“Amritasmitham” is a community outreach programme of Amrita School of Dentistry, AIMS, Kochi. This programme was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. K. Narayanan Unni, Principal, Amrita School of Dentistry, AIMS, Kochi. This is the first time that the Departments of Prosthodontics and Community Dentistry coordinated to conduct a denture camp at Attapady on 7^th, 8^th and 9^th of February 2008. They were able to give 42 pairs of dentures to the lesser fortunate people in Attapady. This is unique in that these dentures were fabricated and inserted in 36 hours. Normally it takes about 6 appointments (on different days) and at least 2 weeks for denture fabrication. It involves about 6 hours in the lab and 6 hours in the clinic for each patient.

This camp was coordinated by AHADS (Attapady Hill Area Development Society) who selected the patients and provided the necessary infrastructure. The camp was organized at the headquarters of AHADS. Morale was boosted by the unstinted support of the Director of AHADS, Shri. V.K. Uniyal, the Japanese coordinator Mr. Seji Koyanagi, the Deputy project director Mrs. Prajitha and other staff of AHADS.

Team Members :

            Prof. Anil Mathew, H.O.D, Dept. of Prosthodontics

Dr. Chandrasekar, H.O.D, Dept. of Community Dentistry

Dr. Vinod Krishnan, Dept. of Prosthodontics

Dr. Manju. V, Dept. of Prosthodontics

Dr. Sandhya Gopalakrishnan, Dept. of Prosthodontics

Dr. Rohini Radhakrishnan, Dept. of Prosthodontics

Mr. Vinod P. Nair, Chief Dental Technician

Mr. Sharath, Dental Lab Assistant

& 12 House Surgeons

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