Community Dentistry

Oral Health Reel Competition

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T16:36:41+05:00 Students Projects A first ever Intra – DUHS Reels Making Competition was held between the students on theme title “Sixty Seconds of Oral Health Promotion”. Three cash prize awards were given to the best reels made by groups of students of 3rd year BDS and BS...

Scientific Table Clinics

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T16:27:27+05:00 Students Projects As part of the Pak-Sri Lanka Faculty Exchange Program of Higher Education Commission Pakistan, Prof. Dr. Chantha Jayawardena, a distinguished faculty of Dentistry from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka visited the School of Dental Care Professional on May 27, 2025 to witness the innovation...

Edentulous screening program for the institutionalized elderly population group

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T16:22:36+05:00 Training the Trainers In collaboration with the Old Age Shelter Home – ANMOL in Karachi, the School of Dental Care Professionals organized edentulous screening program in elderly group. The burden of edentulousness (without any dentition) was only around 5% which is close to the edentulousness level...

Oral health screening for primary school children

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T16:19:28+05:00 Training the Trainers The Department of Community Dentistry assisted the Anatomy Department of Dow International Dental College who involved the 1st year BDS students to identify any abnormal tooth and oral structures in the primary school children with mixed dentition. The Physiotherapy Department of Ziauddin University...

The DIA-PER Trial (funded by NRPU-HEC No. 7143)

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T16:03:47+05:00 Special groups and Integrated Care Glycemic control in type-2 diabetes mellitus patients through non-surgical periodontal therapy – a randomized controlled trial was conducted over a period of three years (2019 – 2021). This project involved the screening phase where adult population were screened for type-2 diabetes...

Tobacco Control Initiative for Long- route Truck Drivers

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T15:58:23+05:00 Our first ever fight against tobacco initiated in 2014 when a group of our students identified the burden of tobacco consumption among long route truck drivers they identified at the Shireen Jinnah Colony Karachi. This project started with the screening for oral cancers and pre-cancerous...

Community Engagement program for Care-takers of Cerebral Palsy children

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T15:52:47+05:00 Community Engagement and Empowerment This project was conducted by the School of Dental Care Professionals (SDCP) in collaboration with the Al-Umeed Rehabilitation Association (AURA). Assessment of oral hygiene status and dental screening of 90 children (age = 5 – 12 years) suffering from Cerebral Palsy (CP)...

Promoting oral hygiene habits through education in Madrasa Children

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T15:45:57+05:00 Health Awareness and Education In continuation to the Civic-Engagement Program of the Department of Community Dentistry of Dow International Dental College organized one-day Education and Awareness Camp at the Madrasa Jamia Ishaat-ul- Quran (Trust Masjid Bilal) Gujrat Colony Baldia Town 3 on 12th September 2024. Our Dental...

Promoting Mother and Child Healthcare through Paternal Involvement

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-07T15:05:56+05:00 Community Engagement In continuation to the Civic-Engagement Program of the Department of Community Dentistry, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi collaborated with the KONPAL- Child Abuse Prevention Society and involved the community for the promotion of oral healthcare of mother and children. The project included volunteering students...

Co-created delivery of basic dental services through Jail Inmates

Farhan Mohsin2025-08-12T11:16:08+05:00 Outreach Screening and Basic Clinical Services The Community Dentistry team of Dow International Dental College (DIDC) visited the Central Jail Karachi from January till February 2025. The team co-created this project with the male jail inmates through the Central Jail administration. One jail inmate who was...