Date:07/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/07/stories/2007100750780200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

An exercise that can’t be brushed aside

Krishna Velupillai

CHENNAI: The sight of thousands of children inside a sports stadium with toothbrushes in their hands and simulating the actions of proper brushing may border on the surreal, but it was nevertheless a genuine attempt to create awareness of dental hygiene.

On Friday, 15, 000 students from various schools in the city gathered at Nehru Indoor Stadium to brush their way into record books.

Daya Ravindran, member, Indian Dental Organisation, said the sensation that it would create would be used to spread the word on oral hygiene. The campaign was organised in association with Karuna International, Chennai Kendra.