Oral Hygiene day is celebrated all across India on August 1st to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. G B Shankwalkar, the doyen of Indian Periodontology and founding member of Indian Society of periodontology. Diabetes is a metabolic disease with a hyperglycemic state several signs and symptoms are classical of diabetes including polydipsia polyuria polyphagia. Uncontrolled diabetes leads to various complications, like kidney disease, cardiovascular changes; impaired wound healing periodontitis (gum disease) is also considered a 6th complication of diabetes. Research suggests that gum treatment to an extent reduces blood sugar levels hence the significance of oral hygiene and dental care. To celebrate oral hygiene day, Dental department JSS Hospital, Mysore, on Date: August 5th 2021 Timings: 9am - 4pm. All requiring oral screening can avail the facility
