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BULLETIN Newsletter of the Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health

Volume 9 Issue 17 March 2014

ORAL HEALTH DIVISION

ADVISOR

Dr Khairiyah Abd. Muttalib

EDITORS Dr N. Jegarajan

Dr Sharol Lail Sujak Dr Hazrizul Azam Zama’at

Dr Noor Syahidah Hisammudin

COORDINATOR Cik Mahani Ahamad

Puan Siti Zuraida Alias

Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia

Aras 5, Blok E10, Kompleks E, Presint 1, 62590 WP Putrajaya Tel:(+603) 8883-4215

Fax: (+603) 8888-6133 http://www.ohd.moh.gov.my facebook.com/pergigiankkm

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"Kekuatan tidak datang

dari kemampuan

fizikal, tetapi ianya

datang dari semangat

yang tidak pernah

- Pyan Habib (Penyair)

Bulletin OHD March 2014

Editor’s Notes T ime really flies and you may not realize the Oral Health

Division Bulletin has reached its 10th Birthday! Congratulations to those who initiated this visionary and eagerly awaited bulletin as well as having successfully sustained it for close to a decade.

We find it most fulfilling to be able to reach out to all our dear staff in the far flung corners of the country disseminating information that brings us together as the oral health family. Coming out with this bul-letin has been a rewarding and exciting experience for us and we hope you will find it as interesting as the ones before. As you may know, we are the new troops on board and bringing to you new possi-bilities as reflected in the bulletin’s different appearance. Our aim is to give it a breath of fresh air with a contemporary look and less formal layout in line with the rise of Gen Y and advent of social media. Nev-ertheless, we have maintained its objectives and hope that this bulletin will continue to keep you informed and updated.

This issue covers several events including our main event for 2013 namely; The Oral Health Carnival or Karnival Kesihatan Pergigian: Gigi Ku Mutiara Ku in conjunction with World Oral Health Day and the record breaking longest non stop puppet show in Malaysia as attested by The Malaysia Book of Records, A Smoke Free Mouth Campaign and the launching of the 2013 Mouth Cancer Awareness Week among others.

These achievements are highlighted and visually captured for us to look back and enjoy those wonderful moments as well as to reflect and improve in the future. We wish to thank all authors of the various articles and Dr Yaw Siew Lian for proof reading the articles. Last but not least, we hope that you will enjoy exploring this bulletin.

Happy Reading…!

“Excellence can be obtained if you: ...care more than others think is wise; ...risk more than others think is safe; ...dream more than others think is practical; ...expect more than others think is possible”

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Dr. Khairiyah bte Abd Muttalib

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF ORAL HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH With the name of ALLAH the most gracious and merciful... It is my pleasure to extend Happy New Year greetings for 2014 with the hope that many exciting developments will gallop into our lives in this Year of the Horse. Year 2013 was a challenging year. We had our 13th national elections and a 3-in-1 package of a new Honourable Health Minister, YB Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, a new Ministry Secretary-General YBhg Datuk Farida Mohd Ali and a new Director General of Health, YBhg Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Awareness and training began for Outcome Based Budgeting, MOH being a pioneer Ministry and the Ministry began preparations for the move into accrual accounting. We gained approval for guidelines and the subsequent reactivation of gazettement of Dental Public Health Specialists in September 2013.We successfully held our Karnival Kesihatan Pergigian in conjunction with World Oral Health Day 2013 on the 6 October 2013 and longest puppet show that led us into the Malaysian Book of Records. We were the biggest supporter of the 35th Asia Pacific Dental Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 - 12 May 2013 with participation of 1,250 officers and auxiliaries. We supported the first Malaysian Dental Therapists’ Conference on 5 - 7 April 2014 which garnered participation of almost 630 dental nurses from near and far. 2013 was also the year the Malaysian Dental Council moved with the Dental Deans’ Council to activate the Moratorium on dental under-graduate education. It was the year of conflict in Egypt which required us to work with the Ministry of Education to consider bringing back our dental students. We moved with the Dental Deans’ Council to finalise the establishment of the National Conjoint Board for Dental Post-graduate Education. It was a year of working tirelessly to secure funds in a big way for dental specialists’ equipment, and gratefully we were given RM 15 Million. It was a year when the unprecedented increase in dental graduates finally sunk home, in spite of the preparations made in anticipation of this increase. Year 2013 also saw us pursue the need to restructure our oral health organization for better career prospects at state and national levels for our staff. We again tirelessly worked for better career prospects for our Dental Surgery Assistants, noting that they have been left be-hind. DSA numbers have also fallen short of the increasing dental officer numbers causing the program to resort to Pekerja Sambilan Har-ian. We engaged the dental fraternity for the all-important oral health human resource projections for the country, liberalisation within the ASEAN region and the formulation and review of guidelines (temporary practicing certificates, public information and blood borne viruses) We were the beneficiary of the grace and generosity of our counterparts in the Army who taught our dental technologists the art and sci-ence of their ‘Compact and Tough’ cutting unit. 2013 was also NBOS year within and outside of the Ministry of Health where focus was not only given to community programmes in Sabah and Sarawak under NBOS 6 but also to the elderly, single mothers and ‘special groups’ under NBOS 7. The year saw our programme move into training for our new Gingival Index for Schoolchildren (GIS) which will go into full swing in 2014.Last year, we engaged Prof Helen Whelton, a WHO consultant to train and calibrate a core group of examiners for enamel fluorosis research.2013 was the year when we made the decision to invest time, money and people into the use of social media, and our features on our blog and YouTube took flight. It was also a year of innovation with the first prototype mobile dental laboratory which will go into operation this year. Year 2013 saw us justifying for inclusion of dental components in Minor Specialist Hospitals and making a bid for inclusion in Non-specialist Hospitals as well. In addition, we moved to formalise our Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine specialists in Pathology Departments in Hospitals. Dentistry has seen many advances in technology and systems in this century, and I am conscious of living history. We finalized our Dental Bill to the MOH Legal Advisor and the Dental Bill has at last reached the Attorney General’s Chambers and we hope that it will be read in Parliament this year. The Dental Regulations are being drafted. The MDC secretariat has shifted out of the office in Complex E to Cyberjaya. This move was made to give them more space, which they so urgently need to prepare for the implementation of the new Dental Act. The future Dental Therapists’ Committee’s secretariat will be set up in the same premises in Cyberjaya. In 2014, we look forward to being more visible to the public, more effective in our activities and more efficient in our delivery of service. This promises to be a rewarding year for us all. “We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.” ― Tobias Wolff

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1. DR NORAINI @ NUN NAHAR BT. YUNUS

Paediatrik Khas A 06.08.2013 Institut Paediatrik, HKL

2. DR MANNIL THOMAS ABRAHAM

Bedah Mulut Khas C 06.08.2013 KP Hosp. Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang

Bil Nama Bidang Tarikh Tempat Berkhidmat 1. DR SHERRIE CHONG MEI Bedah Mulut 01.07.2013 KP Hospital Ampang

2. DR PUVANENDRAN a/l BAL-ASINGHAM

Ortodontik 16.08.2013 KP Tudan Sarawak

3. DR TAN YING YING Ortodontik 11.09.2013 KP Mak Mandin, Pulau Pinang

4. DR SOH HUEY SHYEN Ortodontik 30.09.2014 KP Taiping Perak

Bil Nama Gred Naik Pangkat Tarikh Penempatan

1 FATIMAH BT IBRAHIM U40 02.09.2013 PERAK 2 JEEVARETNAM A/PL. SOCKALINGAM U40 02.09.2013 WP KUALA LUMPUR 3 WEE SOO LIAN A/P WEE KIM SOON U40 02.09.2013 PPKK & KLPM 4 SUKDEV KAU A/P GURLAL SINGH U38 02.09.2013 WP KUALA LUMPUR

5 TOO BEE KIEW U38 02.09.2013 NEGERI SEMBILAN 6 SITI SARAH BT DAIM U38 02.09.2013 JOHOR 7 YANG PERIDAH BT MOHD AMIN U38 02.09.2013 PERAK 8 DATIN ZARINA BT ABDULLAH U38 02.09.2013 IPKKM 9 RAMLAS BT WAN OMAR U38 02.09.2013 TERENGGANU

10 HO AH YIN U38 02.09.2013 KEDAH 11 MARY KINSON U38 25.11.2013 SELANGOR 12 WONG FOONG LAN U38 25.11.2013 PULAU PINANG 13 MAHSURI BT ABDUL JALAL U38 02.01.2013 NEGERI SEMBILAN

Nama / Jawatan Tarikh Lantikan

Tempat Berkhidmat Bil

DR NORMA ABD. JALIL (Gred Khas A) Sebagai Ketua Pakar Bedah Mulut (Interim)

02/01/2014

Jabatan Bedah Mulut, Hospital Kuala Lumpur

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DR SYED NASIR SYED ALWI (Gred U54) Sebagai Timbalan Pengarah Kesihatan (G) Perlis

19/02/2014

Pejabat TPKN(G) Perlis

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DR ANNA RANI T.KANAGARAJAH (Gred U54) Sebagai Timbalan Pengarah Kesihatan (G) Pa-hang

10/02/2014

Pejabat TPKN(G) Pahang

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Nama / Jawatan Tarikh Persaraan

Tempat Berkhidmat (Terakhir) Bil

DATO’ DR WAN MAHADZIR WAN MUSTAFA ( Gred Khas A) Mantan Ketua Pakar Bedah Mulut

28/01/2014

Jabatan Bedah Mulut, Hospital Kuala Lumpur

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DR MAMMOHAN SINGH (Gred U54) Mantan Timbalan Pengarah Kesihatan (G) Perlis

18/02/2014

Pejabat TPKN(G) Perlis

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DR MOHD. YUNOS MOHD. SALIM (Gred U54) Mantan Timbalan Pengarah Kesihatan (G) Pahang

08/02/2014

Pejabat TPKN(G) Pahang

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CAT (Compact & Tough) merupakan satu set peralatan medan lengkap yang direka dan dibangunkan oleh Bahagian Pergigian, Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) untuk digunakan semasa membuat rawatan medan atau rawatan di luar klinik tetap. Modul ini mula dibangunkan pada tahun 2008 dengan berkonsepkan treatment unit yang mempunyai tripod dan disimpan dalam beg loreng. Modul ini pernah dicalonkan untuk Anugerah Inovasi ATM dan telah mendapat tempat kedua di dalam kategori pengurusan pelanggan. CAT telah diuji dan digunakan di seluruh Malaysia sama ada semasa program tentera bersama rakyat atau program jiwa murni ke sekolah-sekolah. Di samping itu ia juga telah dihantar dan digunakan di luar negara oleh anggota pergigian yang bertugas dibawah misi PBB seperti di Afghanistan dan Lebanon. Setakat ini model CAT yang telah siap ialah sebanyak 16 termasuk yang digunakan oleh tentera New Zealand dan tentera Brunei. Unit CAT dicipta untuk menghasilkan peralatan yang tahan lasak di samping memudahkan pergerakan semasa membuat rawatan terutamanya di kawasan pedalaman yang sukar dilalui oleh kenderaan besar. Ia juga direka supaya boleh dibuka dan dipasang dalam masa singkat tanpa memerlukan tenaga kerja yang ramai. Di antara kebaikan yang terdapat pada modul unit ini berbanding dengan peralatan medan komersial lain ialah: x� lebih senang untuk diselenggara, x� lebih ringan, x� senang disimpan, x� masa penyediaan sebelum rawatan yang ringkas, x� kos pembinaan rendah jika dibandingkan peralatan komersial yang sedia ada

di pasaran tempatan mahupun luar negara. Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian telah berkolabrasi dengan jayanya bersama Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) untuk mengadakan Bengkel Latihan Membangunkan Unit Compact & Tough (CAT) yang telah diadakan di Lok Kawi, Sabah dan Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Objektif bengkel ini adalah untuk memurnikan tenaga mahir dalam membangunkan Unit CAT di kalangan Juruteknologi Pergigian di seluruh Malaysia. Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan dan ribuan terima kasih kepada Brig. General Dato’ Dr Shukri Hassin, Pengarah, Bahagian Pergigian ATM dan anggotanya atas kerjasama serta jasa memberi tunjuk ajar dan berkongsi kemahiran bersama anggota Perkhidmatan Pergigian, KKM. Penghasilan Unit CAT merupakan kolabrasi multi-sektoral di antara Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dengan Kementerian Pertahanan dan juga merupakan langkah strategi dalam National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) yang ditegaskan oleh kerajaan. Melalui bengkel-bengkel tersebut, sebanyak dua model prototype telah berjaya dihasilkan oleh Juruteknologi Pergigian. Dua buah CAT yang dihasilkan itu sedang menunggu pensijilan daripada SIRIM dan juga SRS untuk pensijilan

keselamatan elektrik. Un i t CAT d i r a nc an g un t uk digunakan pada program komuniti masyarakat untuk menyampaikan servis yang bermutu tinggi dengan kos yang rendah. Sehubungan ini, Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian menyahut seruan Kementerian K e s i h a t a n M a l a y s i a u n t u k merekayasa proses penyampaian termasuk peralatan demi penjimatan k o s s e r t a p e n y a m p a i a n perkhidmatan kesihatan pergigian yang optimum.

“Unity is strength….when there is teamwork and

collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”

- Mattie Stepanek

Oleh: Dr Hazrizul Azam Zama’at ([email protected])

Compact & Tough (CAT) Cutting Unit yang bermutu tinggi telah siap dipasang

Proses pemasangan CAT

Juruteknologi Pergigian, Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian sedang meneliti tunjuk ajar daripada anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia dalam Bengkel

Latihan Membangunkan CAT


6 October 2013 @ Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur

Reported by Dr Sharol Lail Sujak ([email protected])

KARNIVAL KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN : GIGIKU MUTIARAKU SEMPENA HARI KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN SEDUNIA 2013 & MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORDS BONEKA CHA-CHA KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN TERPANJANG DI MALAYSIA.

T he National Level Oral Health Carnival, with the theme ‘Gigi

Ku Mutiara Ku’ was successfully held on 6 October 2013 at Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur. It was an honour to have Yang Amat Bhg Datin Paduka Seri Hjh Rosmah Mansor, the wife of the Hon Prime Minister of Malaysia and patron of PERMATA, the children’s nurturing organization to officially launch this one-of- a-kind event.

The Carnival was held in conjunction with World Oral Health Day 2013 and included beating The Malaysia Book of Records for the longest non-stop puppet show in Malaysia. Research has shown puppet shows to be a scientifically validated tool to impart health messages effectively to young children.

Apart from the non-stop puppet show that went on for over 12 hours, other activities were held such as dental health exhibitions, free dental check-ups, stage shows with oral health messages as well as play-n-learn activities which were aimed at instilling the right oral health behaviour especially among pre-school children.

The success of this carnival was measured not only by the number of people it was able to attract or from the number of activities that were carried out, but by the collaborative effort between the agencies involved; be it within the Ministry of Health or outside the ministry, whether government or otherwise such as PERMATA, The Armed Forces, Dewan Bandaraya K.Lumpur, KEMAS, JKR, The Royal Malaysian Police, Universities, The Ministry of Education and The Malaysian Association of Dental Public Health Specialists. This carnival truly portrayed the collaboration, cooperation and teamwork as embodied under the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) advocated by the government.

The puppet show was held within the carnival in order to attract children to oral health care. Studies have shown that puppet shows are an effective medium to deliver dental messages.

Based on the effectiveness of using puppets to deliver health messages, this year the Oral Health Division of the Ministry of Health Malaysia will be entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with Universiti Pendidikan Tanjung Malim, with the aim of developing, implementing and evaluating puppet shows as an oral health promotion medium for kindergarten and preschool children.


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KARNIVAL KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN : GIGIKU MUTIARAKU SEMPENA HARI KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN SEDUNIA 2013 & MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORDS BONEKA CHA-CHA KESIHATAN PERGIGIAN TERPANJANG DI MALAYSIA.

Capturing the attention of the young ones!


Congratulations! The team from WP Labuan were judged the winners of the puppet show competition

YBhg Datin Seri Paduka Rosmah Mansor visited the Mobile Dental Clinic with YB Datuk Seri Dr

S.Subramaniam, The Minister Of Health

The Guest of Honour and other VIPs were enthralled by the puppet show

YABhg Datin Seri Paduka Rosmah Mansor being greeted on arrival by Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, the Principal Director of The Oral Health Division(OHD)

and other senior staff

Surely the huge crowd enjoyed the show too…...

Datuk Farida Mohd Ali, The Secretary General of The Ministry Of Health (MOH) with Dr Khairiyah Abd

Muttalib, The Principal Director of The OHD, posing with the puppeteers

A Moment in History….The Malaysia Book of Re-cords Certificate being received by the Principal Director OHD from the Secretary General of the

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9-11 September 2013@Bali, Indonesia

5 t h A s i a n C h i e f D e n t a l O f f i c e r s ’ M e e t i n g 2 0 1 3 Reported by Dr Tan Ee Hong ([email protected])

A S E A N C H I E F D E N TA L O F F I C E R S M E ET I N G 27-28 Ogos 2013 @Chiang Mai, Thailand

The ASEAN Chief Dental Officers Meeting was held from 27 to 28 August 2013 and is an annual initiative amongst the Chief Dental Officers in the ASEAN countries to discuss matters of interest and improve networking to further strengthen healthcare in their respective countries. Of particu-lar interest was the commencement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 which will have a bearing on dental practitioners as they are one of the seven professions under the Mutual Recognition Agreement of ASEAN that allows them to work freely within the ASEAN states.

The event was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand where the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) head office is located. Participants were Chief Dental Officers (CDOs) or their representa-tives from all ASEAN countries. Accordingly, Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, the Principal Director of Oral Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia repre-sented the country. The theme of the Conference was ‘Quality of Dental Services in ASEAN Coun-tries’ and sought to establish an alliance among all

CDOs to further enhance oral healthcare amongst the ASEAN population. In a nutshell, all the participants agreed that their first priority was cooperation among members in promoting community-based oral healthcare for the people. Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib gave an oral presentation on our country’s achievements and future challenges in oral healthcare delivery. Judging from the numerous enquiries posed by the other participants to the Principal Director’s talk, it appears our strategies and practices in providing safe and quality oral healthcare are highly sought after by other developing countries within the ASEAN family.

T he 5th Asian Chief Dental Officers’ Meeting 2013 (5thACDOM 2013) was held from 9 – 11 September

2013 in Bali, Indonesia. This meeting was jointly organ-ized by three countries – Indonesia, Malaysia and Thai-land, the culmination of the joint efforts of the Ministry of Health Indonesia, the Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia and Thammasat University, Thailand. The Oral Health Division Ministry of Health Malaysia has served as Secretariat for the Scientific Programme for the fifth time since its inaugural meeting in 2009. There were participants from 15 countries comprising Chief Dental Officers (CDO)

Experts on oral health and invited oral health academics from Indonesia Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Republic of South Ko-rea, Hong Kong, SAR Government China, Ne-pal, Japan, China, India, Timor Leste (observer) also attended. In addition, there was a special observer from the Borrow Foundation who was present by invitation. The programme comprised progress updates from the CDOs/experts from member countries which focused on ageing population, services, financing, motivation, oral health promotion, chronic diseases and research for ageing population. All country presentations were based on the theme: Oral Health-related Quality of Life for an Ageing Population. The presentation cov-ered topics on oral health of the elderly and oral health financing systems.

Reported by Dr Noor Syahidah Hisamuddin ([email protected])

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BREAK FREE FROM SMOKE 9 - 13 October 2013 @ One Utama Shopping Centre, Damansara

A Smoke Free Campaign with the theme ‘Break Free From Smoke, A Healthier Mouth, A Healthier

You’ was successfully held for four days from 9 to 12 October 2013 at One Utama Shopping Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The launching of the campaign was inaugurated by Yang Berhormat Dato’ Seri Hilmi bin Haji Yahaya, the Deputy Minister of Health.

A pre-campaign began a few days earlier with a drawing competi-tion for children with the same theme. Various activities were also held in conjunction with the cam-paign such as dental and oral health exhibitions, dental check-ups, talks regarding smoking and games to promote oral health and to quit smoking.

Apart from an encouraging turn up of visitors, this campaign was considered a successful collaborative effort in health promotion by MADPHS with various partners including the Oral Health Division of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence, UMCAS, University of Wellington New Zealand, MyWATCH and Johnson&Johnson Ma-laysia giving support.

The campaign also raised awareness among the public that dental professionals are equipped with skills for the prevention and counselling of the smoking habit.

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The Honourable Deputy Minister Of Health, Dato’ Seri Dr.Hilmi Yahaya officiating the campaign with the President Of Malaysian Association of Dental Public Health Spesialist, Dr Sharol Lail Sujak and

the Director Of Oral Health Development , MOH, Dr Noor Aliyah Ismail.

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(Opening by Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, The Principal Director of Oral Health

Reported by Dr Yaw Siew Lian ([email protected]) INTERNATIONAL CARIES DETECTION & ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

T he Malaysian Association of Dental Public Health Spe-cialists (MADPHS) in collaboration with the Oral Health

Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) organised a con-tinuing education session with the theme ‘Delivering A New Standard of Care in Cavity Protection on 25th October 2013. Distinguished Director of the Dental Health Services & Re-search Unit (DHSRU), University of Dundee, Professor Nigel Pitts delivered a presentation ‘New trends in caries manage-ment pathway – A medical approach’ which highlighted the medical approach as a new paradigm in management of the caries lesion. Crucial to this new approach is an evidenced based caries management pathway which includes early car-ies detection, monitoring and providing operative care only when necessary. Professor Pitts also shared on new develop-ments of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) for caries detection and the International Classification and Management System (ICCMSTM), includ-ing its implementation and clinical relevance.

The voice of the academia towards adopting this new stan-dard of care in the dental curriculum in Malaysia was heard through the President of the Dean’s Council, Professor Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim from the University of Technology MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor. Professor Rahimah Kadir, the founder

of MADPHS with her far reaching knowledge and experience in caries prevention shared with the audience, ‘Therapeutic regimen: a key element of the caries management pathway’.

Profesor Pitts drew further attention from the au-dience through expounding on ‘Building the Alli-ance for a Cavity-Free Future’, followed by the official appointment of Local Chair Person for the Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (ACCF) in the person of Professor Rahimah Kadir. Lending further momentum to the session was the historic moment where the (ACFF) - Malaysian Chapter was officially launched by Dr.Khairiyah Abd Mut-talib, Principal Director, Oral Health, MOH. With this, Malaysia is now a member of the global alli-ance which was first launched in September 2010. A further momentous event which signified the dental fraternity striding in unison towards better oral health for the population drew the ses-sion to a close, with the Oral Health Division in the MOH, Deans’ Dental Council and the MADPHS signing the Declaration to Stop Caries NOW for a Caries Free Future.

MALAYSIA CHAPTER GOALS

x� By 2017, 70% of dental schools and dental associations should have embraced and pro-moted the “new” approach of “caries as a contin-uum” to improve dental caries prevention and management.

x� By 2020, to work towards integrating locally appropriate, comprehensive caries prevention and management systems and monitoring ap-proaches.

x� Every child born in 2026 should stay cavity free during their life time.

ALLIANCE FOR A CAVITY-FREE FUTURE DECLARATION

x�Global collaborative action is needed to challenge global leaders and other stakeholders including country and com-munity leaders, health and dental health professionals, public policy and education communities, and the public

x�To learn the importance of caries as a disease continuum

and to participate in action toward the delivery of comprehen-sive caries prevention and management that can influence the continuing problem of caries.

x�Ensure that primary prevention with appropriate fluoride

strategies are in place, and promote the preventive control of initial caries lesions through education to change human behaviour and the use of appropriate, evidenced-based technologies.

Signing of the Declaration for a Caries Free Future

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International Dental Conference on “Caries Control throughout life in Asia”

Dr Khairiyah sharing her thoughts

Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib , The Principal Director of The Oral Health

Division, Ministry of Health receiving a token of appreciation from the conference’s organizing chairman


Reported by Dr Noor Syahidah Hisamuddin ([email protected]) 20 - 22 November 2013

T he International Dental Conference on “Caries Control throughout Life in Asia” was held on 20 to 22 November 2013 in Krabi, Thailand. The conference was organized by the Dental Innovation Foundation under the Royal Patronage (DIF) of His Majesty the King of Thailand with the collaboration of The Ministry of Public Health, Thailand and The Dental Association of Thailand. The international co-sponsors were The World Health Organization (WHO), The World Dental Federation (FDI) and The International Association for Dental Research (IADR).

The objectives of this conference were to share and exchange experiences in caries prevention and control, to apply new developments in appropriate dental caries prevention for future success and to discuss the implementation of the Minamata Global Convention on the phasing down of dental amalgam namely; The WHO – UNEP Initiative.

Renowned speakers from all over the globe presented papers on interesting topics ranging from global oral health inequalities, the need for public health strategies in disease prevention and restorative dental care to nutrition in oral health. During the second day of the course, among 18 participating countries, 5 countries were given the honour to present their success stories and Malaysia was among those chosen. The other 4 countries were China, Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

Dr Khairiyah binti Abd Muttalib, The Principal Director of Oral Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia presented a paper titled Malaysia: Country Report On Dental Caries both orally as well as a poster presentation. The Country Report was also published in the official programme book of the Conference. Other co-authors were Prof Dato’ Wan Mohd Nasir Wan Othman, Dr Yaw Siew Lian and Dr Norliza Ismail.

Involvement of Malaysia in this conference was significant as it will contribute to the achievement of better oral health for Malaysians through the integration of primary prevention, secondary disease prevention and tertiary intervention.

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The Previous Principal Director of The Oral Health Division, Dato' Dr Norain Abu Talib attended the

seminar as well

Participants of the seminar

SEMINAR ON PROJECTION & DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL NEEDS FOR MALAYSIA TILL YEAR 2020

Reported by Dr Hazrizul Azam Zama’at ([email protected])

“Organizational success depends on having the right employees with the right competencies at the right

time…” - Tan Sri Ismail Adam

O n 26 and 27 November 2013, a seminar on Projection And Development of Oral Health Human Capital Needs For Malaysia Till Year

2020 was held at Kuala Lumpur. There were 90 partici-pants involved consisting of Dental Public Health Spe-cialists from the Oral Health Division, and Universities. The seminar was officiated by YBhg Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, Principal Director of the Oral Health Division, Ministry Of Health Malaysia. This seminar was held with the objective to determine the Oral Health Human Capital Needs for the country till year 2020. Above all, this seminar also had specific ob-jectives to be pursued from now until 2020 which are; x�To review the Oral Health Human Capital Needs

projected over the last 5 years. x�To share different methodologies in projection of hu-

man capital needs and to explore the Oral Health Hu-man Capital Needs of various agencies.

x�To determine the projected need for dental specialists, dentists and dental nurses/ dental auxiliaries for the country up to 2020.

x�To formulate appropriate policies related to service matters.

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SYMPOSIUM ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

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O n the 6 and 7 December 2013, a symposium on Universal Health Coverage was held in collaboration with

the Malaysian Association of Dental Public Health Specialists. Themed ‘Challenges, Measurement and Evaluation Strategies’, the symposium was held at the Swiss Garden and Residences Kuala Lumpur. As many as 40 participants consisting of Dental Public Health Specialists from the Oral Health Division, the Armed Forces and Universities were involved. The symposium was officiated by YBhg Dr.Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, Principal Director of The Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia. During the symposium, two delegates from Thailand, Dr Wirat Eungpoonsawat from The National Health Security Office, Thailand and Dr.Supranee Dalodom, Chief Dental Officer from the Bureau of Dental Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand were invited to present their experiences in implementing Universal Health Coverage in their country. Thailand has, since 2001 implemented Universal Health Coverage for their citizens. Apart from these speakers, another esteemed presenter was Datin Dr Noral Zeila from the Oral Health Division who delivered her talk on ‘Oral Health Care in Malaysia- Issues and Challenges’.


Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib , The Principal Director of The Oral Health Division beside Dr Wirat Eungspoonsawat and Dr Supranee Daladom with other participants of the Symposium


Among the topics covered by the speakers from Thailand were ‘An Overview of Universal Health Coverage and Global Achievements in General Health; Benefit Packages for Universal Coverage, General Health and Oral Health; Provider Payment Mechanisms, Review of Oral Health Funds in Foreign Countries and Oral Funds Formulation; Details of Oral Health Funds: Payment mechanism, budget, beneficiaries and monitoring and evaluation of oral health, implications and achievements. Participants were afforded a perspective of Universal Health Coverage as implemented in Thailand which could be adopted in Malaysia if in the future the need arises. The lively two way interaction between the speakers and participants showed that this symposium was of immense benefit to all those interested in developing healthcare financing systems for sustainable healthcare in this country.

“TIME IS VERY SLOW FOR THOSE WHO WAIT, VERY FAST FOR THOSE WHO ARE SCARED,

VERY LONG FOR THOSE WHO LAMENT, VERY SHORT FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE ,

BUT FOR THOSE WHO LOVE , TIME IS ETERNAL…”


Dr Azliza Bt Dato’ Zabha

(Ketua Penolong Pengarah U48)

PN. WAN ISMAWATI BT WAN YUSUF Pembantu Tadbir W17

DR NURRUL ASHIKIN BT ABDULLAH Ketua Penolong Pengarah Kanan U52

DR NURUL IZZATI BT MOHAMMAD ALI

PN. ARBIAH BT BASRI Penyelia Jururawat Pergigian U36

PN. LIM LIAN YENG Penyelia Jururawat Pergigian U36

DATIN ZARINA BT ABDULLAH Penyelia Jururawat Pergigian U38

DR TUAN YUSWANA BT TUAN SOH Ketua Penolong Pengarah Kanan U52

CIK MAHANI BT AHAMAD Penyelia Jururawat Pergigian U36

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Dr Mustaffa b. Jaapar (Ketua Penolong Pengarah Kanan U52)

Dr Raja Noor Shazleen (Ketua Penolong Pengarah U48)

Dr Nor Azlina Bt Hashim (Ketua Penolong Pengarah U48)

En. Mohd Fadzil b. Hamzah (Pembantu Tadbir N17)

Puan Fazlina bt. Abdullah Saimi (Pembantu Tadbir N17)

EN.SHAHNUN NAIM B SAAD Pembantu Tadbir N17

DR NUR FAROHANA BT ZAINOL Ketua Penolong Pengarah U48

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The launching of Mouth Cancer Awareness Week @ Bukit Jalil Recreation Park

A Pop Yeh-Yeh Dance by Oral Health Division staff during the Oral Health Division Family Day

Dr N.Jegarajan ,The Director of Oral Health Regulation & Practice trying the ‘Lung Capacity Test’ at the Break Free From Smoke Campaign

Dr Elise Monerasinghe, Head of the Enforcement Branch, Oral Health Divi-sion conducting a lecture on Occupational Safety And Healthy in Dental

Practice @ Avilion Admiral Cove Hotel , Port Dickson

Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, The Principal Director of Oral Health, giv-ing her opening address during the Seminar in Infection Control for

Dental Surgery Assisstants at Wana Riverside Hotel, Melaka

Dr Chu Geok Theng, Head of the IT Branch,Oral Health Division moni-toring the participants of Bengkel Kajisemula Keperluan OHCIS

(Kepakaran) at Hospital Putrajaya

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Dr Azam explaining aspects of oral health to visitors of the Help & Health Campaign @ MMU, Cyberjaya

Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib,The Principal Director of the Oral Health Division with Prof. Rosnah Zain, Dean of the Dental Faculty, University Of Malaya;Dr Noor

Aliyah Ismail, Director of Oral Health Development posing with Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation)

University of Malaya

Dr N.Jegarajan ,The Director of Oral Health Regulation & Practice trying the ‘Lung Capacity Test’ at the Break Free From Smoke Campaign

YB Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam , The Minister Of Health with YBhg Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, The Director General Of Health and Dr Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, The Principal Director, Oral Health Division waiting for Datin Seri Paduka Rosmah

Mansor at Karnival Kesihatan Pergigian 2013 @ Berjaya Times Square,KL

Dr Noor Aliyah Ismail, The Director of Oral Health Development giving her welcoming remarks to the participants of Bengkel Pembinaan Media

Sosial BKPKKM @ Regency Hotel ,KL

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bengkel penggunaan dan pemantapan penggunaan media sosial dalam mempromosikan kesihatan pergigian kepada masyarakat. Bengkel pembinaan media sosial ini merangkumi tiga fasa: Fasa 1 (Mei 2013) , Fasa 2 (Mei hingga September 2013) dan Fasa 3 (Oktober 2013). Tujuan bengkel ini diadakan adalah untuk melatih dan melantik seramai 30 orang pegawai dari jabatan-jabatan ke-sihatan negeri dari segi kemahiran untuk membina, mengemas kini, mem-perkukuh, dan mengawas laman media sosial kesihatan pergigian bagi negeri masing-masing. Dengan berte-makan “Media Sosial wadah Pro-m o s i K e s i h a t a n P e r g i g i a n ” bermaksud kini Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian mengambil langkah yang baharu untuk mempromosikan kesihatan pergigian melalui media sosial dimana kini mudah dilayari oleh semua lapisan masyarakat. Media sosial utama yang digunakan dalam bengkel ini adalah aplikasi yang popular dimasa kini seperti Facebook, Blog dan Youtube. Atas pelantikan 30 orang pegawai bertanggungjawab mengendalikan media sosial kesihatan pergigian negeri masing-masing, maka kini di Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian mempunyai 15 akaun Facebook, 15 akaun Blog dan 15 akaun Youtube.Dengan wujudnya akaun-akaun media sosial kesihatan pergigian bagi setiap negeri, ini mempermudahkan

Oleh: Dr Hazrizul Azam Zama’at ([email protected])

lagi orang ramai untuk mendapatkan segala maklumat mengenai kesihatan pergigian malah aktiviti-aktiviti kesihatan yang akan dilakukan oleh jabatan kesihatan negeri juga akan diketahui ramai dengan sekali klik sahaja. Penggunaan komputer mahupun smartphone kini merebak meluas sehingga kanak-kanak dibawah 6 tahun tahu untuk menggunakannya, atas tujuan ini kami Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian telah mengambil inisiatif baharu untuk mendekatkan lagi program Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian dengan masyarakat Malaysia dan juga antarabangsa. Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian juga telah mewujudkan satu Unit Media Sosial yang khususnya mempunyai objektif-objektif dan peranan ahli jawatankuasa teknikal yang memantau, mengemaskini dan menambahbaikkan maklumat-maklumat terkini mengenai kesihatan pergigian untuk laman media sosial rasmi kesihatan pergigian. Kini di Bahagian Kesihatan Pergigian, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia telah mempunyai 15 akaun Facebook dan 15 akaun Blog rasmi yang digunakan untuk menyebarkan maklumat-maklumat kesihatan pergigian secara pantas dan lebih interaktif kepada khalayak. Alamat-alamat akaun rasmi Facebook dan Blog :

Negeri Facebook Blog BKPKKM pergigiankkm ohdmoh.blogspot.com Perlis bahagianpergigian.perlis gigiperlis.blogspot.com Kedah kesihatanpergigiankedah pergigiankedah.blogpsot.com Pulau Pinang pergigian.pulau.pinang gigipulaupinang.blogspot.com Perak bahagian-kesihatan-pergigian-perak pergigianperak.blogpsot.com Selangor bahagiankesihatanpergigianselangor jknspergigian.blogspot.com WP KL & P pergigianjkwpkl pergigianwpkl.blogpsot.com N. Sembilan pergigiann9 pergigianjknns.blogspot.com Melaka bahagian-kesihatan-pergigian-melaka pergigianmelaka.blogpsot.com Johor gigi.johor bkpjohor,blogspot.com Pahang bahagian-kesihatan-pergigian-pahang pergigianphg.blogpsot.com Terengganu bhgpergigianjknt teganudentist.blogpsot.com Kelantan pergigian-kelantan pergigiankelan-

tan.blogpsot.com Sabah bahagian-pergigian-sabah pergigiansabah.blogspot.com Sarawak bahagianpergigiansarawak pergigiansara-

wak.blogspot.com WP Labuan pergigianwplbn labuansmile.blogpsot.com

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Here I was given the chance to participate in the poster presentation category. The title of my poster was ‘Oral Care: In The Eyes of Nursing Staff.’ The Research team comprised Dr Norhayati Hassan (Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Specialist), Hanim Ripit (Dental Nurse) and myself.

The aim of this study was to investigate oral health care knowl-edge, attitudes, and practices of nursing staff (non-dental) in Hos-pital Putrajaya in management of oral care among hospitalized patients. We were also interested in barriers encountered by the nursing staff in assuming this role. These were of interest, as some of the cases that were referred from the hospital wards to the Oral Specialist Clinic, Hospital Putrajaya were patients having oral health problems either due to neglect or due to their medical conditions. Good oral health is important for better quality of life and support from hospital staff is needed. Through this research we hoped that collaboration between nursing and dental health professionals will be developed for better management of oral health of inpatients in hospitals.

I see that researchers have the power to advocate for change with evidence to reinforce their beliefs. Research helps people by suggesting improvements and new ideas to make a positive impact on society and ser-vice delivery by the organi-zation.

BSKB “RESEARCH DAY” RESEARCH FUN 7—8 September 2013 @ Ministry of Health, WP Putrajaya Reported by Datin Zarina Abdullah ([email protected])


I can still remember when I was asked to attend a course on research in year 2011. I was overjoyed as I was always curious and wanting to learn more about

research. Little did I realize that coming up with a research proposal was a must even before the whole course started. My initial joy turned to despair as I realized that this was a strenuous task and not just a course to fulfill the ‘7 days training requirement’, but by then there was no turning back. To cut the story short this was the beginning of my ‘forced’ love affair with research.

As a staff of Hospital Putrajaya, we were encouraged to attend courses on research and to participate in research studies to meet hospital requirements where the rationale was to “get staff exposed and interested in research.” The management showed commitment by creating a “friendly and helpful research environment even for a novice like me. I remember how difficult it was to do a full literature review, prepare a proposal, questionnaires, data entry and reports as well as time management. Neither of these tasks were fun, but I still saw a faint ray of light shining at the end of the tunnel.

September 7-8, 2013 was Allied Health Professional Research Day with the theme “Making Research Fun”. The theme sounded a bit odd for a serious agenda like research but my thanks to the organizer for ‘thinking out of the box’ in making research fun. On the first day we were given some tips and talks on ‘making research fun’ as well as listening to 8 presenters who shared their interesting research findings.

On the second day 12 scientific posters were presented, displayed and judged. More lectures followed as we were reminded on ‘How to be a responsible researcher?’, data management and fun with scientific writing.

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Finally……. The light at the end of the tunnel. Hooray!

By Dr Norlida Abdullah

The Walkathon was officiated by Professor Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud [Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation)] representing the University of Malaya Vice Chancellor at Taman Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur attracting more than 350 participants. In addition, a competition on the best oral cancer promotion media was organized and attracted participation from 12 groups from both public and private universities. The first prize was won by students from MAHSA University College, second by students from UITM and third by IMU students. Prizes were donated by the Malaysian Dental Association Foundation (MDAF) and the Malaysian Private Dental Practitioners Association (MPDPA).

“The greatest glory in living life is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

- NELSON MANDELA

T he Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre, University of Malaya (OCRCC), the Dental Faculty of the University of Malaya, Universiti T e k n o l o g i M a r a ( U i T M ) , International Medical University (IMU), SeGI University, MAHSA University, The Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Malaysian Association of Dental Public Health Specialists (MADPHS), Malaysian Dental Association (MDA), Malaysian Private Dental Practitioners Association MPDPA), M a l a y s i a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f O r o - Ma x i l l o f a c i a l S u r g e o n s (MAOMS) organized a walkathon on 17th November in conjunction with the launching of the Mouth Cancer Awareness Week (MCAW) 2014 from 17- 24 November 2013. The aim of MCAW is to promote the importance of prevention, early detection and early treatment of oral cancer to the public. In addition it is also to increase the awareness of both public and private dental practi-tioners on their roles in prevention and early detection of oral cancer. The main activities organised were promotion, screening and training of dental professionals on early

The 5 km walk was tough but we still did it for a good cause and have our certificates to prove it !!