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VISWAKARMA PUJA 2017

Since Lord Vishwakarma is the divine engineer of the world, he is not only worshiped by the engineering and architectural community but also by all the professionals.

Just like previous years, being the house of Dental Engineering & Crafsmanship — team Smile & Profile has celebrated the auspicious occasion of Viswakarma Puja to worship its tools and equipment in His name. All the doctors, employees, suppliers, vendors, neighbours and well wishers of different centres of Smile & Profile were present to celebrate the special day on 17th September, 2017, at the Rashbehari Unit with flying colours.

Here are some moods and moments of the special day

Dr. Tapas Sinha—HAS BEEN HONOURED BY BANK OF INDIA

Apart from being one of the best dental surgeons of the city, Dr. Tapas Sinha, the Director of Smile & Profile has always been appreciated for developing valuable relationships with corporates and individuals.

Recently, on 16th September, 2017 at the Calcutta University Institute Hall, Dr. Sinha has been honoured by the National Banking Group (East), Bank of India (BOI) as a token of gratitude for more than 39 years of his cordial and immensely valuable relationship with BOI.

THE SEMINAR—ON IMPLANTOLOGY BY NOBEL BIOCARE

The Indian chapter of NOBEL BIOCARE - the world leader in manufacturing Dental Implants and CAD/CAM-based individualized prosthetics, has organized a Seminar on Implant Dentistry in the banquet of Hotel Niiki at Sambalpur, Odisha on 30th August, 2017 where the eminent Prosthodontist & Implantologist of Smile & Profile has been invited to attend the seminar as the honorable Speaker of the subject.

The day-long event which has been organized by Nobel Biocare especially for the dental surgeons of Sambalpur, Dr. Sinha explained various aspects of Implantology in the field of modern dentistry. The seminar ended on a successful note as all the local dentists present during the event are being inspired to adept the Implant Dentistry by spreading awareness and practicing the technology in the so-called small town like Sambalpur.

For any dental treatment related to Prothodontics & Implantology, Dr. Dipanjana Sinha (MDS – Prosthodontics AND Diplomate in Dental Implant from ICOI, United States if America) is available both at Rashbehari and Advanced Unit of Smile & Profile during the following hours —

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AWARENESS SEMINAR—ON ORAL CANCER BY POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL (PTS)

To increase the awareness regarding one of the fastest spreading fatal diseases, called Oral Cancer, the Police Training School (PTS) of Kolkata has organized a seminar at the school auditorium on 26th August 2017 for the trainee police and top ranked cadets of Kolkata Police. Several high ranked officers and trainers of Kolkata Police were also present during the Seminar. The eminent Oral Oncologist and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon of Smile & Profile, Dr. Swagato Chowdhury had been invited by the department to attend the seminar as the honorable Speaker of the subject. During an hour long session, Dr. Chowdhury highlighted on the tentative causes, symptoms, associated risk factors and various stages of Oral Cancer. He also gave his expert opinion on the fatality, advanced diagnostics and various treatments available in different stages of Cancer along with the possibility of rehabilitation for the patient.

The most interesting part of the seminar was the interactive session, where most of the 200+ audience has interacted with Dr. Chowdhury with their spontaneous queries on Oral Cancer and increased their knowledge on how to spread awareness to the common mass in order to eradicate the intensity of the disease from the ‘city of joy’. As the event ended in a highly successful note, the organizers have decided to organize such seminars with Dr. Chowdhury in the near future in order to spread awareness on Oral Cancer in a larger scale.

For detection & treatment of Oral Cancer and for any other problem(s) related to Teeth and Jaws, Dr. Swagato Chowdhury, MDS – Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Fellow – Head-Neck Oncology, is available at Advanced Unit of Smile & Profile during the following hours —

Mondays : 2pm to 4pm
Wednesdays & Saturdays : 4pm to 6.30pm

STRATEGIC IMPLANTOLOGY CONFERENCE 2017

Under the Chairmanship of Dr. Abhijit Mahata, the founder Director of Smile & Profile, the 2 day long 'Strategic Implantology Conference 2017' was concluded on 25th of July, 2017 at Goa with highly successful note.

The event was marked by several scientific presentations along with a grand celebration of the birthday of Prof. Ihde. The conference was held from 24th – 25th July, 2017 at Holiday Inn Resort, Goa.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Dr Abhijit Mahata, together with Dr J K Singh, the co-Chairman, Dr Vivek Gaur, the "backbone" of the congress, Dr Veerendrakumar SC, the Scientific Committee Chairman, all the speakers and 160+ delegates came together from various parts of India and abroad to make this a grand event.

Scientific deliberations which took place included talks by the experts in Strategic & Basal Implantology from India as well as from several other countries. Prof. Dr. Stefan Ihde of Germany, Prof Dr. Valeriy Lysenko of Ukraine, Prof Dr Nikolai Spiridonov of Russia, Prof Dr Yan Vares of Ukraine, Dr. Kiran Patel from India, Dr. Łukasz Pałka from Poland, Dr Veerendrakumar SC from India, Dr. Fodor Calin from Romania, Dr. Yuri Mitrushchenkov from Russia, Dr. Prasanth Pillai from India, Dr. Vivek Gaur from India, Dr. Aleksandar Lazarov from Bulgaria, Dr. Nora from Hungary and Dr. Leela Krishna from India were the honorable speakers in the conference.

At the end of the event the organizing committee members decided that Kochi would be the venue of next year’s conference. Team Smile & Profile is extremely proud and congratulating their leader, Dr. Abhijit Mahata for successful conclusion of such a high end internationl event at Goa.

A STEP FORWARD—TOWARDS DENTAL TOURISM

The global growth in the flow of patients and health professionals as well as medical technology, capital funding and regulatory regimes across national borders have given rise to new patterns of consumption and production of healthcare services over recent decades. The phenomenon is commonly termed as Medical Tourism — a concept, where tourists seek quality healthcare, especially in developing countries. Therefore, to encash the world-class medical service in reasonably low-cost in Eastern part of India, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has organized a Convention on "Medical Tourism, Wellness and Global Healthcare" on 10th of February, 2017 at the 'Ballroom' of The Gateway Hotel, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA.

Being the largest chain of multi-speciality dental clinics in Eastern India, Smile & Profile has been the part of the initiative as an Associate Partner. In the event, the representatives of global participants have discussed the B2B opportunities and exchanged thoughts with the marketing team of Smile & Profile, while visiting their Stall in the exhibition arena.

During the convention, the Speakers and Delegates from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar along with State representatives of West Bengal, Meghalaya and Sikkim have addressed the House. One of the major attractions of the Convention was the Technical Session where the representatives of leading hospitals, healthcare centres, patient and associated service providers has been invited as the Panelists. Dr. Dipanjana Sinha, the internationally reputed Prosthodontist & Implantologist of Smile & Profile was one of the eminent Panel Members. During her speech, Dr. Sinha emphasized on the potentiality of Dental Tourism in Kolkata as the gateway of Eastern India. The convention will open the opportunity for Smile & Profile to be one of the global players in providing Quality Dental Service in this part of the globe.

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT TO—DR. TAPAS SINHA FROM INDIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION (IDA) ANOTHER FEATHER TO THE CAP OF OUR LEADER

The Director of Smile & Profile - Dr. Tapas Sinha, has recently being felicitated with the LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2016 by the Indian Dental Association (IDA) for his contribution in the field of Dentistry, on the stage of ‘52nd IDA West Bengal State Annual Conference, 2016’.

In a grand ceremony on 17th December, 2016 he had received the award from the hand of Sri Arup Roy, Honourable Minister in Charge – Co-operation Department, Govt. of West Bengal, in presence of several dignitaries and fully packed audience in the Conference Hall of Lake Land Country Club, Howrah.

Graduated (B.D.S) from Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College & Hospital, Dr. Sinha had also obtained Certificates in Sports Medicine from Jadavpur University and Application of Lasers in Dentistry. A Life Member of Indian Academy of Laser Dentistry and Society of Laser Applications India, he had published more than 50 Articles in all leading and reputed English & Bengali Newspapers and Magazines. Till date he has treated more than 3 Lakh patients, successfully.