o s y
facilitated the workshop.
The first session consisted of
introducing the removable prosthesis
and its types. Dr Waleed Toosy
discussed tooth loss and replacement
options in detail with indications of
the Removable Partial Denture (RPD),
common problems and their s
olution for RPD.
Participants were given the pictures
to formulate a treatment plan for
removable dentures. The facilitator
further explained causes and treatment
options for common post insertion
complaints of removable dentures. An
in-depth group discussion was held

to answer the queries of the
participants and solve the problems
they faced during their respective
practice.

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Dr Waleed Toosy also taught
abutment tooth preparation for cast
partial denture and overdenture, the
preparation sequence and steps of
preparing guide planes, rest seats and
retentive areas.
Abutment tooth preparation cast
partial and overdenture abutments
were performed by the participants
on a typodont. Lastly, post-insertion
complaints were discussed, and the
facilitator gave their possible
solutions. The workshop was
concluded by achieving its planned
objectives. -PR

SSCMS organises session
for oral cancer awareness

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ARACHI - The Continuing Dental
Education Committee (CDE)
committee of Sir Syed College of
Medical Sciences (SSCMS) recently organised
a session to highlight the debilitating effects
of chalia or betel nut chewing.
The department invited Dr Bushra Anne
Syed as a guest speaker. Dr Ajeet Rathi and
Dr Junaid Shakeel also spoke on occasion and
clinically presented the disastrous oral effects of chalia or betel nut chewing
to the audience. The event was well attended by students and medical and
dental faculty.
Prof HR Sukhia, Principal Dental College, SSCMS, stressed the importance
of community dental visits and told the audience that it is the responsibility
of all dental professionals to educate the masses about this menace. He further
stressed that oral cancer has destroyed lives at an early age and is preventable
by simply stopping the sale of chalia, tobacco and naswar (powdered tobacco)
in the general
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population.
The session
was followed
by a debate
on the topic
amongst the
oral surgery
specialists.
The event
was praised
by Sir Syed
Admin, who praised the CDE committee for promoting dental education. -PR

NID conducts workshop
on research methodology

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ULTAN - A two-day workshop on research
methodology was recently organised at Nishtar
Institute of Dentistry (NID), Multan, in
collaboration with Martin Dow Pharma.
Dr Muhammad Khalid facilitated the workshop. He is
working as a consultant paediatrician at Nishtar Medical
University and Research Head at CPSP Regional Centre
Multan. He has conducted a number of such sessions
throughout the province.
Prof. Dr Amjad Bari,
Principal, NID, inaugurated the
first session. Moreover, handson training in SPSS was also
given to the participants.
All the faculty participated in
the workshop to refresh their
knowledge and skills in research methodology.
At the successful completion of the sessions,
Dr Naghma Parveen, Vice-Principal, NID,
awarded the participants with certificates. -PR
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IADSR conducts workshop
on removable prosthodontics

DDC visits school to promote
oral hygiene practice

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ARACHI - To spread oral hygiene awareness, the
Department of Community Dentistry, Dow Dental College
(DDC), arranged a field trip to Malala School.
Under the supervision of Dr Muhammad Taqi, Dr Adnan
Sukkarwallah, Dr Mona Shah, Dr Babar Zia and Dr Amber Saeed,
forty-eight third-year dental students from DDC visited Malala
School: a primary school of girls in Karachi.
This visit aimed to screen and spread oral hygiene awareness among
children aged 9-14 years. One hundred nineteen school children from
(class III- class VIII) received intra-oral examination, and their
following dental disease profile including; dental caries, staining,
and calculus, were documented.
Photo: DT Pakistan

The children were educated on developing healthy oral hygiene
practices such as regular dental checkups, tooth brushing and flossing,
and correct techniques. They were also educated on the importance
and correct hand hygiene techniques, especially in the COVID
pandemic.
The dental students also discussed the impact of a healthy diet and
its co-relation to oral and subsequent systemic disease.
Lastly, the department distributed a dental kit containing a toothbrush,
toothpaste and a brushing chart to each child to encourage the
development of healthy oral practices. -PR

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Treating dental fear at early age is
more effective, research shows

A study conducted in Finland found that dental anxiety treatment is more effective in children who are younger than 10 years. (Image: Halfpoint/Shutterstock)

By Franziska Beier
Dental Tribune International

ULU, FINLAND - Dental
fear is one of the most
common fears in developed
countries. Globally, the overall
prevalence in children and adolescents
is estimated at 23.9%, with preschoolers showing the highest
prevalence. In a unique long-term
study, researchers from the University
of Oulu observed the dental
attendance of patients who received
chairside dental treatment and anxiety
treatment. They found that the
treatment of dental fear was more
effective at a younger age and led to
more regular dental check-ups later
in life.
The study included 152 patients
who had received help with their
dental fear alongside dental treatment
from primary healthcare dentists at

the Clinic for Fearful Dental Patients
in Oulu. The aim of this treatment
was to alleviate dental fear to such an
extent that any following
examinations could be administered
in a normal dental care environment.
During the follow-up period of ten
years, the research team investigated
the impact of the dental fear treatment
on patient behaviour by monitoring
the number of dental examinations,
emergency visits and missed
appointments for these patients.
"The low-threshold treatment of
dental fear in primary healthcare in
conjunction with the dental care of
the patient has only been studied to a
limited extent. A study on long-term
effects has not been published before,"
said lead author Dr Taina Kankaala,
who is from the Department of
Cariology, Endodontology and
Paediatric Dentistry at the university,
in press release.

When compared, patients who
received treatment at the dental fear
clinic at a younger age (between 2 to
10 years) had significantly more
dental examinations later on than
those treated at an older age (older
than 10 years). Success of the dental
anxiety treatment was associated with
the number of later examinations, but
not with emergency visits and missed
appointments.
Commenting on the results, Dr
Kankaala said: "It was also surprising
how well those who were successfully
treated at the fear clinic coped with
dental care in primary healthcare later
on." She added that unsuccessful
treatment would, as expected,
discourage patients from visiting the
dentist regularly.
A previous study by the research
team had found that more than twothirds of 163 patients were
successfully treated at the dental fear

clinic. This meant that these patients
could be treated in primary oral
healthcare without any further
referrals to the fear clinic.
"Patients who are afraid should be
identified and their dental fear
alleviated at an early age. Fearful
patients can be challenging, and their
treatment can be burdensome for oral
healthcare workers. If the situation is
not addressed, contrary to common
belief, the child's severe fear of dental
care will usually not ease as the child
grows," emphasised Dr Kankaala. She
continued, saying that dental fear
treatment benefits not only the patient
but also the dental team and reduces
treatment costs in the long term.
The study, titled "10-year followup study on attendance pattern after
dental treatment in primary oral health
care clinic for fearful patients", was
published on 13 October 2021 in
BMC Oral Health.

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HCMD upgrades endodontic skills of students

ARACHI - The
Operative Dentistry
Department of
Hamdard University Dental
Hospital, Hamdard College
of Medicine and Dentistry
(HCMD), recently conducted
an endodontic workshop for
final year students. Biodent
sponsored the workshop.
Prof. Dr Abrar, Head of
Operative Dentistry
Department, HCMD, led the
workshop. He started with a
comprehensive lecture
followed by a demo and
hands-on by all the
Photos:
DT Pakistan
participants.
Prof. Dr Syed Imran Hasan,
Principal Dental Section, HCMD, appreciated the department's efforts in upgrading the standard
of clinical skill for final year students. -PR

LMDC organises seminar for dental auxiliaries

AHORE - The
Department of
Community and
Preventive Dentistry, Lahore
Medical and Dental College
(LMDC), Lahore, recently
organised a two-day seminar
for the Dental auxiliaries on
'Occupational Health Hazards
in Dentistry and their
Prevention."
Prof. Dr Nazli Shujaat, Head
of Community and Preventive
Dentistry Department, LMDC,
supervised the seminar. Dr
Syeda Lalarukh Saba Shah,
Assistant Professor, LMDC and
Dr Mariam Fatima, Assistant
Professor, LMDC, facilitated
the session.

Photos:
DT Pakistan

This activity aimed to improve
the knowledge and attitude
regarding Occupational Health
Hazards and their Preventive
measures to protect themselves
from hazards.
The continuing dental
education activity aimed to
assist the Dental Auxiliary in
the systematic identification of
occupational hazards in
dentistry and highlight
protective and preventive

measures that might be adopted
to mitigate the risks posed to
workers to as low a level as
reasonably practicable. Areas,
which required special
attention, were radiation
protection, proper storage of
excess amalgam, post-exposure
prophylaxis after "sharps"
injury and stress management.
Prof. Aqib Sohail, Dean
LMDC, applauded the efforts
of the Department of
Community and Preventive
Dentistry on organising
an informative seminar for
Dental auxiliaries and also
distributed the certificates to
Dr Lalarukh Saba and Dr
Mariam Fatima. -PR

LCMD focuses on personality building

ARACHI - Liaquat College of
Medicine & Dentistry (LCMD), in
collaboration with the Continuous
Dental Education Committee (CDEC) and
Department of Health Professions Education
(DHPE), recently arranged a workshop series
on personality building.
The series comprised four sessions with 1
CME hour each and lasted every week. The
training aimed to instil core abilities such as
conversational leadership, persuasion, and
networking among healthcare professionals.
The first workshop was titled "Soft Skills for
Personality Development", and the facilitator
was Prof. Dr Shahid Shamim, Additional
Director at DUHS. Dr Capt. Yousuf Majeed
facilitated the second workshop on Stress
Management. The next session encompassed
the topic of personality building, i.e.,

Photos:
DT Pakistan

Communication Skills Among Healthcare
Professionals. Dr Shaur Sarfaraz from JSMU
conducted the workshop.
The last workshop of this series was on
Reframing Leadership in Healthcare and was
facilitated by Ishaq Bin Sadiq, the president of
The Tribe. Ishaq is a researcher, trainer and
coach and has
vast experience in the training and development
of the Youth of Pakistan.
Dr Uzma Zareef, Chairperson CDEC, paid
gratitude and presented a shield and certificate
to facilitators at the end of workshops. -PR

BUMDC holds role-play
competition

ARACHI - The Operative Dentistry
Department of Bahria University Medical
& Dental College (BUMDC) recently held
a role-playing competition among final year students.
BUMDC has incorporated one of the modern
teaching strategies of role-playing in its curriculum,
Photo: DT Pakistan

which provide students with real-world scenarios
to help them learn negotiation, teamwork,
cooperation and persuasion.
Students were divided into six groups with two
contestants each and were assigned topics around
which they were asked to prepare clinical scenarios.
Topics included Retreatment, Management of
perforation, Pulpectomy of a child, High caries risk,
Pulpectomy Vs. Extraction, Separated instrument.
Dr Shama, Head of Operative Dentistry
Department, BUMDC, led the competition. Under
the supervision of their facilitators, Dr Ayesha and
Dr Adeel, all groups came up with realistic,
intelligent, yet hilarious scenarios commonly
encountered during dental practice. Senior lecturer
Dr Mansoor and Assistant Professor Dr Akbar judged
the competition.
After the performances, the group comprising
Syed Ali Husnain and Fatima Ikram with the topic'
High Caries Risk' were declared victorious.
Dr Kulsoom Rizvi, Vice Principal Dental section,
BUMDC, Dr Shama and the judges appreciated the
students' effort and skills and further stressed the
importance of empathy, listening to the patient, and
building a rapport with them towards over all healing
of the individual. -PR

SIOHS holds academic session
for dental residents

ARACHI - To promote research and
academic activities for post-graduate
residents of the institute, Sindh Institute of
Oral Health SciencesPhoto:
Jinnah Sindh Medical
DT Pakistan
University (SIOHSJSMU) recently
conducted a session on
'Systemic Review and
Meta-analysis.'
Dr Samira Adnan, Assistant Professor, Department
of Operative Dentistry, SIOHS-JSMU, supervised the
session as a part of the directives given by Prof. Syed
Yawar Ali Abidi, Dean of Dentistry, SIOHS-JSMU.
Dr Kamil Zafar, Assistant Professor and Head of
Pediatric Dentistry, Liaquat College of Medicine and
Dentistry (LCMD), led the session by delineating the
essential steps and guidelines for a systematic review
and meta-analysis. In the end, Dr Kamil was presented
with a certificate of appreciation for conducting an
informative and engaging session. -PR

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Colgate partners with Nourished to release
3D-printed vitamin supplements for oral health
Admittedly, the team up of Colgate and Nourished
is intriguing. In 2020, Martyn Catchpole, Nourished
chief technology officer, explained that the 3D
printing of vitamin supplements takes the industry
IRMINGHAM, UK - Colgate has partnered
beyond simply "picking a bunch of separate tablets
with Nourished, a company specialising
and packing them together, which isn't really
in 3D-printed dietary supplements, to offer
convenient, sustainable or even really bespoke".
Nutristacks, a made-to-order subscription vitamin
Nourished said that because Nutristacks are made
supplement service for enhancing oral and physical
to order, they are an improvement over traditional
health. Available for purchase so far only in the
vitamin supplements, which can suffer
UK, Nutristacks come in a form seemingly
in quality owing to long supply chains.
unique to the nutritional supplement market,
In some cases, the supplements only reach
having visible layers of individual vitamin
the customer two years after production.
material stacked by a 3D printer into a
Discussing the 3D-printing set-up for
single vegan, sugar-free gummy.
the new product, Catchpole explained:
Nourished developers used technology
"The machine was designed to fulfil the
from 3D food and sweets printing to create
need we had-to allow for true
the niche 3D-printed vitamin service.
customisation but build and create the
Before purchasing a Nutristacks 28-day
stacks in an efficient way that wouldn't
supply, customers are advised to complete
take a great deal of time. I considered
a consultation questionnaire which has
many possibilities, but the prototype was
basic questions about age, gender, health
deemed the most efficient when
goals, current dietary requirements and
considering that 28 identical stacks were
amount of fruit and vegetables versus
Colgate has teamed up with Nourished, which provides customised
processed food currently consumed. In nutrition products using patented 3D-printing technology, to introduce needed each time."
Nourished claims that choosing to use
addition, customers are asked to choose
Nutristacks, a 3D-printed chewable vitamin supplement having
a customised 3D-printing set-up meant
from a short list to indicate their current
ingredients designed to boost oral health. (Image: Nourished)
that it could develop a vitamin supplement
general health and oral health complaints.
The system then offers one of the Nutristack product periodontal disease, dental caries and halitosis. The delivery system that is superior to taking a standard
options-Energy, Focus, Zen, Glow, or Immunity xylitol layer will allegedly reduce the acid production tablet. Nutristacks are more costly than traditional
of oral bacteria, thus strengthening enamel. The vitamin supplements, at £28 (33.50) per month,
Nutristacks.
The oral health selling points of the 3D-printed companies claim the xylitol should increase saliva but both companies believe that the enhanced
gummy are the layers of key ingredients-arginine, production to further aid oral health. The layer of 3D-printed delivery system of encapsulating the
xylitol, and calcium-that are touted as high-impact calcium is intended to further improve pH and ingredients into a hydrocolloid gel is well worth
the price, as it is digested like other food.
and quickly absorbed if the gummies are chewed overall tooth health.

By Anisha Hall Hoppe
Dental Tribune International

for 60 seconds. The gummies are fortified with
additional supplements depending on the preselected health issues from the questionnaire.
Colgate states that the arginine layer of the gummy
will diffuse around teeth to activate healthy bacteria
and improve the body's defences against dental
caries. The arginine is also meant to offer added
protection to keep oral biofilm at a healthy pH level.
A too significant drop in pH levels could result in

FDI cancels this years World Dental Congress
By Dental Tribune International

UMBAI, INDIA - FDI
World Dental Federation
has announced that its
2022 World Dental Congress
scheduled for 29 September to 2
October in Mumbai will not take
place.
According to an official statement
released by FDI, the congress
co-host, the Indian Dental
Association, withdrew from the
organisation of the event. Owing to
the limited remaining time leading
up to the congress as well as
insufficient capacity and resources
to organise the congress
independently of the host member
organisation, FDI was left with no
option but to cancel the event.
However, the FDI World Dental
Parliament, including all business

meetings, will take place
in person, the organisers
stated.
Further
information, including
dates, times and venue,
will be shared with all
concerned in due course.
Since 1901, FDI has
hosted the World Dental
Congress on a yearly
basis. Only during the
two world wars was the
event suspended,
between 1915 and 1920
as well as between 1940
and 1945. In 2019, FDI
The FDI World Dental Congress is one of the oldest events in dentistry. For over 120
and the American Dental years, it has been one of the leading events, fostering collaboration within the global oral
Association welcomed
health care community. In 2017, it was held in Madrid. (Image: Gilberto Lontro/FDI)
over 30,000 participants
from around the world to San or postponed. FDI too decided to call first time, as the circumstances did not
Francisco in the US. Owing to the off its flagship event in Shanghai in allow for an in-person event either.
The next World Dental Congress
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, most dental China that year. In 2021, the congress
events for 2020 were either cancelled was held completely virtually for the will take place in 2023.

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