The department is well furnished with instruments required for both clinical and camps use. It has the fully equipped dental chairs, autoclaves, needle burner with syringe cutter, extraction forceps, filling instruments, prosthetic instruments, airotors hand piece, micromotor unit, amalgamator, pulp tester, oral prophylaxis instrument, light cure unit, sterilizer, overhead projector, LCD projector, digital camera, computer system with laser printer, dental education materials, etc.
The department also has a Mobile Dental Van with one dental chair with all the attachments and adequate sitting space for 10-15 people. The van is equipped with an X-ray machine, filling instruments, ultrasonic scalars, airotors, micromotor unit, dental materials, sterilizer, autoclave, glass bead sterilizer, compressor, metal cabinet, stabilizer, generator, water tank, oxygen cylinder, public address system, TV and CD player etc. The Department has centralized museum where the dental health education material has been displayed which is both informative and educative, department also has a tobacco cessation room for counseling of tobacco users, it is equipped with many models and educated materials. The department has also attached to two satellite units. The treatment facilities for camp patients are either free or at a very nominal charge.
Department Highlights
As on 31st May 2021-
Total number of Free Dental Check-ups and Treatment Camps organised: 744
Number of Dental Camps other than Jabalpur District: 85
Total number of patients benefited by Dental Camps:1,39,538
Key Partner Organizations in Dental Camps: Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Rotary Club (International, State and Districts), Inner Wheel Club, Red Cross Society, Raj Krishna Tankha Foundation, Justice Tankha Memorial Foundation, Indian Dental Association, NCC, NSS, Sangini Seva Sangathan, Manjusha Seva Sadan, Sahara Jan Kalyan and Bharat Vikas Parisad.
Mega Camps as on 31st May 2021:
- At Bandakpur, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh: 9th 2016: 357 patients
- Mega Health Mission at Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh: 13thto 18th 2016: 2014 patients
- At Kurseja, Banda, Uttar Pradesh: 22ndto 26th 2016: 796 patients
- At Ordinance Factory, Katni: 1stMay 2016: 209 patients
- At Rikhiya Peeth,Deoghar, Jhagrakhand: 8/7/16 to 10/7/16- 310 patients
- At Mission Muskan, Shadol, Madhya Pradesh: 1/1/18 to 4/1/18- 167 patients
- At Balaghat, M.P: 17/2/18 to 18/2/18: 144 patients
- At Banda Uttar Pradesh: 25/11/18 to 2/12/18- 965 patients
- At Mandla M.P. : 7/11/19 to 14/11/19- 5000 patients.
Total number of Museum Specimens: 136
Research Papers Published by Faculty Members: 93
Conferences/CDEs attended by Faculty Members: 84
Scientific Papers Presented by Faculty Members: 33
Treatments and Services Available
Out Patients Department (OPD) services:
Pit & Fissure Sealants
Topical Fluoride Application
Extraction (Simple)
Scaling
Amalgam restoration
GIC restorations
Tobacco cessation counselling
Outreach programs:
Prevention and control of diseases through community approach by organizing free dental check-up and treatment camps for rural, remote and under privileged areas.
School dental health programs
Rural Satellite Centres
Gujarati Mandal Satellite Dental Clinic
Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital is committed to provide patients with the highest quality dental care through caring attitudes and excellence in treatment processes. This care has also been expanded to our Gujarati Mandal satellite Dental Clinic located in Marhataal, Jabalpur. It is an attempt by Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital to provide dental services at the doorstep of Jabalpur people. Opened in November 2012, the Gujarati Mandal satellite Dental Clinic is providing comprehensive oral care to children, adults and senior citizens.
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