KOLKATA: Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research (GNIDSR) - an institute under the aegis of JIS Group Educational Initiatives, IIT-KGP and IIEST (Shibpur) today has taken a humanitarian step to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to conduct interdisciplinary research in contemporary fields of oral healthcare.
The occasion was graced by Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chairperson, West Bengal
Medical Services, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Also stalwarts of the Indian Oral and Dental industry and academia as well as other eminent personalities such as S.K. Bhattacharya, Deputy Director IIT - KGP; Ajoy Roy, Director, IIEST Shibpur; Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University and Dibyendu Mazumder, President - Dental Council of India, R.R. Paul, Deputy Director and In-Charge (R&D), GNIDSR and T.K. Pal, Principal, GNIDSR were present for the commemoration of MoU signing occasion.
Oral cancer - basically a genetic disease that is modulated by epigenetics, metabolism and oral habits- affects people around the globe and has the highest incidence in India. Statistics say that every year more than 3 lacs of new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed all over the world, while approximately 80 thousands of Indians are afflicted with the disease annually. It has also been reported that more than 5 people die every hour in India because of oral cancer. The picture is equally gloomy even in USA, where approximately 30 thousands of Americans are affected annually and about 10 thousands of them die every year. It has been estimated that India has the highest number of oral pre-cancer patients. There are more than 25 lacs of such victims at any given point of time and a significant number of them will develop oral cancer in due course of time, if not precisely diagnosed and treated at the initial phase.
The occasion was graced by Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chairperson, West Bengal
Oral cancer - basically a genetic disease that is modulated by epigenetics, metabolism and oral habits- affects people around the globe and has the highest incidence in India. Statistics say that every year more than 3 lacs of new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed all over the world, while approximately 80 thousands of Indians are afflicted with the disease annually. It has also been reported that more than 5 people die every hour in India because of oral cancer. The picture is equally gloomy even in USA, where approximately 30 thousands of Americans are affected annually and about 10 thousands of them die every year. It has been estimated that India has the highest number of oral pre-cancer patients. There are more than 25 lacs of such victims at any given point of time and a significant number of them will develop oral cancer in due course of time, if not precisely diagnosed and treated at the initial phase.
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