5 years of free dental care for workers, neighboring emirates Workers also benefited

Many people in the UAE forgo dental treatment and care, citing lack of dental insurance coverage as a reason. In this case, a dental clinic in Ajman provides basic dental treatment free of charge and also trains students in dentistry. In particular, no appointment is required here.

At Thumbay Dental Hospital in Al Zurf, Ajman, all you have to do is present your labor card to get free basic dental treatment. Here, Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 9 pm, workers perform scaling, polishing, fillings, root canal treatments and provision of fixed and removable dentures. ) is said to provide free quality dental services.

Through this initiative, which has been ongoing since April 2018, Tumbe Dental Hospital has reportedly served around 23,000 workers from Ajman and neighboring emirates over the past five years.

Dental Care Treatment for Everyone:
As most blue-collar workers do not have adequate dental insurance and often forego necessary dental care, including doctor appointments and full-mouth oral screenings, Tumbe Dental Clinic ensures that everyone deserves high-quality dental care, regardless of financial situation, according to Medical Director Dr. Dhanavanthi Bangera. .

Also, the initiative is said to benefit dental students and interns at the College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University (GMU).

Commenting on this service, Paisa Kaminzada, a Dental Trainee at GMU, said that her six-year learning and educational journey has given her the opportunity to cater to a wide variety of patients and their individual needs through sophisticated dental training provided by experienced faculty at GMU.

Hundreds of workers benefit from free dental services here every week. One of them, Mohammad Akram, a construction worker living in Sharjah, said he had been suffering from toothache for a long time but was always reluctant to see a dentist.

In this case, one of his colleagues told him about a dental clinic in Ajman and recommended him to go there for treatment. After that, Akram took a day off from work and went to Tumbe Dental Hospital.

Akram also said that the dentist there performed root canal treatment on him. He also thanked GMU and Tumbai Dental Hospital for providing free dental services.