Delhi to have 100 Aam Aadmi dental clinics and 5 dental colleges: Manish Sisodia

On the lines of its mohalla clinics, the Aam Aadmi Party government will set up 100 dental clinics across the city for providing routine dental services while cases requiring specilaised treatment will be taken care at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) and five such institutes have been planned to be set up in the national Capital.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during the inauguration of Dental Health Utsav - Delhi Smiles-2016 at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Addressing the 23rd annual Dental Health Utsav organised by MAIDS, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said currently even cases routine in nature were seen at MAIDS and there was a need to create 100 dental clinics like aam aadmi mohalla clinics where they could be handled while only referral ones should go to MAIDS.

Dental doctors approach Dr Jitendra for raising retirement age

Central Government Dental Doctors today approached Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh with the plea for raising their retirement age to 65 years.

A delegation of dental doctors held a meeting with Dr Jitendra Singh and complained that even as the Central Government had, through an order dated 31st May this year, raised the superannuation age of non-teaching specialists and other doctors of Central Health Services to 65 years, it is an anomaly that the doctors in the category of Central Government Dental Services have been left out. They alleged that this was a discrimination against them, particularly because they belong to the same Central Government services and their controlling authority is the same Union Ministry of Health.

PG Student jumps to death from 3rd floor

INDORE : A dentist committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a building in White Church colony on Friday afternoon.

The incident took place when the deceased identified as Dr Ashish Baghel, a resident of Chindwara, who was currently residing in Aerodrome area committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of Hasmukh Sadan building in White Church colony.

He fell into the yard of a neighbour Laxmibai who was working in her kitchen. She heard a thud from the front portion of the house and rushed outside only to see the man lying on the floor in a pool of blood. She immediately informed the police.

Clove Dental eyes 600 clinics in four years

Dental care chain Clove Dental today said it is looking to take the number total number of its clinics to 150 by year-end and become the largest operational chain in India.

The Global Dental Services promoted dental chain, which now operates 116 clinics, would continue to add 10-12 clinics every month for the next four years to have 600 clinics, the company said.

The firm has so far made an investment of USD 25 million and plans to invest another USD 25 to 30 million to attain the number of 600 clinics, it added.

Clove Dental Chairman Louis Shakinovsky said: "Within a short period, we have established ourselves as a brand that stands for high-quality dental care. We are committed to bring international standard dental care to every Indian."

All government medical colleges should get dental labs: HC

MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday directed the state's health department set up full-fledged dental laboratories with specialists in all 21 government medical college hospitals in the state by the end of next financial year. The court gave this direction while hearing a public interest litigation relating to shortage of doctors and nurses in government hospitals. When the case came up for hearing before the division bench of Justice S Nagamuthu and Justice MV Muralidaran on Monday, the government submitted a report, which the court had sought when the case had come up for hearing last week.

The court, which perused the report asked, "The writ petition alleged that there were 110 doctors on deputation. When you denied it, the court had asked for a report relating to the number of doctors and nurses who are at present on deputation in hospitals in the state. But, you have stated that there are 18 people in the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. What about the status in the remaining hospitals?" It then asked for a fresh report from the government. 

India’s Ist woman dentist shares journey

For the first woman dentist of India and PU alumnus from Lahore Dental College, Dr Vimal Sood, the biggest challenge in old days was to make people aware that ‘tooth extraction’ was not the only treatment for all the problems. In those days, she used to travel across the country in her mobile van treating people for various teeth ailments.

Dr Vimal Sood was in Panjab University for the Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital White Coat Ceremony and induction programme for the first year students of 2016 batch.

Dr Vimal Sood (centre), first woman dentist of India, Ashish Jain (right), Director of Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, and Deepti Gupta, Dean, International Students, light the lamp at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday

While sharing her experience as a dentist, she said: “There is no doubt that in old days there was constraint in her movement even as a doctor. With her colleagues, she used to explore the dental field as much as possible.”

NEET 2017 Exam Update

NEET 2017 MBBS medical entrance exam is scheduled to be conducted tentatively in May, 2017. For appearing in NEET 2017 exam, it is important to note that the aspirants are aware that they need to fulfill the eligibility criteria The applicants must be an Indian national or OCI (Overseas Citizen of India). The applicants must be between 17 to 25 years as on 31st December of the admission year (for reserved applicants maximum age limit is 30 years). It is important for the aspirants to go through the complete list of colleges which accept the scores of NEET 2017 exam. It is expected that the application forms will be available from the 1st week of December, 2017.

In order to be eligible for NEET 2017 MBBS medical entrance exam, the applicants must have cleared class 12 or equivalent examination from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology & Mathematics or any other elective subjects with English (appearing applicants can also apply). The applicants of NEET 2016 must have scored minimum 50% in PCB group (45% for general PH and 40% for SC/ST/OBC). 

NEET 2017 Exam Dates: Notification to be released in December

The notification for NEET 2017 exam will be out in December. It is expected that the exam will be conducted in May 2017. Aspirants are required to note that the courses offered after NEET exam are MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery). NEET 2017 (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a national level medical entrance test which is regulated by the CBSE Board.

NEET 2017 is a one tier exam which commences once in a year in month of May. From the year 2016 onwards, NEET exam has replaced AIPMT exam. All seats (MBBS/BDS) of any medical/dental college will be filled by the score of NEET examination only. As per the last order by Hon. Supreme Court, no other exam except NEET will be held for offering admission into MBBS/BDS courses in India from the year 2017.

Jeep driven by dentist mows down woman techie

CHENNAI: A 24-year-old software engineer, waiting for a cab on a service road on the Maduravoyal-Red Hills BypassRoad, was fatally knocked down by a jeep, reportedly driven by a dentist at 12:20pm on Friday.

The jeep came out of the KG Signature apartment complex off the Maduravoyal-Red Hills Bypass and hit R Rashmi who had gone to the place to meet a friend. The driver sped away, leaving the woman in a pool of blood. The security guard of the apartment rushed to her rescue and called out to the man to stop, police said. She is a native of Alappuzha district in Kerala.

The guard and Rashmi's friend Srinivasan, 26, from Andhra Pradesh, rushed her to a private hospital where the doctors declared her 'dead on arrival.' The Koyambedu traffic investigation wing police registered a case under IPC Section 304 (A) (death caused due to negligence).

Dental clinic fined Rs 25,000 for medical negligence

NAINITAL: Nainital district consumer forum has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on a dental clinic for medical negligence.

A complaint was filed in 2011 by Hira Devi, whose husband Trilok Rawat was undergoing treatment for tooth sensitivity at the clinic. Rawat has since died.

In her complaint, Devi had alleged that the doctor uprooted a healthy tooth and then removed a part of her husband's gum to control the damage. "Doctors from the clinic misled us. My husband had problems chewing his food and had to undergo further treatment in Haldwani. I filed a complaint so that this does not happen to anyone else," said Devi.

Talking to TOI, Rajendra Pargai, a member of the forum said, "The case dates back to 2011 and we found the clinic to be at fault. The clinic has been ordered to pay the money to the family within a month of the order."

Dentist asked to pay Rs 10 lakhs bribe for post at Medical College Hospital

Dibrugarh: A denist has lodged a complaint against one Naba Kumar Patir claiming that the latter had demanded a sum of Rs 10 lakhs from him in lieu of an appointment at the Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH). Following the complaint the accused was arrested on Thursday.

Naba Kumar Patir, an assistant engineer of Town and Country Planning department of Assam government was caught red handed accepting the bribe. A case has been registered against him by the Assam police.

“He was contacted me after I applied for a post in AMCH under Assam Public Service Commission and claimed that he would help me and demand bribe for it. He also said that, he has good contacts with APSC. Regarding the matter I contacted with police and police raided his house based on my complaint soon after I paid him Rs 10 lakh in cash at his house and caught him red handed,” the dentist told India Blooms.Jitul Deka, Secretary General of Asomiya Yuba Mancha has asked for a high level inquiry into the matter.

NEET 2016: SC dismisses extension of admissions to vacant 5000 seats

Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the extension of NEET 2016 medical admission in vacant seats quashed as SC dismissed extension of medical admission. The apex court heard the case filed by Delhi based NGO Sankalp Charitable Trust demanding filing of vacant medical and dental seats across the country. The Supreme Court had earlier set September 30 as the deadline to fill up all the medical and dental seats. The last date of admission was revised to October 7 by the apex court.

Sankalp Charitable Trust, Delhi had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court bench dismissed the petition stating that it will not further extend the dates for filling the seats for this academic year. There are approximately 5000 seats will have been filled. The Supreme Court had earlier ordered for combined counselling for all unfilled medical seats in Maharashtra. This year, Maharashtra will use the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) as the qualifying examination for admission into the post-graduate diploma courses conducted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

In 2017, NEET will be held in regional languages. The decision will be soon announced by the HRD ministry to expand the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. It was also decided that the students’ concerns will be at the centrepoint of any decision taken on the national common entrance examination. The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS and BDS Courses in the academic session.

Rugby Players Replace Their Knocked Out Teeth With Bottle Openers Implant

An Argentinian beer company replaced rugby players’ missing teeth with bottle opener implants as part of an ad campaign.
The Salta beer ad, created by agency Ogilvy Argentina, documented how the company teamed with an oral surgeon “to reward players who gave everything they’ve got on the field — including their teeth.”

“We decided to give rugby players back the teeth they had lost in battle,” the ad says. “But we weren’t going to give them a simple tooth back we developed a unique dental implant, a specially designed tooth to open beer.”

The implants, which were installed by Dr. Sebastian Juri, bear the Salta brand name and were demonstrated to be working beer bottle openers by the patients at the end of the ad.

Visiting your dentist twice a year may cut pneumonia risk

Good oral hygiene can reduce bad bacteria in the mouth and thus decrease the risk of developing pneumonia, a research has found. 

Pneumonia is an infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid. The infection is more common among older people and those with conditions such as AIDS or lung disease.

The study found that people who never get dental checkups had an 86 per cent greater risk of pneumonia than those who visit the dentist twice a year.

“There is a well-documented connection between oral health and pneumonia, and dental visits are important in maintaining good oral health,” said lead author Michelle Doll, Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the US.

Jaipur Dental College officials put on APO over negligence

Jaipur: The Dental College principal and hospital superintendent were put on APO (awaiting posting orders) by health minister Rajendra Rathore during his inspection of the college on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place when Rahtore paid a surprise visit to Dental Hospital at Shatri Nagar on morning; he was baffled over the lack of facilities at the college and put principal and hospital superintendent on APO. The decision was taken after the minister met the patients and their relatives and expressed dissatisfaction over the state of affairs at the hospital.

NEET 2016: Petition filed regarding vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear the petition regarding the vacant MBBS and BDS seats in Supreme Court on October 28. The petition has asked the top court to fill all seats in all medical and dental colleges by way of centralised counselling and on the basis of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) ranking of the candidates. The petitioner Dr Gulshan Garg, from Sankalp Trust said that they have calculated the vacant seats listed on various states websites. Approximately 5000 seats are not filled.

The reasons cited for the petition stated that since due to the situation created by the introduction of NEET and late finalization of modalities of the counselling processes for admission to medical and dental colleges, most of the seats in various states could not be filled by September 30, 2016. The Supreme Court will hear a plea on this matter on October 28. The case will be represented by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

Quack 'practising' since 8 months arrested in Jalandhar, Punjab

KOLHAPUR: Police on Tuesday arrested a man from Punjab for allegedly "practising" as a dentist for eight months without a proper licence at Bambawade village in Shahuwadi taluka, around 50km from here.

Accused Sardar Swaransingh is originally from Jalandhar in Punjab. He failed to provide licence or proper certificate supporting his practice when police asked him to do so.

Police said Swaransingh admitted that he worked as an assistant to a dentist at his native place in the past.

According to police, he used to ask passengers at ST bus stand and other transit places whether they are suffering from dental problems. Police also found some surgical equipment, medicines and dummy teeth made of acrylic or fibre on him at the Bambawade ST stand.

Joint research in oral healthcare announced

KOLKATA: Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research (GNIDSR) - an institute under the aegis of JIS Group Educational Initiatives, IIT-KGP and IIEST (Shibpur) today has taken a humanitarian step to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to conduct interdisciplinary research in contemporary fields of oral healthcare.

The occasion was graced by Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chairperson, West Bengal

 Medical Services, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Also stalwarts of the Indian Oral and Dental industry and academia as well as other eminent personalities such as S.K. Bhattacharya, Deputy Director IIT - KGP; Ajoy Roy, Director, IIEST Shibpur; Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University and Dibyendu Mazumder, President - Dental Council of India, R.R. Paul, Deputy Director and In-Charge (R&D), GNIDSR and T.K. Pal, Principal, GNIDSR were present for the commemoration of MoU signing occasion.

Man doubts his dentist after he didn't recommend the toothpaste every doctor recommends on TV

New Delhi. A man in his mid-thirties doubted his dentist and refused to buy the prescribed toothpaste from a neighborhood medical store, when he found out the brand was not one of the many recommended by dentists in TV advertisements.

When News reporter (NR) contacted Mr. Kumar, he flashed a nervous smile and narrated the incident.

FN: Mr. Kumar, what made you to visit a dentist?

Kumar: I have been suffering from bad toothache for the past few months. My friends complained to me that they have been suffering from bad breath, my bad breath, for the past few years. When the bad breath had become unbearable, my friends pooled in money and sent me to a dentist.

NR: Please tell us what happened at the dentist.

Kumar: Everything was good there. The dentist brought back the colour of my teeth from utter black to almost white. He used twice the amount of cement to fix the cavities compared to what he used to fix his damaged wall, he told me.

NR: Was the fee too high?

Kumar: The fee was phenomenal. The dentist did have to do a couple of extractions. Along with that he extracted every last coin from my wallet also. Tell you what. the last extraction was more painful.

NR: All good. What made you doubt his credentials?

Kumar: When he wrote a prescription for my toothpaste, I had my first doubt. When the medical store guy gave me a toothpaste with a name not even close to any highly recommended toothpaste in TV. How can accredited doctors on TV be wrong? How can bollywood actors and ‘chief smile officers’ be wrong?

NR: So, what did you finally do?

Kumar: I went back to the clinic and asked him to show the credentials. The doctor smiled and had shown all the certificates. Then he asked me something unusual. He challenged me to get verified credentials of at least one dentist appearing in the TV advertisements.

Dentists want letter D added to Kerala's ABC (Ayurveda, Backwaters and Culture)

Kerala has long considered Ayurveda,Backwaters and Culture (ABC) as its USP. Dental specialists in the state now want to add letter D to it in an attempt to tap the potential of dental tourism.

A group of dental surgeons have set up a `Dental Holiday Knowledge Centre' in Fort Kochi, to promote the concept among tourists.

India, Singapore and Thailand account for 90% of the medical tourism in Asia. "India ranks far below Thailand in dental tourism even though cities like Kochi have the necessary infrastructure to provide exceptional dental care at much cheaper rates," said Dr Seby Varghese, founder of Dentela Foundation and secretary of Indian Dental Association, Nedumbassery. According to the research undertaken by Sindhu Joseph, an assistant professor with Kannur University , who has specialised in tourism management, 24.5% of the total medical tourists visiting Kerala can be credited to dental tourism. "Around 40% of all medical tourists visiting Kerala also look for leisure. As of now, the leading source of information regarding dental service in the international market is word of mouth. If you exclude NRIs the figure is 24.5%," said Sindhu.

"I came to India specifically to see my daughter, who was staying in Fort Kochi.She has had previous experience with Dr Seby Varghese. I need some work done on my front teeth so I took her word for it and visited his office", said Deborah Moe, a tourist who visited Kochi from the US this year.

Dr Seby says dental tourism has not been given an adequate platform to promote itself. "Most promotional opportunities like travel mart are dominated by large medical corporations who only promote themselves," said Dr Seby .

He said dental tourism should be promoted like ayurveda. "In Thailand, dental tourism is uniquely promoted by the government. It has high online visibility and significant promotional presence in road shows and conventions. In Kochi, we have one of Asia's leading dental lab facilities, which is catering not just to the market demands in Kochi but to foreign nations as well. We have the infrastructure, all we need is the promotion," said Dr Seby .

Doctors say dental implants, tooth alignment and smile makeovers are the most frequently requested procedures. Getting dental implants done in Thailand can cost up to Rs 1 lakh, while the same can be done in Kochi for just Rs 55,000.

"The work I had done on my teeth was exceptional," said Deborah.

The knowledge centre in Fort Kochi, which is set to open in October, will only admit clinics and centres that are approved by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH). "Ayurveda marred its reputation due to malpractices by a few institutions, we don't want the same to happen to the dental health industry ," said Dr Seby.

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"Three years condensed course of MBBS after BDS to practice general medicine" Dr Mazumdar

Nagpur: Dental Council of India (DCI) of India has been trying to stem the mushrooming of dental colleges in the country. Council is ensuring new dental colleges come up only in association with an existing government medical college.

Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar, DCI president told the council was trying its best to prevent new colleges in private sector. "What is the use of more colleges without any quality education and employment? Hence DCI has brought out a regulation of allowing a student to go for a three years' condensed course of MBBS after BDS. This will qualify them to also practice general medicine," he said.

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Indian dentists are abandoning their profession for BPOs, this startup wants to change this

Fact: 30,000 dentists who graduate from dental colleges annually have no industry waiting to hire them.

Most of them end up joining their seniors or faculty members in practice, earning as little as Rs 5,000 a month. The market scenario demands that they set up their own practice, which costs no less than Rs 10-12 lakh in initial capital investment, taking easily five to seven years to pay off.

Founders of MobiDent: Vivek Madappa (L) Dr. Devaiah Mapangada

Further, not having any godfather in the industry makes it even more difficult, because dental colleges teach students to practise dentistry and not to set up a practice.

50 per cent seats for dental courses lying vacant post NEET

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has led to a situation wherein seats for the BDS course are lying vacant. Facing crisis, the Dental Council of India (DCI) has written to the Union health ministry for lowering the percentile to fill up these vacant seats. Earlier, the government had decided that students will be admitted to medical and dental courses only through NEET.

DROP FROM FULL OCCUPANCY TO HALF

The dental colleges were witnessing full occupancy for the BDS course. But now the colleges are finding it difficult to fill even 50 per cent seats. These dental colleges have to complete the admission process by October 7.

Dental college student commits suicide by hanging self in Mathura

A 22-year-old student of a dental college allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room in Mathura, police said. Gamang Angu, a resident of Itanagar, was a third-year student of K D Dental College. Angu allegedly committed suicide on Thursday by hanging himself to the ceiling fan of his hostel room, Senior Superintendent of Police Bablu Kumar said. In the suicide note addressed to his parents, Angu said he blames himself for his death and no one else is responsible for it, Kumar said.

5 dental myths that may be hurting your health

Research shows that your teeth can speak volumes about your overall health, so it’s important to be informed when it comes to taking care of your mouth.

Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor for FoxNews.com, recently sat down with Dr. Gerry Curatola, founder of Rejuvenation Dentistry in New York City to debunk some common dental myths that could be hurting your health.

Sugar is the main cause of tooth decay.
We’ve all heard it growing up: Sugar will rot your teeth. But while sugar can lead to cavity formation – as well as a variety of other health maladies – it’s not the real culprit when it comes to tooth decay.

"This is a myth in a sense because sugar, while being 'the gasoline in the tank' is not the cause of tooth decay. It's actually acids from bacteria that have gone to the dark side,” Curatola told FoxNews.com. “We talk about good bugs and bad bugs; bad bugs are actually an unhealthy expression of natural bacteria in the mouth.”

Dental council chief in trouble as univ nixes his membership

NEW DELHI: The election of Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar, president of the Dental Council of India, to the council has been "withdrawn" and "cancelled" by Nilamber-Pitamber University (NPU), which he represented on the council. With his council membership itself being terminated by the university, his appointment as president too is untenable, pointed out those who had filed cases challenging the legality of his appointment in the Delhi high court and the Kerala high court.

According to a memo issued by NPU registrar on September 1, the appointment of Mazumdar as a visiting professor of Vananchal Dental College and Hospital (VDCH) in Garhwa, Jharkhand, which is affiliated to NPU, and his subsequent election to DCI was made "in gross violation of relevant statutory provisions as contained in the Jharkhand State Universities Act 2000 and the Dentist Act, 1948".