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Q & M Mobile Dental Clinic
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Q & M rolls out Singapore's First Private Mobile Dental Clinic With Free Dental Screening
At Junior Colleges And Tertiary Institutions.
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To raise awareness of proper dental care amongst Singaporeans, Q & M rolled out its Mobile Dental Clinic ("MDC") as part of the Group's island-wide dental outreach programme.
The first private mobile dental clinic in Singapore, Q & M's MDC was officially launched by the Ministry of Health's Chief Dental Officer, Clinical Associate Professor Patrick Tseng, at Yishun Junior College on 3 October 2008.
The primary objective of Q & M's MDC is to promote the importance of proper dental healthcare and make dental screening as well as dental treatment more accessible to Singaporeans.
For a start, Q & M's MDC will visit junior colleges and tertiary institutions as the Group believes in inculcating the benefits of proper dental healthcare at a young age, and equip them with good practices into adulthood. These students will receive free dental screening when the MDC visits their schools.
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To date, Q & M's MDC has received overwhelming responses from educational institutions. In the next two months, it will visit some junior colleges, polytechnics and universities.
As part of Q & M's ongoing corporate social responsibility programme, the MDC has also visited the MINDS Garden School ('Movement for the Intellectually Disabled'). There are plans to serve non-ambulant patients in some long term care facilities as well as those who have inadequate access to affordable dental care.
Moving ahead, Q & M intend to deploy the MDC at high traffic areas such as shopping malls, in the CBD area, as well as industrial estates, amongst others.
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| Official launch of MDC on 3 October 2008 at Yishun Junior College by Chief Dental Officer, Clinical A/Prof Patrick Tseng |
About Q & M's MDC
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Built at an estimated cost of $230,000.000, the MDC is a specially constructed container truck measuring 9.3m in length, 3.7m in height and 2.5m in width. The MDC has two dental chairs and is equipped with basic dental facilities such as x-ray machine. Based on an initial
estimate of about 50-60 patients per day, the MDC has an estimated throughput of 20,000 patients per year.
Additionally, Q & M will also encapsulate target groups outside the realm of educational institutions by visiting corporations and provide on-site affordable dental screening and treatments to staff and workers. Simple dental procedures such as scaling, polishing and fillings can be done at MDC.
Click here to let us have your contact particulars if you like to have the MDC visit your organization or institution.
Or you can contact our Marketing Department at 6779 7372. |
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