AU Offers Free Dental Services to 1.5k Patients in 8 Months

Thursday, Jun 13, 2019
AU Offers Free Dental Services to 1.5k Patients in 8 Months

Ajman University (AU), committed to vulnerable people, has offered quality diagnostic and treatment dental services to 1,546 indigent patients in five emirates over the last eight months.

The AU Mobile Dental Clinic, since its inception in October 2018 and up to May 2019, has paid 52 visits to targeted patients in the emirates of Dubai (6), Sharjah (3), Ajman (37), Umm Al Quwain (1) and Ras Al Khaimah (5).

Competent and well trained dental students and faculty at the AU College of Dentistry offer their free yet quality dental services to eligible patients in all emirates nationwide.

However, the Clinic is giving more attention to elderly and determined people, along with schools students and residents of remote areas, particularly in northern emirates.

The sophisticated clinic, manufactured and accustomed by the Scientific Company for Industries, offers free treatment to more than 500 patients on a daily basis.

The two-unit clinic, fully equipped with the latest gadgets; spanning an X-ray machine and a sterilization device, have been jointly funded by the Ajmani Charity Foundation and Human Appeal International.