Ludhiana, July 7
Thanks to the latest techniques in dentistry, the dental implants will no longer require any cuts or stitches in the jaws. The new ‘guided surgery’ ensures that implants are done with precision with ‘absolutely no margin of error’.

According to Dr Akshay Vohra, the surgery is performed with the help of a special software developed for the purpose. He said this technology was being introduced for the first time in Punjab. Vohra has joined hands with Nobel Biocare for training in Las Vegas for ‘teeth-in-an-hour’ technique of implants.

He returned recently from there after getting complete training about Nobel Biocare solutions.

He has also attended many workshops and hands on sessions there.

Elaborating the technique, he said the dentist plans the whole treatment in advance on the software which is called Nobel Guide.

This technique is different from the traditional one, in which a patient has to wait for six months for teeth to be loaded. There are no stitches or cutting of gums involved.

Ludhiana, July 7
Counselling for filling NRI seats for admission to the bachelor degree course of veterinary sciences and animal husbandry conducted by Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University was organised here yesterday. Students were called on the basis of veterinary entrance test (VET) 2007.

Nineteen out of 20 NRI seats have been filled, which include four girls also. Majority of the NRI candidates admitted to the B.V.Sc course were from the USA and Canada.

About 1, 215 students from various parts of the state appeared in the VET 2007, held on June 22.

The third counselling will be organised on August 13. The total number of seats for Punjab and Chandigarh were 42, including those for reserved categories and two for Kashmiri migrants, have already been filled.

There are 72 seats for the obtaining a degree veterinary course.

Ludhiana, July 7
The Rabies Control Society in collaboration with Christian Medical College and Hospital organised a seminar on zoonosis on the occasion of World Zoonosis Day on the college auditorium here today.

The seminar was attended by medical and veterinary officers of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and the CMCH. The participants deliberated upon fatal diseases like rabies, tuberculosis and brucellosis. Rajinder Bhandari, president, state BJP, was the chief guest and B.S. Sidhu, director, Animal Husbandry, was the guest of honour. The function was presided over by John Pramod, director, CMCH.

Harbans Singh Dhalla, organising secretary of the seminar, said zoonosis was a disease which was transmissible from animals to humans and vice-versa.