Dental screening camp attempt to enter World record books

Coimbatore, Oct 5 Local chapter of Indian Dental Association is taking a shot at entering both Guinness and Limca Books of World Records in 'most people involved in Dental Health Check,' by screening 20,000 patients free of cost within 24 hours on Oct 7. The event 'TEETH 2010' would begin at 8 AM on October 7 here and end at 7.59 AM the next day and try to qualify for a Guinness World Record as per rules,Dr P Surendran, President, IDA Coimbatore told reporters here today. The existing record is held by IDA, Mumbai which screened 3,377 patients on a single day, attended by 150 doctors. Stating that 48 dental surgeons would screen patients that day, with exclusive dental chairs, he said the camp is open for schoolchildren, particularly Corporation-run schools, college students and the public, who will be given a dental examination report and treatment plan. patients who require follow up treatment can avail it from a list of doctors given to them every Saturday for the next three months, he said, adding that procedures like extractions and fillings would be done free of cost.

Tamilpakkam wishes the effort a great success!