HKU Faculty of Dentistry to hold Love & Clean Teeth Day on 21

HKU Faculty of Dentistry to hold “Love
& Clean Teeth Day” on 21 March 2015
The HKU Faculty of Dentistry will hold an oral health carnival in collaboration with the
charity Project Concern Hong Kong this coming Saturday, 21 March 2015, in Shatin, to
promote oral health and hygiene among the Hong Kong public. Media representatives
are invited to cover this event, which will include a dedication ceremony for a new
Project Concern Hong Kong Mobile Dental Vehicle and Dental Service.
This event is the second of four “Love & Clean Teeth Days” co-organised this year by the HKU
Faculty of Dentistry and Project Concern Hong Kong, as part of an Impact Project led by Dr Chun-hung
Chu (Associate Professor in Family and Community Dentistry at HKU) and funded by the HKU Knowledge
Exchange Fund 2014-15.
“The four oral health carnivals of our Impact Project aim to apply knowledge and skills gained at
the HKU Faculty of Dentistry to help improve the local community’s oral health and knowledge, while
also encouraging engagement between our students and the public,” says Dr Chu, who will supervise a
team of HKU dental students to provide oral heath education and free dental check-ups for both children
and adults.
In particular, the Faculty has been advising and training staff at Project Concern Hong Kong to
provide preventive dental treatment for young children and to develop a dedicated territory-wide
mobile dental clinic service. The oral health carnival in Shatin will include the official launch ceremony
of this new Mobile Dental Vehicle and Dental Service. Officiating at the ceremony will be Mr Thomas C W
Pang (Vice Chairman of the Shatin District Council), Dr Joseph Chan (Chief Dental Consultant of the
HKSAR Department of Health), Dr Sigmund S M Leung (President of the Hong Kong Dental Association),
Prof Thomas Flemmig (HKU Dean of Dentistry), and Mr Calvin KS Wang (Chairman, Project Concern Hong
Kong).
The event details for the Love & Clean Teeth Day are as follows:
Date:
21 March 2015 (Saturday)
Time:
12:30 – 17:00; (14:00: Official Launch Ceremony of new Project Concern Hong
Kong Mobile Dental Vehicle and Dental Service)
Venue:
Shatin Town Hall Plaza
The first Love & Clean Teeth Day took place on 24 January 2015 in a public housing estate in Tung
Chung. The third one will be held in April in Tsz Wan Shan, Kowloon. More details can be obtained from
the HKU Faculty of Dentistry Knowledge Exchange Unit (e-mail: [email protected]). The Faculty blogsite for
this HKU Impact Project can be found at:
http://bit.ly/17AJsGC.
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For more information about the HKU Faculty of Dentistry, please visit http://facdent.hku.hk; Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/facdent
Media contact:
Ms Sau-wan Cheng, Knowledge Exchange Officer, HKU Faculty of Dentistry; Tel: 2859 0410; E-mail: [email protected]
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