Operation Smile India Camp Inaugurated at I.T.S Dental College, Greater Noida

The Camp was inaugurated on 27th February at I.T.S Dental College, Greater Noida by Chief Guest- Mrs. Sunita Singh (Tehsildar Sadar, Greater Noida) and Guest of Honour MajGen SM Londha (Add. DGDS Armed Forces), in the presence of our Hon. Vice-Chairman Mr. Sohail Chadha, Director- PG Studies Dr. Anmol S Kalha and Principal Dr. Puneet Ahuja of I.T.S Dental College , Hospital &research Centre,Greater Noida.

A seminar was also presented, speaking in the seminar Dr. Puneet Ahuja told that a cleft is a gap or opening where the body structures that form before birth do not fuse as any normal body structure does. The deformity is caused by abnormal facial development during gestation. Cleft lip and palate are common birth defect of the face. Every year around 35,000 cleft children are born in India which makes it around 1 in every 700 births. A child with cleft is born every 30 minutes in our country.  The anomaly affects a child’s appearance, speech, teeth, eating, hearing and their social development and acceptability. In Northern India, the parents of a child born with a cleft have no access to counselling on the care and treatment of their children.

I.T.S. Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Greater Noida in association with Operation Smile India, sponsored by Phoenix Lamps is organizing its first mission in Delhi/NCR for surgical correction of cleft lip and palate patients from 27th February to 5th March 2015 in the college campus.

Dr. Anmol S Kalha also told that, this is the first of its kind free Comprehensive Cleft Care and Surgery camp ever organized in Delhi/NCR. With a team of 40 Medical and paramedical staff and 50 children/adults with cleft defects will be operated upon in this 1 week long Medical Mission. An Orthodontic and Paediatric dentistry rehabilitation registry will also be maintained for the periodic follow up of the operated patient till the age of 18 years by the institute. This is a continuing commitment of I.T.S Dental College to render best quality dental/medical services to the underprivileged populace of the region. I.T.S Dental College and Hospital has also taken the initiative to start a Nodal Oral Cancer Registry Centre for Gautam Budh Nagar district.