Amarinder Singh
CEO, Clove Dental

Oral health is essential to general health and well-being at every stage of life. A healthy mouth enables not only nutrition of the physical body, but also enhances social interaction and promotes self-esteem and feelings of well-being, says Amarinder Singh, CEO, Clove Dental, in conversation with Vivek Ratnakar of Elets News Network (ENN).

Tell us about the next generation of technologies that are helping improve dental health.

With over 5,000 dental laboratories, 297 dental institutes, the Indian dental market is vast and it is predicted that India will be the single largest country for dental products and materials. The dental market is expected to have a growth rate of 20 to 30 per cent, with investment groups building multispecialty hospitals offering general dentistry and specialist treatments.

The current dentist to population ratio in urban area is 1:9000 and in rural areas it is 1:200000. In the last decade, the dental services scenario in India has vastly improved due to growing healthcare awareness, better economic growth, increased healthcare expenditure, investor friendly government policies and reduction on customs duty.

Talking about technological advancements, a large portion of dental products are imported into the country. About 85 per cent of Indias annual requirement is supplied by Germany, USA, Italy, Japan and China. Most of the imports are in the implants segment. Foreign companies are investing in the Indian dental equipment market by establishing their production units in India. India is rapidly becoming a manufacturing hub for supplying dental equipment and material to less developed countries such as Pakistan, Africa, Sri Lanka and parts of the Middle East.

We here at Clove Dental use the best and latest technology and methods to treat our patients like computer guided anaesthesia technology, Advanced dental chairs, Rotary tools, Advanced X-Ray machines, Water filtration system with water from ROs, Sterilization Autoclaves, Dental Consumables like the tools and equipment of best quality.

How dental health determines the overall health of an individual?

Oral health is essential to general health and well-being at every stage of life. A healthy mouth enables not only nutrition of the physical body, but also enhances social interaction and promotes self-esteem and feelings of well-being. The mouth serves as a window to the rest of the body, providing signals of general health disorders.

For example, mouth lesions may be the first signs of HIV infection, aphthous ulcers are occasionally a manifestation of Coeliac disease or Crohns disease, pale and bleeding gums can be a marker for blood disorders, bone loss in the lower jaw can be an early indicator of skeletal osteoporosis, and changes in tooth appearance can indicate bulimia or anorexia.

The presence of many compounds (e.g., alcohol, nicotine, opiates, drugs, hormones, environmental toxins, antibodies) in the body can also be detected in the saliva.

Oral conditions have an impact on overall health and disease. Bacteria from the mouth can cause infection in other parts of the body when the immune system has been compromised by disease or medical treatments (e.g., infective endocarditis). Systemic conditions and their treatment is also known to impact on oral health (e.g., reduced saliva flow, altered balance of oral microorganisms).

Dental health is often ignored in India. What efforts are afoot to raise awareness about dental tests and diseases?

Even though, India is progressing as never in oral health, a keen understanding of societal aspects can be helpful for both oral health planners and implementers especially in rural areas. A change in society outlook and attitude is slow, which requires persistent efforts and continuous education and active participation of society. In brief a careful planning based on education of oral health that not only involves oral health educator but society in its noble cause removing misconceptions and providing effective and cost-effective treatment near is a need of an hour in Indian society. Being in every locality will help them build credibility in their community and become respected members of the community.

Talking about technological advancements, a large portion of dental products are imported into the country. About 85 per cent of Indias annual requirement is supplied by Germany, USA, Ital y, Japan and China.

As an effort to spread awareness about oral healthcare, we organise dental programmes under Community Dental Outreach Programs in RWA, Schools and Corporates. In these programs we organize talk shows and seminars in which our dental surgeons educate people on how oral health care is important at every stage of life.

We possess two fully loaded Mobile Dental Vans for taking the treatment to the patients doorstep, if needed. These are also utilised towards holding health campaigns in the under privileged colonies thus taking care of our Corporate Social Responsibility.

Clove Dental is working to be in every locality and has an expert team of dentists who bring skills and experience from all dental specialties as well as general dentistry. Theres no oral healthcare issue we cannot address. Collectively, our dental team brings over 2,000 years of experience to our clinics.

Our dental team includes a talented pool of specialists such as periodontists, endodontists, prosthodontists, orthodontists, paediatric dentists etc. When general dentists refer patients to one of our specialists, patients are, in effect, getting two opinions and the attention of two highly qualified dental professionals without having to go outside our network.

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