IMU ORAL HEALTH COMMITTEE: May 2010

On the 21st and 22nd of April 2010, IMU School of Dentistry organized an Oral Health Week in conjunction with World Oral Health Month which was in April. This is the second year Oral Health Week was organized in IMU. The objective of this event was to convey important dental health knowledge to the IMU community. Also, it was a good opportunity for dentistry students to practice and improve their communication skills. The 2 day event was held in IMU atrium, Bukit Jalil campus. More than 400 students, lecturers and staff of IMU participated in this exciting event and the theme this year was “Your Mouth Matters! It is not a Hassle if you want to Dazzle.”

5 booths were set up in the atrium, each presenting a different dental topic, namely Oral Hygiene, Oral Pathology, Nutrition, Caries and Aesthetic. Students were to present their information to the participants. To encourage better understanding of knowledge among participants, every booth had interactive games with attractive prizes. In addition to that, participants who visited all 5 booths received goodie bags filled with many sponsored products incl

uding oral health products.

The event started at 11a.m. on the 21st. We were honored to have President of the Malaysian Dental Association (MDA), Dr Lee Soon Boon to officiate this memorable event. After the opening ceremony, we had song performance from student band Carcinoma. Then it was time for the participants to visit the booths. To get the crowd all hyped up, 10 lucky draw prizes were given out during each day. There were also dance performances by students from different faculties to entertain the crowd.

Oral Health Week 2010 was a success as not only the IMU community benefited by gaining more oral health related knowledge, dental students too gained valuable experience in teamwork, communication skills, and providing oral health education. It was also a time for dental seniors to bond with the juniors as we all worked together to make this event a success. Looking at all the benefits this event brought us, we hope for a bigger and better event in the following years to come, targeting a larger population.

The goodies bags