Dental services get big boost

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Dental services get big boost

17-November-2014


As of early next year two newly commissioned dental caravans will be in operation and they are expected to reduce pressure on the school dental services in the town area.

One of the caravans will be stationed at Plaisance primary school while the other will be based at the Ile Perseverance primary school.

In a short ceremony in the car park of the Seychelles Hospital on Friday morning, Richard Quayle, the director of Quayle Dental, a London-based company which has designed and custom-made the caravans, handed them over to the Oral health Directorate of the Health Care Agency.

They have cost around £69,000 each and Mr Quayle is here to ensure everything is in place before the two caravans start operation hopefully early next year.

Mr Quayle said the caravans have been designed to be self-contained dental surgeries with modern and state of the art equipment which could be easily transported wherever they are needed.

‘’They have their own power generators, clean and waste water tanks for all dental procedures and they are a great and significant investment for the Ministry of Health,” Mr Quayle said.

They can each accommodate a dentist/therapist and an assistant at one time tending to a patient at a time. It also has a cushioned and sheltered waiting area.

Wix Cupidon, chief dental officer, said there was a need for such facilities.

“Plaisance and Ile Perseverance primary schools will now get their own dental clinics,” Mr Cupidon said.

He noted that pupils from Ile Perseverance were going to English River, piling pressure on the service there which has become saturated.

“The new caravan will cater for primary and pre-school age children of Ile Perseverance,” said Mr Cupidon.

As for the one to be stationed at Plaisance, it is expected to considerably reduce pressure on the services being provided at Les Mamelles.

Mr Cupidon noted that both primary and secondary pupils from Plaisance would benefit from the service as well as pupils from the School for the Exceptional Child situated close by.

“The caravans are equipped with remote control rumps which will enable easy access to the service by wheel chair bound pupils,” Mr Cupidon pointed out.

It is also expected that the new service will enable the children of the two above-mentioned schools to receive dental services without having to leave the school premises, minimising disruption to their studies and offering good follow up of their oral health needs.

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German Dentist Association donates €5000 worth of equipment

11-February-2015






The Health Care Agency of the Ministry of Health has received €5000 worth of dental equipment from the German Dentist Association based at Baie Lazare and a benevolent dental company based in Hamburg, Germany.

The donation, comprising a full set of equipment for a dental surgery as well as other essential material used in dental repair, were handed over to the deputy chief executive of the Health Care Agency Dr Danny Louange by Dr Bernd Frishcheisen-Koehler, the vice-chairperson of the German Dentist Association (GDA) in a short ceremony at the Ministry of Health’s headquarters last week which was attended by key health officials.

The GDA has a long and fruitful relationship with Seychelles since 1981. It was initiated by Dr Wolfgang Kaiser in Hamburg, Germany following which a small group of dentists signed a contract with the government of Seychelles on January 24, 1981 to come and work here.

The main objective was to provide primary dental health care for the south of Mahé where at that time no dental clinics were available.
A mobile dental clinic and truck were shipped from Germany to Seychelles.

The well-known ‘caravan’ was stationed for several months in the villages of south Mahé and then moved on to the next one thus covering the districts of Anse Boileau, Baie Lazare, Takamaka, Anse Royale and Anse Aux Pins.

By 1988 the ageing ‘caravan’ was permanently based at Baie Lazare, while dental clinics had been set up at Anse Boileau, Anse Royale and Anse Aux Pins.

In 1991 the caravan had finally outlived its lifespan but the cooperation strengthened. With the support of the Rotary Club of Victoria and a contribution from the German government, a new dental clinic was built next to the Baie Lazare clinic. Dental materials, instruments and other equipment were provided by the GDA.

Since 1981 more than 60 German dentists have worked here under the cooperation.

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Comment - It is happy news to read that we still such positive relation with Germany - after events, to remind everybody the article we have added about Sechelles Seychelles Colonial Germany important relation and those who helped to build the Tourist Industry - like Herr Otto Snitzenbaumer and very many others, the Linblad, the Bantely ...

Also after the passing away of the German President Cold War Germany and after that SIROP program those who supported us - those dental instrument will last for very many years.


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Seychelles holds first ever international dental conference

27-March-2015
Minister Larue addressing the audienceThe Ministry of Health in association with the Dental Association of Seychelles is holding its first ever international dental conference.

The inauguration ceremony for the two-day conference took place at the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (SITE) auditorium at Mont Fleuri yesterday and the working sessions will continue today at the Seychelles Hospital.

The conference, which was officially opened by the Minister for Health Mitcy Larue, coincides with the World Oral Day celebrated on March 20 and is aimed at providing a global platform to introduce latest innovations, cutting-edge technologies that is currently revolutionising the practice of dentistry.

Also present at the opening ceremony were the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, David Pierre; high officials of the ministry of health; members of the dental association of Seychelles; as well as local and international representations.

Speaking on the importance of such a conference, Minister Larue said: “In the sciences of medicine and dentistry, and in all sciences for that matter, continuous professional education is now a duty. And so it should be. The bobbin of science never stops spinning and all true scientists, all professionals worthy of their salt, need to always keep up with the spin.”

She also expressed her happiness and pride that her ministry has once again teamed up with a local professional association, this time with the Dental Association of Seychelles, to organise what she described as an important international, continuous and professional development event.

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