Partha Charitable Trust

What We Do

Every year from Partha dental team makes trips into distant areas of Andhra pradesh to provide dental care and education in indigenous villages to patients who otherwise would have no access to pain relief or oral healthcare awareness.

Each team is comprised of 2 dentists ,dental assistant ,driver and a guide.

The team loads up our truck with all the necessary supplies and equipment and sets off for the health camp. Medical and Dental care is virtually non-existent due to the huge distances most people would have to travel to reach it, the costs involved and implications of leaving their family and livestock alone for multiple days. Education, and in particular, oral health education has never been something these people have had little or no exposure to.

When we are in the villages we set up the camp in the local Health Post or school. Some villages do not have running water or electricity. And in other places the road is impassable to the Health Post and so the local people help us carry the equipment to their village.

we do rely on the infrastructure between the schools and within the Health Posts to spread the word of our arrival. And often this works well with teachers being told of the date we will be there and thus bringing children from neighboring communities to receive their treatment.

Starting with the children, all prospective patients line up to be screened for pain, infection and decay by one of our dentists. We have the ability to do extractions and also basic restorative dentistry (fillings) with the use of a portable compressor and drill.

The majority of the work is extractions as many teeth are too badly decayed or infected to save. But it is extremely satisfying when we do have the opportunity to fill and save teeth.

While treatment is being carried out our paramedical staff will work with local community leaders in conducting oral healthcare awareness classes and tooth brushing demonstrations. We have a great interactive educational model which the children love. It explains what food and drink items are good and bad for their teeth. It is a successful way of showing the relationship of certain food groups with the decay they have in their mouths. And it is a lot of fun for the children!

We provide every patient with a new toothbrush and conduct demonstrations on why they need to brush and basic brushing techniques.

For further information and appointment please contact 91-9394444113 on all working days between 9.30 AM and 8:00 PM