Indigenous dental implants would be soon available: Minister

Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan today said indigenously developed dental implants would be soon available at one-third rate of the current market price.
He was speaking here after inaugurating a research centre and super specialty dental clinic at Indian Dental Association's (IDA) headquarter in Prabhadevi area of Mumbai city.
The minister said, "In a huge country like ours, the services of organisations like the IDA are needed to make treatment and medicine affordable for the poor.
"The IIT-Delhi, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Science, Delhi have come out with a dental implant. It will be available to the people in a couple of months at one-third of the price of dental implants currently available in the market."

The IDA in its official statement claimed that its centre is first ever such initiative in the country. The centre is named as 'Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Education and Research Centre and Super Speciality Dental Clinic'.
The super-specialty dental clinic is set up to provide dental restoration work and advanced dental procedures, with special focus on the underprivileged by providing them free treatment. This is a tribute to Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed, the founding father of IDA.

It will be open everyday between 9 am to 6 pm (except Saturday and Sunday), the IDA stated.
IDA's president Vishwas Puranik said this centre was a dream come true for IDA members.

"From a small place to 5,000 sq ft office and the research centre, we have come far but a lot needs to be achieved," said Puranik.
The proposed Centre will have 25 simulators in addition to five clinical stations and one operation station for rendering all types of pre-clinical, clinical and advanced clinical training.
The Centre aims at catering to the growing demand for further enhancing the knowledge and skills of dental professionals in India, he said.