ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN CONJUCTION WITH WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY 2023 AT VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN, BENTONG, PAHANG.

The Dental Health Promotion Team comprising of 28 dentists and 39 supporting staff from the government dental health setting of Bentong in Pahang, Malaysia were involved in an Oral Health Awareness Campaign in conjunction with World Oral Health Day 2023 from 13/03/2023 to 20/03/2023.  This campaign was held as a collaborative programme between government dental healthcare providers from Bentong and the local vocational college at Vocational College Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Bentong to deliver oral health awareness to a targeted group of young adults within the age range of 16 to 18 years old. Several activities such as free dental check-up, dental treatments, exhibition, dental talks, busker performance on oral health awareness and an infographic poster contest under the theme "Mulutku Kebanggaanku" which is a direct translation of ‘Be Proud of Your Mouth’ into the national language of Malaysia were held for over 700 students. On the 20th of March 2023, a soft launch of World Oral Health Day was done involving students from the Vocational College wherein some students were involved in singing and dancing performances, followed by prize giving for the winners of infographic poster competition in line with the World Oral Health Day theme. These string of events were also published in the Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper entitled China Press.

Organizing members:

A) Dentists

1. DR. DALILA BINTI WAN AHMAD
2. DR. MUHAMMAD NAZREEN BIN AZMEE
3. DR. PUVANESWARI A/P SAHADEVAN
4. DR. WARDATUL HANNAN ANNUR BINTI NORZIHAN
5. DR. VAISNAVI A/P SURAIS
6. DR. NOR HAZIQAH BINTI HAMDAN
7. DR. NUR ATHIRAH BINTI AZIMAN
8. DR. YAMUNAA A/P SURIYA KUMAR
9. DR. SHAZWAN AFIQ BIN ABDUL GHANI
10. DR. TEE SUE ANN
11. DR. NUR FARAH NADIRA BT DZAINUDDIN
12. DR. NUR AMANINA BINTI MOHD ROSSLI
13. DR. SU EE WEYN
14. DR. NAJAH  BINTI MOHD NADRI
15. DR. NIDTHIYAA A/P A RAVICHANDRAN
16. DR. LOGINY A/P RADHAKRISHNAN
17. DR. MAI ROZYHASNIZA BINTI ROSLI
18. DR. GEETHANJALLI A/P SUBRAMANIAM
19. DR. KARISHMA KAUR A/P RAJINDER SINGH GILL
20. DR. TEZVEENDEV KAUR RANDHAWA A/P BALDEV SINGH
21. DR. SITI MARDHIAH BINTI ABDUL MUTTALIB
22. DR. VISHAL SHREE
23. DR. SITI KHADIJAH BINTI MOHD ZAKI
24. DR. NURABIDAH BINTI MOHAMED SHUKRI
25. DR. SITI ZULAIKHA BINTI MOHD NASIR
26. DR. SAHIRA BINTI SAUFI ANUAR
27. DR. DASHINI A/P ASIRWALAM
28. DR. YONG JI CONG

B) Supporting staffs

1. NUR AFIQA ATHIRAH BINTI ZAHARI
2. ROSEZAPRIMA A/P MOHD DAUD
3. ZARINA BT SEMAIL
4. MOHD ISRAR B MOHD SHARIL
5. SAADIAH BINTI MOHD KHALID
6. DANIAL BIN MUSTAPHA
7. MOHD FAIZ BIN BAHAWI
8. MOHD SHUKOR BIN ABDUL MAJID
9. JAMALATUL BINTI ABDUL WAHID
10. ARIANTO BIN MARSIDI
11. NURSUHANA BINTI MARZUKI
12. EZLIN BINTI BAHARUDIN
13. YEOP MEZAD B.RAZALI
14. MD.SAPAWI BIN BAHARUDIN
15. SUGARAJAN A/L ANPARASAN
16. MOHD SHAHRUL NIZAM BIN SHAIB
17. NOR FAZLIN AMIRA BINTI ABU HASSAM
18. NOOR ZANIFAH BINTI ZAKARIA
19. ABDULLAH AFFENDY BIN A RAHMAN
20. RAHIMAH A/P SAIN
21. THANALETCHUMY A/P MUNUSAMY
22. NOREENITA BINTI MAT RAZALI
23. DANIAL BIN MUSTAPHA
24. MOHD ASWAD BIN MAT ISA
25. SITI NUR AMALINA BINTI MOHD DOM
26. NUR AFIQA ATHIRA BINTI ZAHARI
27. MOHD ISRAR BINTI MOHD SHARIL
28. SITI FATIMAH BINTI OTHMAN
29. AHMAD ZAIRUL BIN AZIZAN
30. MOHD FAIZ BIN BAHAWI
31. ZULY SHERRYNA BINTI ARIFFIN
32. MOHD ZAKI BIN MUHAMAD ZIN
33. NORLIZA BINTI ISMAIL
34. HAZLINA BINTI HASSAN
35. SHERRIE SHAFIDA A/P DAUD
36. ROSLAINI BIN ABU HASSAN
37. SHANMUGA SUNDRAM A/L MOHANA RASAN
38. KHAIRUL RIDZWAN B. OSMANI
39. SYARUL FAIZ ACQMEAL BIN MUSTAFHA

Report Prepared by:

Dr Dashini Asirwalam

Lead Director,

Dental Health Promotion,

Bentong Government Dental Division,

Pahang, Malaysia