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More than one hundred thousand patients treated in the KKU Collage of Dentistry
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King Khalid University (KKU) represented by Dentistry Collage has offered a medical services for an estimated number of patients reaching nearly forty thousand (40,000) patients and follow up in male department clinics at KKU.
Also more than five thousand (5,000) female patients and follow up received treatment in Al Assamir department of KKU. All these patients (nearly 106.850) have been treated with conventional high quality and professional standard care in this field.
By this process, KKU is looking forward to decrease the pressure on Ministry of health facilities as well as and to save time for patients and for all those in need of service in this area. Also to accelerate the process of treating citizens under specialists and consultants supervision from deferent dentistry specializations, which are rare to be found all in one region. One of the most prominent ambitions of dentistry collage to develop and promote mouth and teeth health care in Asir region.
KKU is also looking forward to reinforce the principles of community partnership project in Asir region. In thius regard, the KKU community will have the responsibility, of developing local communities that will be in charge of specific in the region, including its 16 provinces.
It is an ambitious project that aims at offering medical, awareness and educational services. It also includes field researches that serve local targeted community such as schools, in every provinces.
Dentistry Collage of KKU achievements have not stopped by this; it also managed to graduate more than 302 dentists to achieve health revolution to serve Asir health facilities in particular, and to participate in national development programs in general .
It is worth to mentioning that Dentistry Collage is distinguished by its assistance and development in infrastructure in the region, and by establishing high quality clinics and dentistry workshops in male and female departments.
The college also provides international conventional technology in this field, where it has been established two hundred and five (205) male clinics and a hubndred and twenty one (121) female clinics, equipping them with necessary pre clinical training simulation workshops to improve students training using the latest treatment methods, thus contributing to develop specialized practical and medical abilities of region's work force .