Over 500 beneficiaries receive free dental treatment under project Dharani
Project Dharani, initiated by the Institute of Public Health in Bengaluru, has provided free dental treatment to over 500 patients after screening more than 1,500 individuals. The project aims to integrate dental care into primary health centers in rural areas, with special camps held monthly. Following the pilot phase, the initiative plans to expand to all primary health centers in the targeted taluks.
- ▪More than 1,500 people have been screened and over 500 patients have received treatment as part of Project Dharani.
- ▪Essential curative treatments, such as teeth cleaning, tooth extraction, and dental filling, have been provided free of cost.
- ▪The project also trains grassroots healthcare workers on dental care and oral hygiene.
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More than 1,500 people have been screened and over 500 patients have received treatment as part of a project Dharani, taken up by Institute of Public Health (IPH), Bengaluru, to ensure local oral healthcare services to rural populations.The pilot project, which is being implemented in a primary health centre (PHC) in T. Narsipur taluk of Mysuru district and another in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district over the past one year, seeks to study how dental treatment can be integrated at PHC levels.“By choosing one PHC in each of these two taluks for the pilot implementation, special dental health camps have been conducted once a month over the past year,” said Raveena Raveendran, research officer for Project Dharani.“In collaboration with M.S.
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