Oral Health Promotion Foundation

The goal of the mobile dental van is to offer preventative, promotional, and curative healthcare in rural areas—which are typically underserved or isolated—under normal circumstances. The program's main objectives are to improve community awareness, boost accessibility to and use of dental care at the local level, collect oral health data to better understand the trends in dental disease, and develop community-based initiatives for improved dental health outcomes.

The method of providing dental care in rural areas is mobile and portable dentistry. This hybrid system combines elements of a mobile van model with portable equipment carried inside, with the functionality of a fixed-site dental clinic. Mobile and portable dental units are an effective and efficient way to bring sophisticated dental services to the doorsteps of the rural masses, school premises, and urban slum areas. Portable dental services are generally less expensive, more accessible, and less susceptible to mechanical difficulties. These factors can increase the awareness of the practising dental community. It includes a dental chair that runs on a semi-electric motor, a mount unit, a single airotor point, a single micromotor point, a three-way syringe, low- and high-pressure pneumatic suction and a pneumatic stool.