Smile, here's an app to teach you how!

Updated On: 22 February, 2019 07:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty

Dr Dimple Padave's app has dos and don'ts about oral health care for children in the age group zero to 13

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Healthy teeth and wide smiles, that's what a doctor from Mumbai's Government Dental College wanted for her patients, and thus developed a mobile application called 'PedoDontics' that aims to help sensitise children about oral healthcare.

The application, that caters to patients in the age group of zero to 13, has been downloaded by 700 people since its launch on Monday. "Considering the growing use of smartphones among teenagers and their parents, we thought of developing an application that would have all the basic information about oral healthcare.