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Updated: May 01, 2024 18:22 IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (Desk): On the occasion of the successful completion of 25 years of the Army Dental Centre of Research & Referral (ADC R&R), General Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Command, Lieutenant General MK Katiyar, visited the dental centre and released a special postal cover on Wednesday.
“On the occasion of “Silver Jubilee” celebration of Army Dental Centre Research & Referral (ADC R&R), #Delhi, Lt Gen MK Katiyar, Army Commander #WesternCommand unveiled a Special Cover by Army Postal Service & complimented all ranks for providing state-of-the-art Oral health care with compassion & professionalism. Lt Gen Vineet Sharma, DGDS felicitated the former Commandants of ADC R&R,” Additional Directorate General of Public Information, Indian Army posted on X.
“ADC R&R is the largest dental establishment of the Armed Forces providing post-graduate training in five specialities of dentistry, namely Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Prosthodontics and crown and bridge, Periodontics and oral implantology, Conservative dentistry and endodontics, Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics,” the release stated.
Director General Dental Services, Lt Gen Vineet Sharma and former commandants of the Centre were also present during the ceremony. Brigadier SS Chopra, Commandant ADC R&R apprised all the achievements and initiatives of ADC R&R to becoming a leading institution in dental education, research, and patient care.
The dentists of the facility have achieved great feats in dentistry by performing various specialist procedures like Cranioplasty; a surgical procedure that involves repairing or replacing a bone flap in the skull, often performed to correct defects in the skull caused by trauma, previous surgeries, or congenital abnormalities, TMJ arthroscopy; a minimally invasive procedure used to diagnose and treat issues with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which connects jaw to skull, and other complex surgeries, according to the release.
The dental centre has also pioneered the use of Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen minimal sedation for anxiolysis and analgesia during minor oral surgical and rehabilitative treatment in all age groups in the Armed Forces.
Notably, this is the only centre in the armed forces using intraoral scanners for fabrication of Computer Aided Designing (CAD), and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Prosthesis. Patient-Specific implants for rehabilitation of maxillofacial defects are routinely used here.
Additionally, the institution’s library is RFID enabled with a large digital access of journals and books.
“The Major General RN Dogra memorial oration” that is delivered by the stalwarts of dentistry every year to commemorate the raising day of this prestigious institute was delivered by Major General GK Thapliyal, (Retd), Vice Chancellor, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, on “India that is Bharat”, the release added.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command also interacted with all ranks and lauded the yeoman service provided by the dental centre.
He urged all ranks to continue delivering state-of-the-art elite care to the soldiers, their families and veterans and exhorted everyone to continue working with the same professional zeal. He commended the staff of ADC R&R for constant improvements in the patient care facilities. (Desk)
