PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE LEVEL

MAN-POWER REQUIREMENT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

1. Hydraulic Chair Mount Dental Unit installed with Airotor, Micromotor, Ultrasonic Scaler (piezo type), Three way syringe for air & water spray, Light cure unit with gun, Zero back-ache stool, Compressor
2. Autoclave 
3. Glass Bead Sterilizer : 
4. Storage Cabinet 
5. Dental X-Ray Unit With Day-Light Manual Developer 
6. Needle Burner:
7. Stabilizer

TREATMENT

Dental Health Care Workers (DHCW's) should be able to provide preventive, promotive and curative dental treatment and should include:

1.Filling of carious teeth using silver amalgams and composites etc.
2.Should be able to restore defective fissures with fissure sealants/ Atraumatic Restorative Technique (ART).
3.Sealing and polishing of teeth with root planning etc.
4.Should be able to provide topical application of fluoride. Should conduct oral heath education.
5.Should participate in the School Health Education Programme.
6.Should guide MHW & FHW and Anganwadi workers for imparting preventive and promotive oral health education strategies.