Pune: The Department of Dental Surgery and Oral Health Sciences of Armed Forces Medical College ( AFMC ), Pune, conducted the 14th national dental sciences symposium from Oct 7 to 8. It was themed ‘emerging challenges in contemporary dental practice: current update and future prospective'. Lt Gen Vineet Sharma, director general of dental services and colonel commandant of the Army Dental Corps (ADC) inaugurated the program.

In his address, Sharma emphasized the necessity to stay informed and adapt to emerging challenges with the rapid pace of technological innovations and the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event featured deliberations on an array of contemporary topics in dentistry by eminent speakers of National and International repute from the Armed forces and civil institutes..