The Army Dental Centre of Research & Referral (ADC R&R) celebrated its silver jubilee on May 1, 2024, marking 25 years of service within the Armed Forces.
Lieutenant General MK Katiyar, the General Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Command, visited the Dental Centre during the celebration and unveiled a Special Postal Cover to commemorate the occasion.
ADC R&R is the largest dental establishment in the Armed Forces and offers post-graduate training in five specialties of dentistry, namely oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics and crown and bridge, periodontics and oral implantology, conservative dentistry and endodontics, and orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics.
Additionally, it is recognized for pioneering the use of Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen minimal sedation for anxiolysis and analgesia during minor oral surgical and rehabilitative treatments across all age groups within the Armed Forces.