Campaign
The Aga Khan University Dental Hygiene Programme held a campaign for healthy teeth and gums for patients and caregivers in the pediatric oncology and internal medicine wards. It was a four day campaign to spread oral health awareness and education.
The activities designed for the patients included:
- Oral hygiene education using typodonts and oral care aids
- Platelet count and oral care
- Use of mouthwashes
- Cancer therapy and oral health
- Parents' oral health and transmissibility to the child
- Sealants and fluoride
- Baby bottled teeth and thumb sucking
- Nutritional counselling
- Coloring activities to identify healthy and unhealthy food
- Coloring activities regarding oral health
- Distributed gifts which included oral care aids and color pencils
- Distributed stickers to the children by tooth fairy
Information
alwinaghazi99@gmail.com
Aga Khan University Hospital National Stadium Road Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi-74800
Pakistan
Pediatric Ward, Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi Pakistan