Indian Dental Association (IDA) under the banner of 'Bright Smiles Bright Future' are organising various programmes supported by Colgate Palmolive India Private Limited during the Oral Health Weeks.

It is a month-long activity celebrating completion of Indian dental association -Colgate, Bright Smile Bright Future Programme. October 2004 has been identified as the IDA-Colgate Oral Health Month this year, says Dr Subash Chandra Reddy, President, IDA in a press conference held here yesterday.

He said that free public dental health checkup camps are organised in 10 different centres across Chennai. In each centre 10 dentists have been deputed and camps will be held in Chennai on two consecutive weekends - 9 & 10 and 16 & 17 October 2004, he said. He also said that free dental check-up, education and training for slum population would be taken up by the association.

Explaining various social activities conducted by Chennai branch of IDA in dental care, he said as a part of maintaining continuity in the dissemination of dental care information to the school-going children, a training programme for about 100 primary and middle school teachers in health care was conducted in Chennai in July 2004.

Dr Reddy noted that free dental health checkups are being held at various government and private schools