Dental seminar by ZDO

Six Zoroastrian dentists from different specialties presented their clinical experience at a full day program conducted by the Zoroastrian Dentists Organisation (ZDO) at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on September 11, 2016. Participating in the seminar on "Continuing Dental Education” (CDE) were 45 Zoroastrian and around 20 non-Zoroastrian dentists. The seminar was sponsored by Colgate Palmolive India Limited and co-sponsored by Bredent- SP Dental, notes an email sent to Parsiana by senior prosthodontist and implantologist Dr Porus Turner.

The program began with a prayer and presidential address by Dr Aspi Surveyor. Those who shared their findings were Dr Ruxshin Bhot, general practitioner, Dr Kaiwan K. Shroff, prosthodontist and implantologist, Dr Freddy Mistry, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr Farzana Bharucha, restorative dentist and endodontist, Dr Cyrus Karkaria, implantologist, Danesh Vazidfar, dental technologist and Turner, the write-up lists.
The ZDO, which was founded in 1954 by a group of Zoroastrian dentists has been providing service for the dental fraternity as well as the general public by conducting dental camps in different Parsi colonies in Bombay and Gujarat. It has been instrumental, along with the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and World Zoroastrian Organisation (WZO) Trust Funds, in helping young Zoroastrians take up dentistry as a career and assisting them in postgraduate studies, states the write-up. Dinshaw Tamboly, former BPP trustee and managing trustee of the WZO Trust Funds, sent a note of encouragement and appreciation for ZDO’s services. He, along with former BPP chairman Minoo Shroff and Turner had been instrumental in securing a seat at a dental college in south India for Zoroastrian students, details of which are available with the BPP.