Dental Council of India (DCI) organized a workshop in the city where experts from the Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry (IAPHD) and Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD) came together to discuss the preventive measures for childhood caries.

The meeting was inaugurated by Girish Mahajan, Minister for Medical Education, Maharashtra and Farah Khan, bollywood director and ace choreographer. Speaking at the event the Minister expressed lack of awareness and knowledge about oral health and basic hygiene methods such as regular brushing with toothpastes in many rural areas of the state. He also stressed on the need of a mass campaign to educate people about oral health and oral cancer and congratulated the dental fraternity to come up with this initiative.  

Farah Khan speaking at the event expressed her willingness to make short films and videos on children oral health at no cost to help increase the awareness in both rural and urban population and conveyed her concern as a mother towards the child oral and general health.

Dr. Dibyendu Mazumder, president, DCI, welcomed all the experts on behalf of DCI for the two day workshop. Dr. Sandesh Mayekar, Convener and DCI Member, representing Government of Maharashtra, explained the concept of this workshop and heralded as a positive step towards the Mission 2025: First Decade No Decay”

Dental Council of India is a Statutory Body incorporated under an Act of Parliament viz. The Dentists Act, 1948 (XVI of 1948) to regulate the Dental Education and the profession of Dentistry throughout India. It is financed by the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through Grant-in-aid. The general body of the Dental Council of India representing various state governments, universities, dental colleges, central government, etc.