Fluoride and Health: A Seminar and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Series
Held on 18th Sept Friday, 2015, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University
Professor Chitta Chowdhury Head of Oral Biology and lead Fluoride team took the initiative to run another continuing professional development (CPD – 10th of Oral Biology) in Fluoride and Health.
The event highlighted the facts and fallacies on source of fluoride and their quantification for dental health and wellness in terms of geographic location of all the districts of Karnataka and temperature including rainfall status. It is the outcome of comprehensive Fluoride mapping out of all the districts of Karnataka. The result is based on original research conducted by the fluoride research division of the Department of Oral Biology and Genomic Studies, A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte Mangalore India.
The event was conducted in association with centre for Advanced Dento-facial and Stomatognathic sciences (CADDS), Department of Oral Medicine and the Department of Public Health Dentistry of A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences of Nitte University.
Professor B.H.Sripathi Rao, Principal of Yenepoya Dental College was invited as chief guest and Professor Prashanth Shenoy of the same institute as key note speaker.
Professor Mithra Hegde Vice-Principal of AB Shetty Dental College gave the welcome address for the event and the dignitaries.
Chief Guest Professor Sripathi Rao spoke about the A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences reiterated – he has got a sort of fraternity with AB Shetty Dental College. He highlighted the history of fluoride and fluorosis. He emphasized the prevalence of fluorosis in our country and in Karnataka state in particular, and he rightly highlighted the importance of such interventional study Dr. Chouwdhury and his team is performing rightly. He discussed on the issue of fluoride endemic areas in Karnataka and dental and skeletal ailments occurring due to high doses of fluoride consumed from the drinking water, is essential to control.
Dr Prashant Shenoy, the Key note speaker spoke on the history and generic information on fluoride and fluorosis applicable to dentistry. He spoke on detail regarding underpinning issues of Fluoride chemistry -- impacting on health and diseases.
Professor Chitta Chowdhury, spoke on various aspects of fluoride and fluorosis. He explained the importance of research on fluoride and its clinical outcome and benefit to Indian Population.He encouraged students to consider taking up the research studies in fluoride that can benefit affected fluoride endemic areas both molecular and clinical research that can improve the way of control and prevention of the conditions in fluorosis endemic areas of India. Importantly he expressed his concern about Pavagada Taluk of Tumkur District of Karnataka, the place he visited to analyse the situation with his team. Nitte University supported the initiative and Ramakrishna Mission Hospital in Pavagada and General Hospital joined their hands with Professor Chowdhury to tackling fluorosis menace. He appreciated the support he got from the chief minister of Karnataka (letter is enclosed) for his work in fluoride and health. Organizing chair Dr Chitta Chowdhury likes to thank to Professor Rajendra Holla, Head, Department of Pharmacology, KS Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) and Professor Udaya Kiran, Head of Community Medicine of KSHEMA for their presence during the inaugural session of the event. They are the members of advisory board of Fluoride and Health.
Professor Chowdhury thanks to Professor U.S. Krishna Nayak, Principal, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences for his full support and dynamic leadership. Dr Chowdhury spoke very high about Professor Subash Babu, who wholeheartedly supports this event with his team and he was really helpful, he spent the entire time of the event noting down the details of the event and guided. Dr. Chowdhury appreciates very much to Dr Subash Babu for his extraordinary supports, he does as ever.
Dr Shahnawaz Khijmatgar spoke on the fluoride status in drinking water from different districts of Karnataka. He presented the findings of the research that has been carried out at Fluoride Division of Oral Biology of A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences. The study was collaborated with couple of advisory researchers in the UK and Japan. He discussed recently published Cochrane review published in June 2015 on “Water fluoridation in drinking water” and discussed its findings and their current validity. He mentioned that the fluoride team work has been accepted for publication in the Perspectives in Public Health from the UK which has an impact factor of 1.40.
Mrs Divya Kumari, a research scholar in PhD degree programme at the Department of Oral Biology presented about the standard methodologies which are running in the Fluoride research laboratory of Oral Biology and Genomic Studies. Under the guidance of Professor Chowdhury, she herself was involved to set the different methods for estimate fluoride in drinking water, food sources, soft drinks, milk etc. by using fluoride ion selective electrode (ISE) UK.
Dr Shruthi Rao Postgraduate Dental Student at Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology conducted the entire session quite efficiently and amicably, the team is privileged to thank her very much. The event was concluded with vote of thanks.
Ground Reality
The facts and fallacies on Fluoride and Health in Karnataka is a concern today likewise other states in India where fluorosis, and deficiencies at places are major public health issues as well. We highlight the facts based on our recent research outcome which has been accepted for publishing in well circulated Journal in the UK and other countries -- Perspective in Public Health -- IF 1.4. (Thomson Router Indices) We have completed fluoride mapping in all the districts of Karnataka and a disturbing situation we revealed in-terms of deficiency and excess level of fluoride in drinking water in identified localities are really a concern for the population of Karnataka. Secondly, many dentifrices, soft drinks (highly acidic), mineral water, alcoholic beverages have got bizarre/confounding values (claimed/non-claimed in their level) comparing to WHO reports and others values elsewhere. Thanks to the members of the fluoride team of Department of Oral Biology and Genomics, who dedicatedly performed this intervention study for protection and promotion of health” *Say from Initiator Professor Chiita Chowdhury, Fluoride Team, 18th Sept., 2015, Nitte University, India
Professor Chitta Chowdhury Head of Oral Biology and lead Fluoride team took the initiative to run another continuing professional development (CPD – 10th of Oral Biology) in Fluoride and Health.
The event highlighted the facts and fallacies on source of fluoride and their quantification for dental health and wellness in terms of geographic location of all the districts of Karnataka and temperature including rainfall status. It is the outcome of comprehensive Fluoride mapping out of all the districts of Karnataka. The result is based on original research conducted by the fluoride research division of the Department of Oral Biology and Genomic Studies, A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte Mangalore India.
The event was conducted in association with centre for Advanced Dento-facial and Stomatognathic sciences (CADDS), Department of Oral Medicine and the Department of Public Health Dentistry of A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences of Nitte University.
Professor B.H.Sripathi Rao, Principal of Yenepoya Dental College was invited as chief guest and Professor Prashanth Shenoy of the same institute as key note speaker.
Professor Mithra Hegde Vice-Principal of AB Shetty Dental College gave the welcome address for the event and the dignitaries.
Chief Guest Professor Sripathi Rao spoke about the A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences reiterated – he has got a sort of fraternity with AB Shetty Dental College. He highlighted the history of fluoride and fluorosis. He emphasized the prevalence of fluorosis in our country and in Karnataka state in particular, and he rightly highlighted the importance of such interventional study Dr. Chouwdhury and his team is performing rightly. He discussed on the issue of fluoride endemic areas in Karnataka and dental and skeletal ailments occurring due to high doses of fluoride consumed from the drinking water, is essential to control.
Dr Prashant Shenoy, the Key note speaker spoke on the history and generic information on fluoride and fluorosis applicable to dentistry. He spoke on detail regarding underpinning issues of Fluoride chemistry -- impacting on health and diseases.
Professor Chitta Chowdhury, spoke on various aspects of fluoride and fluorosis. He explained the importance of research on fluoride and its clinical outcome and benefit to Indian Population.He encouraged students to consider taking up the research studies in fluoride that can benefit affected fluoride endemic areas both molecular and clinical research that can improve the way of control and prevention of the conditions in fluorosis endemic areas of India. Importantly he expressed his concern about Pavagada Taluk of Tumkur District of Karnataka, the place he visited to analyse the situation with his team. Nitte University supported the initiative and Ramakrishna Mission Hospital in Pavagada and General Hospital joined their hands with Professor Chowdhury to tackling fluorosis menace. He appreciated the support he got from the chief minister of Karnataka (letter is enclosed) for his work in fluoride and health. Organizing chair Dr Chitta Chowdhury likes to thank to Professor Rajendra Holla, Head, Department of Pharmacology, KS Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) and Professor Udaya Kiran, Head of Community Medicine of KSHEMA for their presence during the inaugural session of the event. They are the members of advisory board of Fluoride and Health.
Professor Chowdhury thanks to Professor U.S. Krishna Nayak, Principal, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences for his full support and dynamic leadership. Dr Chowdhury spoke very high about Professor Subash Babu, who wholeheartedly supports this event with his team and he was really helpful, he spent the entire time of the event noting down the details of the event and guided. Dr. Chowdhury appreciates very much to Dr Subash Babu for his extraordinary supports, he does as ever.
Dr Shahnawaz Khijmatgar spoke on the fluoride status in drinking water from different districts of Karnataka. He presented the findings of the research that has been carried out at Fluoride Division of Oral Biology of A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences. The study was collaborated with couple of advisory researchers in the UK and Japan. He discussed recently published Cochrane review published in June 2015 on “Water fluoridation in drinking water” and discussed its findings and their current validity. He mentioned that the fluoride team work has been accepted for publication in the Perspectives in Public Health from the UK which has an impact factor of 1.40.
Mrs Divya Kumari, a research scholar in PhD degree programme at the Department of Oral Biology presented about the standard methodologies which are running in the Fluoride research laboratory of Oral Biology and Genomic Studies. Under the guidance of Professor Chowdhury, she herself was involved to set the different methods for estimate fluoride in drinking water, food sources, soft drinks, milk etc. by using fluoride ion selective electrode (ISE) UK.
Dr Shruthi Rao Postgraduate Dental Student at Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology conducted the entire session quite efficiently and amicably, the team is privileged to thank her very much. The event was concluded with vote of thanks.
Ground Reality
The facts and fallacies on Fluoride and Health in Karnataka is a concern today likewise other states in India where fluorosis, and deficiencies at places are major public health issues as well. We highlight the facts based on our recent research outcome which has been accepted for publishing in well circulated Journal in the UK and other countries -- Perspective in Public Health -- IF 1.4. (Thomson Router Indices) We have completed fluoride mapping in all the districts of Karnataka and a disturbing situation we revealed in-terms of deficiency and excess level of fluoride in drinking water in identified localities are really a concern for the population of Karnataka. Secondly, many dentifrices, soft drinks (highly acidic), mineral water, alcoholic beverages have got bizarre/confounding values (claimed/non-claimed in their level) comparing to WHO reports and others values elsewhere. Thanks to the members of the fluoride team of Department of Oral Biology and Genomics, who dedicatedly performed this intervention study for protection and promotion of health” *Say from Initiator Professor Chiita Chowdhury, Fluoride Team, 18th Sept., 2015, Nitte University, India
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