I am Dr Amit Saini, Founder and President of Global Oral Health Foundation Society, SBS Nagar, Punjab-India. I am a Dental Surgeon from Nawanshahr, Punjab-India. I have 23 years of Clinical Experience in General Dentistry at my private setup in my home town. Lately, I have ventured into the Non-Profit Sector in the field of Dental Healthcare from January 2013 onwards.

My Social Venture “Global Oral Health Foundation Society” is with a mission to provide “Oral Healthcare for all”. The Cause of Undertaking Oral Health programmes for the poor and the underprivileged living in the rural countryside is to provide for effective maintenance of good oral health and hygiene by way of subsidised treatment of dental ailments among the people irrespective of cultural or religious diversity. After all, we must not forget that 74% of India resides in its Villages.

I in this mission conceptualised and set up the Dental Department at Shri Nabh Kanwal Raja Sahib Charitable Hospital at Village Mazara Nau-Abad in Nawanshahr-Punjab in the year 2007. This Dental Department went on to provide Dental Healthcare Treatment to the people living in the village and also to the surrounding villages at highly subsidised costs. It revolutionized Oral Healthcare among rural areas in approximately a belt of 150 Villages.

Many patients had come for their First visit to a Dentist such was the neglect about their Oral Health. This translates into a lack of knowledge about Oral Health and Hygiene in rural populations. Much more such Initiatives are needed for the spread of awareness of Oral Health through the opening up of Dental Centres across Villages in Rural India.

To date, the NGO has conducted over 20 Dental Camps across the villages in SBS Nagar, Punjab-India. I am sharing with you all the Consolidated Statistics of the First 20 Dental along with the Results. I am sharing the Link with you all with a Brief Write-up of my Observations during these Camps:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8-CdGuIFX4-enQzN3lfQl91OTA

The Clinical Findings of the Dental Camps conducted by the NGO:
1. 50% of the Female patients were from the 20-40 years age group.
2. 70% of the Male patients were below 40 years.
3. 50% of all the patients examined ( male & female both) had poor Oral Hygiene. They were advised Oral Prophylaxis ( professional cleaning of teeth by a Dentist/ Dental Hygienist).
4. A majority of the children over 40% under the 20 yrs age group had one or more carious teeth. This was because of the lack of good oral hygiene habits among children and the large consumption of sweets ( sucrose ) by the children.

1. The Project was awarded the Karmaveer Chakra, in 2012 by the International Confederation of NGOs (iCONGO )during the REX Conclave held in Delhi in 2012 in association with the UN.
Website of the Organization: http://www.rexideas.com/

2. Had spoken lately via Skype to the Delegates of the India Development Coalition of America (IDCA) on the Rural Dental Center Project at their 6th North India Conference held at IIIM, Jaipur on 3rd March 2017.
Website of the Organization: https://www.idc-america.org/

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