The DTU has gained prestige in Health Sciences education with its steadily increasing quality and quantity of staff and teaching facilities. In 2017, DTU was authorized to offer a new Odonto-Stomatology major, besides a Bachelor of Nursing (since 2009), Pharmacology (2012) and General Practitioner (2015) degree program.
DTU dentists at the event
Odonto-Stomatology students are trained in DTU’s state-of-the-art dental labs. They use dental chairs, installed in the basement of Block F in the South Hoa Khanh campus, besides 20 dental simulators and 20 dental handsets for their practice. Odonto-Stomatology students are taught by a team of highly qualified lecturers and doctors at local hospitals, and combine theoretical and practical training.
On August 8th and 9th, a large number of DTU students majoring in Odonto-Stomatology enthusiastically participated in the Oral Health program jointly held by the DTU Medical Simulation Center and the DTU Faculty of Odonto-
Stomatology.
At the event, DTU staff, lecturers and their children had a dental checkup and dental X-rays to evaluate their oral health. Also, dental hygienists provided participants with instructions for good oral hygiene.
Some of the DTU lecturers and staff had their teeth tartar scraped off, others got tooth-colored cosmetic fillings and some had teeth extracted.
For the children, dentists applied SDF (Silver Diamine Fluoride), a liquid substance approved for the prevention of tooth cavities (or caries) forming, growing, and spreading to other teeth.
DTU state-of-the-art facilities
Mr. Hoang Thai Hoa from the Mechanical Engineering Faculty said: "The DTU dentists are very friendly and dedicated. I hope that the university will hold more health care programs for DTU staff and lecturers in the future.”
Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Vy from class K24 YDR2 said: “The Oral Health Day is a very useful activity which provides students of Odonto-Stomatology like us with an opportunity to learn about typical dental diseases in reality, linking theory with practice to improve professional skills. Prior to the Oral Health Day, under the guidance of some DTU lecturers, we prepared documents on dental care and a video clip to teach people how to maintain good oral health.”
DTU Oral Health Day
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Quynh Mai, DTU MedSIM Acting Director said: "We have made good preparations for the Oral Health Day to make it a successful event. In addition to providing dental checkup and treatment as well as raising awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene for all DTU lecturers, staff and their children, we are very delighted to see many DTU students majoring in Odonto-Stomatology enthusiastically participate in the event and be able to apply theory into practice. This is also the very target DTU always aims for, in order to train a pool of highly skilled and experienced dentists with a sense of responsibility for patients.”
(Media Center)