The Delhi Dental Council (DDC) is the statutory body created as per the provision of section
21 of the Dentists Act, 1948
The state of Delhi has been initiating several health initiatives to improve the health of
its people consistent with the national objective of universal health coverage. Oral health
is an important component of overall health and lack of awareness and accessibility are
major factors that make people neglect oral health. The government is seized of this problem
and has been associating with dental institutions in the state to create awareness and
initiate preventive programmes.
There are quite a few dental colleges in the state and dental professionals have been taking
care of oral health at the district hospitals. Additionally, jointly with Delhi Dental
Council, the State Health Ministry has been attempting to improve the deployment of dental
healthcare service providers on the basis of the system developed by the Indian Dental
Association to correct the dentist population ratio for better delivery of services.
Dr Gyanendra Kumar
Registrar, Delhi Dental Council