PANAJI
Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik, who is also the President of Goa Olympic Association, informed that Goa Dental College does around 100-130 age estimation examinations of athletes each year.
Naik, who inaugurated the first international and 16th national Indian Association of Forensic Odontology (IAFO) Conference 2018 at Dr Shyamaprasad Stadium said the Forensic Dentistry Clinic which was started in March 2016 is the first such facility in a government dental college in India.
Goa Law Minister Nilesh Cabral, Dr T Samraj, President IAFO, Dr Ida de Ataide, Dean Goa Dental College, Dr Ashith Acharya Secretary IAFO, Dr Ajit Dinkar Organising Chairman were present on the occasion. Naik said, the forensic odontology department has done 22 person identification cases, 38 bite mark cases, 1455 age estimation cases, 121 disability cases, five gender estimation and one facial reconstruction. Forensic odontology helps to prosecute child labour employers through a scientifically proven age age estimation method.
Naik also assured help in getting an approval for a proposal for starting a three-year post-graduate course in forensic odontology in India. The proposal was submitted by Dr Dinkar at Goa University.
Minister Cabral said that advances in medical science will help in increasing tourism in the State.
