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PUBLISHED IN PAKISTAN JULY, 2015 - Issue No. 04 Vol.2www.dental-tribune.com.pk Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 Intraoral welding and lingualized (lingual contact) occlusion: A case report Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin CLINICAL PRACTICE New SOPs for CME issued by PM&DC Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin SAARC countries to enhance collaboration in higher education Digital radiography that seems designed for pediatric practices AHORE - The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing nearly six million people a year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600,000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. Unless urgent action is taken, the annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. Nearly 80% of the more than one billion smokers worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is the heaviest. In Pakistan 110,000 people die yearly due to tobacco usage. Death due to tobacco is preventable thus it is essential that the adverse effects of its use on the health and well being be highlighted. In lieu of this, the World No Tobacco Day is commemorated every year on the 31st of May by the World Health Organization (WHO). It was initiated in 1987 and is met with enthusiasm and some resistance worldwide each year. Every year WHO advocates a certain theme, this year the theme is "Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products". College of Dentistry, Sharif Medical & Dental College also commemorated this day on the 29th of May 2015. The Principal of College of Dentistry, Prof. Dr. Col. IffatBatool Syed and Director of Clinics, Dr. Chaudhary Muhammad Aslam were the Governing body of this event while the Faculty of the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry; DrAyma Syed, Associate Professor and Head of Department ,DrAmnaNauman,Assistant Professor, DrNafisa Mubarak Khan, Senior Lecturer and DrMadiha Aziz, Demonstrator, supervised this event. Brown colored ribbons were made by students of 2nd Year BDS and distributed to audience as a symbol of fight against tobacco. Brochures were also distributed to the audience containing basic tobacco related statistics in Pakistan and worldwide along with the schedule of the event. A number of posters made by the students for competition were exhibited in the auditorium depicting the harmful effects of tobacco use. The posters were judged by senior faculty members of the Dentistry fraternity of SMDC, which included Dr. Mirza Abdul Rauf, Dr. M. Sumair Farooq, Dr. Continued on page 11 DT Pakistan Report SLAMABAD- The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to categorize medical and dental colleges in ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories. The decision was taken in the PMDC’s executive committee’s meeting recently. According to PMDC Registrar - Dr Shaista Faisal; The list of category A and B medical and dental colleges will be prepared and announced shortly, and will include both private and public colleges. She said only those medical colleges which will have at least a 500-bed functional teaching hospital, latest treatment facilities, functional MRI and CT-scan registered with Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority, nursing college and registered teaching faculty as per PMDC criteria will be rated under category A. The rest will be rated as category B medical colleges. Whereas, dental colleges with a 60-bed teaching hospital with all pre-requisites as Continued on page 11 I DT Pakistan Report Enhanced standards: PMDC to categories colleges L World No Tobacco Day Celebrations at College of Dentistry, Sharif Medical and Dental College DT Pakistan Report SLAMABAD - Federal Education and Professional Training Minister Baleegh-ur- Rehman has recently stated that; the Government accords great importance to quality. He remarked that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has brought about immense development in the country’s higher education sector during the last decade. He expressed these views while speaking at the closing ceremony of the two-day, 10th Meeting of the Committee of Heads of University Grants Commission (UGC). He appreciated HEC for hosting the event in Pakistan and underlined the need for enhancing cooperation among SAARC countries for development of higher education. He underscored the importance of collaborative research among academics and researchers of the SAARC States. “Since all of us share many common interests, there is a big room for applied collaborative research in many areas, so we need to come up with indigenous solutions to our problems.” Briefing the minister about proceedings of the two- day meeting, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC said that Pakistan was honored to chair the committee. He further said that all the participants gave useful suggestions on how to make the forum more effective for development of higher education in all Member States of SAARC. After thorough deliberations, the meeting decided that HEC will prepare a draft agreement on cooperation in higher education for circulation among the member states through the SAARC secretariat by the end of October 2015. It was further recommended that it should be finalized and signed during the 19th SAARC summit in Pakistan. The agreement would focus on the integrated regional approach in spearheading the common objective of socioeconomic and leadership development through promoting higher education. It was agreed that each member state will develop their National Qualification Framework and align this with assessment and accreditation mechanism to ensure access to quality education. It was also recommended that a SAARC Quality Assurance Network should be established for increasing quality of education across the board in SAARC countries. Furthermore, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan will develop a standard document on credit hours and assessment mechanism by December 2015 and circulate it through SAARC secretariat for comments. Continued on page 11 I INTERNATIONAL NEWS Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin INTERNATIONAL NEWS