JIS Students Get Dental Check Up
By Azrol Azmi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Jerudong International School (JIS) students are currently receiving free dental check up services conducted by Jerudong Park Medical Centre (JPMC), which began November 1.

The dental check up service is part of the medical centre services for the school to promote and educate students, aged between three and 19 years, on the importance of dental hygiene, including identifying dental treatments.

The dental examination covers all childhood dental issues such as dental hygiene status of the child, need for professional cleaning of teeth, presence of decayed, missing or filled teeth, need for fluoride therapy and sealants as preventive protocol for dental decay.

In addition, the check up also touches on the need for root treatment, teeth and assessment of condition of the gums, need for extractions of grossly decayed milk teeth and Orthodontic treatment for correction of mat posed teeth for students aged between 10 to 15 years.

JPMC Dental Department is conducting three screening sessions during the week for JIS students between 8.30am and 12.30pm. Each session will' cover about 25 to 40 students.

Prior to each examination, the parents or guardians of the students wit l be required to provide consent for their children to be examined.

After each examination, the child's treatment needs would be identified in a screening chart and will be handed over to the parents or guardians through their children.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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