Dentistry offers free healthcare in honor of princess mother
The Princess Mother Medical Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health and volunteer dentists and volunteer dental staff from all over the country joined forces to organize the project to offer free dental services on the 21st of October. This has been done every year since 1986 and in the year 1989 the prime minister approved the 21st of October to be National Dental Health Day. 17 years Faculty of Dentistry Khon Kaen University is celebrated with the Public Oral Health Day with continual dental healthcare services as a method to offer systematic dental services. Dental staff members and students together organized the activities to offer free dental health services for the public including filling teeth, removal of plaque, fluoride treatments, and offers advice about oral hygiene and teeth. These activities were held at the Dental Hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry Khon Kaen University and were attended by 878 people on the 21st of October 2015.