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IDA organises dental medical camp at APMC

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The Indian Dental Association (IDA) on Tuesday organised a dental health camp at the  Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Malakpet.
It will remain open till February 23. it will take up general dental health check-up for decayed teeth, missing teeth, filled teeth, and for other miscellaneous dental and gum ailments. It aims to detect  oral cancers in the early stages and curb oral cancers. Fifteen Dental Surgeons including Oral and Maxollofacial Specialists from IDA and Pananeeya Institute of Dental Sciences will be performing the Oral Cancer Checkup, Screening, Awareness, Detection where necessary biopsies will also be taken in suspected oral cancer lesion cases.

Dr A Srikanth, Secretary IDA, Deccan Branch said, “Telangana’s percentage of mouth, head, and neck cancers is 16%, which is higher .
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