Dean of the Dental School of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST), Professor Francis Adu Ababio has charged newly inducted qualified Dental Surgeons to maintain a high level of professionalism in the discharge of their duties.
He has also advised them on the need to always demonstrate humility, discipline and respect for their patients and senior colleagues.
Professor Ababio was speaking at a ceremony to induct 16 newly trained dental surgeons into the Ghana Medical and Dental Council. The ceremony brings to 42, the number of Dental Surgeons trained so far by the School since its establishment in 2012.
Prof Ababio said training Dental Surgeons was capital-intensive and also technologically-driven, and as such demanded massive investment in dentistry.
Stakeholders, he noted, ought to come on board to improve the infrastructural base of the School, saying the three-fold increase in admissions did not in any way match up with the academic facilities at the School.
The Dean said given the required academic facilities and personnel, the School could achieve many breakthroughs in dentistry to further boost the reputation of the KNUST.
The KNUST Dental School was borne out of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS) as part of efforts by the University to expand its frontiers in medical education.
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GNA