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In collaboration with HealthServe, the Faculty of Dentistry and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health organised an oral health check for the migrant worker community at the Terusan Recreation Centre on 29 May 2022. Dentists, many of whom are NUS alumni, screened the workers while being assisted by dental undergraduates who are in their clinical phases of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery course. Other dental undergraduates from the clinical phase of the course were also actively engaged in providing the workers with oral health education, equipping them with useful preventive tips on toothbrushing as well as dietary advice for healthier teeth and gums. The students from the pre-clinical phases of the course assisted with registration, ushering as well as helping the workers complete a questionnaire survey aimed at finding more about their oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices. This outreach initiative provided a valuable opportunity for alumni dentists and current dental students to work together and bring smiles to the migrant workers. It was also a chance for the students to bring the knowledge and skills they have learned through the formal curriculum to life as they interacted with the migrant workers.
