Mission PinkDentist is the community-based outreach carried out by the Dental and Oral health foundation International (DOHFI) using Mobile Dental Centre (also known as the PinkDentist).
DOHFI is an initiative of mass medical mission. It is an umbrella body aim at bringing together all the stakeholders involved in the fight against oral and dental diseases globally, with special emphasis on Africa, the world’s poorest and most underserved continent.
DOHFI is a relentless campaign aimed at ensuring that front-line oral and dental health workers, policymakers, researchers, and advocates see oral and dental morbidity as a major priority. It is focused on optimizing the dental and oral health of the underserved and unreached communities. The community-based outreaches of DOHFI is known as Mission PinkDentist.
THE PINKDENTIST:
The PinkDentist is part of the PinkCruise initiative, through which cancer and general health prevention is taken to the grass-roots using custom-made state-of-the-art mobile cancer centres.
The PinkDentist performs four major functions:
- creating awareness about oral health (including letting the general public know about the link between poor oral health and other killer diseases such as breast cancer).
- Demonstrating the proper care of the mouth and teeth
- Screening for oral and dental diseases
- On-the-spot treatment of oral and dental diseases whenever possible
Groups and Communities can invite the PinkDentist to carry out these interventions at their doorsteps for FREE, by sending an email to info@pinkcruise.org so they could be included in the year round schedule of free outreaches.