Media Release: Record Multi-Location Oral Screening Programme Covers Over 3 Lakh Students

Colgate India announced a world record for the 'Largest Multi-Location Oral Screening Programme'.

Wed 30 Sep 2026

Students Screened

308,106 students

Schools Covered

547 CBSE schools

Geographic Scope

Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, 40 districts

Duration

10-day sprint (17-28 August 2026)

Dentists Mobilised

2,100 dentists and 29 dental colleges

What was announced

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited submitted a media release about an oral health screening initiative recognised by the World Records Union as the 'Largest Multi-Location Oral Screening Programme'.

Scale of the programme

• 308,106 students screened
• Across 547 CBSE-affiliated schools in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
• Completed in a 10-day sprint (17-28 August 2026)
• Mobilised across 40 districts

Partners

Colgate was the principal sponsor, working with the Narcotics Control Bureau, the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Indian Dental Association of Tamil Nadu, 2,100 dentists and 29 regional dental colleges. The campaign combined preventive oral healthcare with messaging on nutrition and substance abuse prevention.

Link to longer-running programmes

The initiative feeds into Colgate's flagship Bright Smiles, Bright Futures programme, running since 1991, which the company says has built preventive care foundations for over 200 million children and families in India, and engaged over 11 million children across 35,000 schools in 2025 alone.

The company also referenced its 2030 SMILE Strategy and said its 'Keep India Smiling' and Rural Development programmes have positively impacted over 640,000 beneficiaries to date across education, financial inclusion and water security.

How investors may read it

This is a community outreach, ESG and brand-visibility disclosure. It carries no revenue, cost, order or earnings information, so there is no direct quantitative impact on financials that can be judged from it. Such releases are typically viewed as supporting brand salience for a company that describes itself as the market leader in oral care in India.

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