Signal donates fully equipped dental chair to IOH

Unilever's trusted oral care expert, Signal in keeping with its objective of strengthening oral hygiene in Sri Lanka, donated a 'comprehensive treatment dental chair' to the Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama (IOH), under the directions of the Ministry of Health recently.

Category Head for Oral Care, Unilever Sri Lanka, Manojee Dabare, handing over the dental chair to Dr. Jayasundera Bandara, Deputy Director General, Dental Service at the Ministry of Health. Also in the picture are (L-R) Munaaz Rafeek (US L), Jiffry Jameel (US L), Dr. Asanga Gunatilleke (IOH) and Mihira Kulatunga (US L)

Accepting this much needed donation, Dr. Jayasundera Bandara, Deputy Director General, Dental Service at the Ministry of Health said, "The Ministry of Health has a comprehensive oralcare service across the island with the objective of preventing oral health problems and diseases. Though the government of Sri Lanka spends substantially on oral hygiene, the disease burden is such, the government welcomes the contribution of the private sector to ease this burden. Unilever regularly helps the oral healthcare programmers of the MOH and SLDA. The chair that has been donated by Unilever will be of utmost importance in treating dental patients at the Institute of Oral Health Maharagama." More than 250 patients per day are being treated at the Maharagama Institute of Oral Health. The dental chair can be used for treating patients at the Restorative Dentistry Unit. The chair is from 'Durr Dental', a reputed supplier of healthcare equipment in Germany and is worth more than Rs. 2.5 million.

This chair will replace the 10 year old chair that is being used by the Institute of Oral Health at present. Category Head, Oral Care at Unilever Sri Lanka (USL) Manojee Dabare, said, "Signal is the largest and the most long standing benefactor to professional and public oral healthcare in Sri Lanka. We work very closely with the MOH and SLDA to identify the most pressing and critical .oral healthcare needs of the country. This is not an isolated donation, but one part of a 3 pronged strategy which constitutes of Habit building, Delivering Professional expertise to people and Delivering the best oral care products in the world to the Sri Lankan consumer in order to improve oral health in Sri Lanka.

For the past five decades, Signal has gone beyond its commercial aspect and helped promote oral hygiene through many CSR projects. With a vision to protect the Sri Lankan smile for a life time "Sina Bo Wewa".