News HKE Vol. 1, Issue 4 | Page 33

National Dentist Day

The institution celebrates National Dentist Day every year on March 6th. This year the Department of Public Health Dentistry conducted a Marathon – “Run for Dentistry” to create awareness on oral health. The marathon started from our institution to Sardar Vallabhai Patel Circle and back.

“ Run for Dentistry” Marathon for dentists on 6th march 2018 to promote awareness regarding oral health.

From the Alumni Desk

“Maitri” an alumni association of S Nijalingappa Institute of Dental sciences & Research ,Gulbarga . It’s a registered body. Our alumni association is also linked with World Alumni Network, an online platform through RGUHS Karnataka . It was formed in the year 2012 to commemorate the silver jubilee celebration year of our institution and to mark the first alumni meet in February 2012. To mark the event “Samhita” a souvenir was released. Presently the strength of registered Alumni’s is 539, a family keep growing forever to newer strength and heights.

Recently one of our alumni Dr. Shivanand Aspalli MDS Vice Principal and HOD Dept. of Periodontia AME Dental College was felicitated on the occasion of graduation day ceremony for he has invented a new set of instruments called vista instrument to treat gingival recession which is manufactured by GDC company.