Our Correspondent
Kohima | May 27
To facilitate oral health care to the pupils/athletes of Indira Gandhi Stadium Academy, Kohima, the Directorate of Youth Resources & Sports, Nagaland in collaboration with Nagaland Institute of Science & Technology and Kekhro Smile Foundation today conducted oral health camp cum awareness programme.
Addressing the camp, Kethosituo Sekhose, Director, Youth Resources & Sports Nagaland told the athletes of the IGS Academy to take care of oral health.
Indira Gandhi Stadium Academy, Kohima houses about 146 students/athletes at present.
He, however, lamented that the Academy is yet to have easy access to any health care facility.
Last time, he said, the department conducted a health camp programme wherein it found that around 50 students having dental related health problem.
Thanking the NIST and KSF for voluntarily coming forward to assist the Academy in term of oral health, he also thanked Teisobou Sekhose, joint director, youth resources & sports Nagaland for making this oral health camp possible.
Oral health is so important, he said, adding that if not taken care at young age, one will regret later.
He was optimistic that today’s oral health camp will go a long way in promoting oral health care.
The programme was chaired by Megolhu Dolie, Additional Director, Youth Resources & Sports, Nagaland.
During the camp, screening of oral cavity was done by Kekhro Smile Foundation.
‘40-45% of population has dental caries’
Dr Pfukrolo Koza, founding member of Kekhro Smile Foundation spoke on awareness on oral health care.
He informed that Indians have relatively high incidence/prevalence of dental caries of permanent teeth and about 16% with periodontal problems.
About a third of the population suffers from dental caries that require treatment, he said adding that there is also a difference in oral health status between urban and rural populations, with enormous disparities in access to quality oral health care, predominantly in rural areas.
India’s 60-65% population is living in rural areas, where there is limited access to oral health care system, he said.
40-45% of population has dental caries, often leading to pain and discomfort.
More than 90% of the population has periodontal diseases. 19-32% of population aged more than 65 years is edentulous (Without teeth) while 12.6 per one lakh population have oral cancer.
Nagaland rank 2nd highest in the world in oral-cancer and 11th in India in cancer incidence, he said.
“The growing incidence of some chronic diseases like diabetes can further have a negative impact on oral health and adds to the burden,” he added.
He told the pupils of Indira Gandhi Stadium Academy Kohima to maintain good oral hygiene and take care of their teeth and gums.
Dr Koza informed that by maintaining good oral hygiene one can prevent dental caries, gum diseases, bad breathe and improve or prevent medical conditions.
He also talked on causes of dental diseases, anatomy of the tooth, sports dental trauma, sports mouth guards, treatment options and myths in dentistry.
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