All’s Well that Ends Well! ‘Dentofest’ by MCODS ends with Painting on ‘Swachh Bharath’
All’s Well that Ends Well! ‘Dentofest’- a Dental Exhibition as part of Silver Jubilee Celebration of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) during the “Dental Awareness Week ” organized by Manipal College of Dental Science (MCODS) which commenced on 24 January ends with Painting on ‘Swachh Bharath’ theme on 27 January. Tomorrow (28 Jan) will be last day of the exhibition at MCODS Hall.
Mangaluru: “All’s Well that Ends Well!”-That’s right. Quoting Shakespeare’s words, “But with the word the time will bring on summer, When briers shall have leaves as well as thorns, All’s Well that ends well; still the fine’s the crown; Whatever the course, the end is the renown “- the organizing committee members of Manipal College of Dental Science have done a marvelous job by organizing the unique “Dentofest”- a Dental Exhibition as part of Silver Jubilee of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) during the “Dental Awareness Week”was a sheer success, and the curtain came down to say “Adios” to the unique and prestigious Fest during the valedictory function.
The main purpose of “Dentofest” was to promote the Oral Health by creating awareness about oral hygiene maintenance and preventing oral diseases. Good oral health is the mirror reflection of individual’s systematic well being. This exhibition included a complete tour on oral health. The variety of displays pertaining to Dental Care and Prevention of Dental disease brought an awareness among the people who visited the Fest, thereby also gaining knowledge and tips as to how to take care of their teeth and also prevention from dental/gum diseases. Even though there are many awareness programmes pertaining to Dental Care, but Dentofest helped people to learn more about dental care.
As part of Dentofest, a unique event “Action In Distress” was a milestone for MCODS-SRF in terms of equipping students with hands-on knowledge in handling Medical emergencies. In a profession like dentistry, health emergency is a peril that precipitates unannounced/unexpected and the only way to face it is being armed with the know-how of dealing with it. So keeping that in mind MCODS-SRF wanted to enhance the dental students in medical emergency skills, by organizing a one-day programme named “Action In Distress” held at Marena Sports Complex (a unit of Manipal University) on Thursday, 25 January 2018.
This program aimed to provide Dental students the know-how of facing Medical Crisis. This uniquely planned one-day initiative, specially designed to equip dental students to manage several, potentially life-threatening emergencies in the clinic, included stations of demonstration like Choking, Seizures, Chest pain, Anaphylaxis, Hyperglycemia and a hands-on Skills Station, which was demonstrated by professors in that field. Also during the Dentofest, a competition was organized for undergraduate dental students on various aspects of dental well being which was held on 24 Jan; and a drawing contest for little kids and college students was held today,27 January on the theme “Swachh Bharath” to manifest their thoughts on the clean mouth. Free dental checkup with basic dental treatment was made available for general public, and this service will be continued for 3 more months.
During the Valedictory of the Dentofest, Dr Kundabala M-the Chairperson, Patient care Committee, MCODS-Mangaluru briefed the audience about the activities that took place during the Fest. The guests for the occasion were Dr Dilip Nayak-Dean of MCODs; and Judges for the Painting competition, Gowri Mallya and Akash Agnihotri, both artists. The vote of thanks and compere was done by Dr Nanditha Shenoy-Associate Professor in Dental Sciences, MCODS. 113 participants took part in the Painting competition, and winners were presented with prizes during the occasion, where Mokshith Suresh of Delhi Public School-Mangaluru (6th std) won the 1st place; Deboshruthi Chakrobarthy (KMC, Mangaluru) bagged the 2nd prize; and Amith V Kamath (Canara PU College, Mangaluru) won the 3rd prize.
In poster making competition, 34 took part, and Nitin Garg and Abainav, under the guidance of Dr Manuel won the 1st place; Nitin Garg and Parth, under Dr Sangeetha Nayak-2nd place; and Aashna Roy and Juhi Joshy, under Dr Premalatha Shetty won 3rd place. In Table clinic, 105 participated, where Mahima S, Maithyree SR , Pooja PN and K Lokesh Sai, under Dr Sreekanth won 1st place; Fiona, Hui Nuh and Nikitha Rungta, under Dr Dharnappa Poojary won 2nd place; and Anila, Vedanth, Sai Soumya, Kavisha and Anesitha, under Dr Nanditha and Dr Sreekanth won 3rd place.
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