DOHA: Last year, upwards of 85,000 patients received care at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) dental clinics, undergoing a number of specialized services including periodontal care and implants, orthodontic services, prosthodontic procedures, oral surgery, and endodontic and restorative treatments.
Each year thousands of patients benefit from specialised dental care provided by HMC’s Dental Health Service, including patients who require special needs dentistry and pediatric dentistry.
HMC’s Dental Health Service provides specialist dental care, specifically acute care that should be delivered in a hospital setting and is often not available elsewhere in the country. Hospital-based dentistry plays an important role in the delivery of oral healthcare, particularly for patients with special needs.
Commenting on the service, Dr Ghanim Al Mannai, Dental Service Chairman and Senior Consultant Endodontics at HMC said:
“The Hamad Dental Service provides highly specialized dental care to adult and pediatric patients from all over Qatar. Much of this care is delivered through dental clinics located across HMC’s network of community hospitals, including Al Wakra Hospital, Al Khor Hospital, and The Cuban Hospital. Treatment is also offered at our main location, the Hamad Dental Center, which is located at Rumailah Hospital.”
The importance of dentistry and good oral health practices was highlighted during this year’s World Oral Health Day celebrations.
Dr Mohamed Sultan Al Darwish, Consultant of Dental Public Health, Hamad Dental Center, HMC.
To mark the occasion, on March 20, the health sector-led National Oral Health Committee hosted a number of educational activities across Qatar, including Doha’s Hamad Dental Center. This year, the theme of World Oral Health Day was ‘Say Ahh’.
According to Dr Al Mannai, the day provided an opportunity to highlight how and why oral health affects an individual’s overall health. “A healthy mouth and a healthy body go hand in hand. This year’s campaign theme prompts people to recognize that good oral health affects their general health. It makes us stop and think about how one impacts the other,” said Dr Al Mannai.
Dr Mohammed Sultan Al Darwish, Consultant in Dental Public Health, explained there is often a link between oral diseases and other health conditions, with oral diseases often increasing one’s risk of developing a number of other diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, and some cancers.
Dr Najat Al Sayed, Divisional and Unit Chief, Orthodontics and Senior Dentistry Consultant, said oral health is multi-faceted and includes the ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew, swallow, and convey a range of emotions through facial expressions with confidence.
