Illiterate, they perform root canal operation

TILONIA (AJMER): Bhawri and Kesar Devi of Tilonia village in Rajasthan Ajmer district have never been to school. They used to work in the fields and also doubled the village midwife attentive to life. Now, the two women in their fifties, learn procedures dental tricky as root.

Kesar and Bhawri were selected by a team of Italian dentists visiting Barefoot College of Tilonia, execution of NGOs by Sanjit Roy, commonly known as Bunker Roy. They were looking to train women from the village to perform basic dental procedures and sensitize villagers in dental hygiene.

"The idea was to simplify procedures so that the illiterate women could learn. In doing so, we wanted to select women who aren't afraid of the sight of blood, "said Giuseppe petretta, Economist, working with four physicians on the project four years ago." Bhawri and Bill Kesar. And their training in dentistry started at Barefoot College. "Dentistry is not so developed in India, especially in rural areas."

Thus, we wanted to do something here. "I spotted round the country for NGOs get associated with so that we can teach them, he said us." The barefoot college were found to be "" place perfect"."

Bhawri and Kesar can now clean teeth, filling cavities are specializing in the extraction of the tooth. They treat 120 - patient odd of surrounding villages every month.They also teach kids dental hygiene in schools of the night. Now, they learn how to perform root canal operation. And they are eager learners.

While conducting a wisdom tooth root canal a patient, the Italian dentist said, "hand me the prop." Where is the mirror? Keep the clamp tweezers loan. "Bhawri and Kesar has not escaped. Cleverly, they pass the correct surgical instrument the dentist. And knowing no English is no problem.

"We used to call"Kanta","aina"and"cheemta"instruments." "Doctors taught us their English names," said Bhawri.

The duo has also get unexpected rewards for a job well done. "Recently, someone, surveying of the area for the mining work in a helicopter, had bad teeth. With no dentist autour, he landed at the helipad college. Bhawri and cared for me. Since we charge money, we were taken to a journey of joy on his copter, "Kesar said."

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