Two dental  students (final BDS)  killed on road
Chennai: Two final year students of a private dental college in Puducherry were killed instantly when their car rammed a wayside tree at Nallur on East Coast Road early on Wednesday.
Police said J Balamurali, 24, of Ramanathapuram, and Rahul, 24, of Karur, visited the city on Tuesday and were returning to Puducherry. NEWS DETIALS

Supreme court orders in DCI election case
The Supreme Court in an appeal filed by Shri. Shaji K. Joseph once again reiterated the settled law that once the process of election starts, no court should interfere with the election process. Single Bench Justice Anil R. Dave was hearing the appeal with regard to election of a member to the Dental Council of India. ..MORE HERE

Minister finds dentist missing on inspection
District Collector Yogita Rana warned the Government hospital doctors and para-medical staff that disciplinary action would be taken against them if they failed to attend to their duties on time. On Wednesday, the District Collector made a surprise visit to the Armoor Government hospital in the town and found that a physician Dr Narayana, a dentist Dr Nagaraju and a clerk Vamshi Priya were absent. MORE HERE

Dental college gets in Guinness record
Narsihnbhai Patel dental coll in Visnagar Gujrat, got a place in Guinness record. Dr Basawaraj Kallali Dean of the college said it was planned to treat 15000 patients in 24 hours, but we achieved target in 9 hours only..NEWSLINK

Dr Arun JO, former prosthodontist from Calicut dental coll, now IAS, got award for best deputy collector in State
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DCI to reach Ministry, Obesity and tooth cavity
The Dental Council of India (DCI) has said it would soon reach out to the Union Ministry of Health to find a solution to the problem.
“Dentists have been doing major studies on the problem and have gathered a lot of data which is in a compilation stage right now. Dental caries and obesity are closely related and the problem is spreading like epidemic. Obese kids have lesser physical activity which leads to ineffective chewing which further makes them susceptible to caries,” said DCI member Dr AK Chandna....LINK

Final MDS student burnt body found near Exp-way- Case filed on HOD & guide
27-year-old final-year MDS student of the Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences (Endodontics), located on the outskirts of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, allegedly immolated himself in Sasgaon village, near Khopoli on January 9. The family of the deceased, Imran Khan, has accused the deceased’s guide and a head of department (HOD) of having harassed him by allegedly seeking illegal gratification to pass him (phone worth Rs 70,000 and branded whisky worth Rs 1.50 lakh) in the exams.
On noticing Khan’s charred body, locals close spot at MumbaiPune Expressway,  informed the police. We managed to retrieve his purse and his identity proof. His maternal uncle, Mohammed Ijaz Hussain, has filed a complaint against the HOD, Dr B Nagesh, and guide Dr Vemuri Sayeesh. NEWSLINK

Lko Dentist hired killers to murder Khanna
Killers have confessed that they were hired by dentist Dr Naimish Trivedi to eliminate Khanna, the owner of Ritz restaurant in Lucknow, over monetary dispute amounting to Rs 5 crore. Khanna/Bobby was shot outside his bungalow located across H road in Mahanagar late on January 1 by Subhash Yadav and Saif. On January 3, Bobby succumbed to injuries at KGMU..NEWSLINK

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Bangalore Dentist will be face of iPhone Ads
Dr Raina Nanaiahm was clicked on Diwali by her husband, a wild life photographer. He posted it on Instagram. He was surprised when he got email from Apple, pic impressed the Apple Inc and was chosen by them among 53 best pictures clicked across the globe, for its ‘Shot on iPhone 6S’ campaign. Only pic from India will be used for hoardings in India, but will be also used globally...NEWSLINK
Puppy with braces is celebrity
Veterinarian Dr. James Moore, known as the “doggie dentist,” puts braces on dogs. Yup, but it’s not for aesthetic purposes, Harborfront Hospital for Animals in Spring Lake, Michigan wrote on Facebook. Canines need their teeth fixed for health purposes. The post has received more than 283,000 reactions on Facebook and shared 288,293 times as of Tuesday…LINK

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Can 3rd BDS from UK be allowed to render Dental treatment to Indian kids?
Two Plymouth students are travelling to India to bring dental care to children. The Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry students are to join the Schoolhouse Dental Camp in Tamil Nadu this summer at Mission hospital in TN. They will be part of a group offering dental care to children in the region. Ashly Punnoose and Kowoon Noh are both in their third year...MORE HERE

Chandigarh Dentist duped another doc for 2.4 crores
The economic offences wing (EOW) of the Chandigarh Police has booked a dentist, a resident of Sector 8, for allegedly duping his doctor friend of Rs 2.4 crore on the pretext of setting up hydro electric power projects in Himachal Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Dr Rajdeep Singh Sandhu, 40, who has been booked by the Sector 3 police under Section 420 of the IPC. LINK…….This Dentist was arrested as per news on 13 Nov NEWSLINK

Dentist crushed by falling tree
A dentist from Westville, Durban was crushed to death by a falling tree on Saturday, said KwaZulu-Natal paramedics. The tree came crashing down as a it was being cut by tree fellers, said ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak. “He was passing through when the tree fell and crushed the roof and front part of his car,” said Vermaak.NEWSLINK
Dentist stands for stopping female genital mutilation
An estimated 90 per cent of Egypt’s women have become victims of the practice, which is believed to have been observed in the country for thousands of years. The procedure, which includes the removal of all or part of the clitoris, is usually done for local girls before reaching puberty. “Some doctors, who have no conscience, take advantage of parents’ mistaken beliefs,” said Atef Shalaby, a Cairo dentist. MORE HERE

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Kerala opposes new private dental colleges
The Indian Dental Association has objected to the reported move by the government to sanction more dental colleges in the State’s private sector. DCI has expressed concern about the deteriorating quality of dental education and has declared a moratorium on starting new dental colleges in Kerala. LINK

Alarming rise in Teeth extractions in UK
There has been an alarming rise in the number of tooth extractions among kids all across United Kingdom. NHS has stated this as a disappointing situation. The statistics suggests that the number of tooth extractions performed in kids under the age of 10 is 33,781 during the year 2014-15 and this is just one year. NEWSLINK

Oral bacteria may be linked to esophageal cancer
Researchers have found that a bacterial species responsible for gum disease is present in 61% of patients with esophageal cancer.
The findings detected the bacterial species Porphyromonas gingivalis in 12% of tissues adjacent to the cancerous cells, while this organism was undetected in normal esophageal tissue. These findings provide the first direct evidence that P gingivalis infection could be a novel risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), and may also serve as a prognostic biomarker for this type of cancer...NEWSLINK

Butcher dentist faces trial for mutilating over 100 patients
He gave me seven or eight shots in my gums. And he pulled out eight teeth in one go!” recalled former patient Sylviane Boulesteix. “After that, I bled for three days..said a patient.
Dr Van Nierop was stripped of his licence in Netherlands, then he landed in this small french town Château-Chinon. Van Nierop was placed under court supervision and banned from leaving France in 2013. Despite the ban, he traveled to Canada in December 2013, but authorities caught up with him three months later. He was first extradited to the Netherlands in September 2014, and then from the Netherlands to France the following January. MORE HERE

Young girl suffers brain damage due to extraction
The family of a little girl who suffered brain damage after being sedated at the dentist plans to sue the dentist who put her under sedation. Four year old girl went to denist to have tooth pulled and now
has to be fed by feeding tube and she s confined to a wheelchair. LINK

Dr Tolani launches Virtudent in USA
Traditional dentistry is usually done at the expense of patients, making them give up their time and steep sums of money to often receive unneeded treatments.
Virtudent puts patients first with its transparent telehealth model. It’s remotely connecting people with dental experts from top universities throughout the U.S., keeping costs low and focusing on preventative dental health rather than over-diagnosis. Virtudent employs tele-health technology to help reduce over-treatment, reduce insurance fraud and increase oral health care access for underserved populations via virtual dental visits….FULL STORY
Lady dentist is housing 130 pets
Dr Tripta Kaur is a dentist by profession and lecturer in a medical college in Visakhapatnam. Dancer and short filmmaker, winner of various national and international beauty-pageants, and an animal lover who provides shelter to around 130 stray animals. she was awarded the ‘Outstanding young person of 2015′ from Vizag by a social organisation – Junior Chamber International (JCI). MORE HERE

Maharashtra’s private medical/dental colleges can’t have own CET-S Court
Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by the association of Maharashtra’s private medical colleges to be allowed to conduct its own common entrance test (CET) for medical and dental college admissions.
It means students will be admitted to state as well as private colleges on the basis of a single test conducted by the state CET cell. TOI NEWS

MCI in need of complete reformation: Says Parliament panel
MCI is in need of a complete reformation, as corruption and lack of accountability threatens the medical education of the country, if unchecked this will lead to great social, financial and political cost to the country, according to parliamentary standing committee report on health. MORE HERE
All Women Dental center opened by Minister
Telangana health minister Dr C Laxma Reddy inaugurated DentaShine – the first all women dental care centre for women and children on Monday. Zahed Ali Khan, editor-in-chief, Siasat Daily and Pramod Kumar Kedia, chairman, Agrasen Bank were the guests of honour. DentaShine is a start up concept by Dr Kulsum Mirza, which will have all women specialists and will be an exclusive dental care centre for women and children. NEWSLINK

Murder of Indian Dentist in USA, Unsolved even after one year
ALBANY, Calif. (KTVU) – It will be one year on Tuesday, March 8th, since a UCSF dental student was killed in her own apartment in Albany.
Randhir Paul’s murder remains unsolved, but her family reached out to KTVU to talk about their search for answers and justice. Relatives say they are in frequent contact with the police, but they’ re frustrated that one year later, no one has been arrested for the crime. MORE HERE

Why British Dentists came to India to save Bears by doing RCT
British vets came to the rescue to operate on 19 rescued ‘dancing bears’ who were at risk of dying as a result of the trauma they’d experienced.
In a first of its kind operation, the endangered sloth bears underwent lifesaving dental surgery at the Wildlife SOS Agra Bear Rescue Facility in India.
The team of dedicated veterinarians from Wildlife SOS in India, with support from International Animal Rescue UK, performed root canal surgeries.
And their action reportedly saved the bears from certain death.NEWSLINK
Why Ortho patients should stay away from Drinks
Many people are not aware that soft drinks — even diet soft drinks, sports and energy drinks, and fruit drinks — contain acids, which can be especially troublesome for people in orthodontic treatment. The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) strongly advises patients in orthodontic treatment to avoid drinks with low pH levels because the lower the pH level, the more acidic the beverage. ..MORE HERE

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Tooth whitening in only 2 minutes per day without tray
Two minutes a day, thanks to the special accelerator XS 151 contained in the hydrogen peroxide gel, which activates while brushing, and its portability, which means it can be performed anywhere and not exclusively at home, thanks to the new pre-filled brush.MORE HERE
Treating migranes by adjusting jaw
Dentists could play a vital role in treating migraine. In certain patients, it can be treated by adjusting jaw imbalances, says Dr Curtis Westersund from Canada. He is in the country to deliver a lecture series on modern dental problems, including the condition called temporomandibular disorders (TMD), which often goes undetected because the patient never goes to a specialist. He said that an injury to the jaw or muscles on your head and neck can also lead to TMD. According to Dr Curtis, dentures suitably made for the lower jaw can correct the condition. MORE HERE

Cavitation at tip helps better scaling
The formation of tiny bubbles around the head of ultrasonic scalers, used by dentists to remove built-up plaque, is key to the cleaning process of teeth, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found.
Scientists from University of Birmingham in the UK observed the bubble formation, or cavitation, of water around the head of the scaler using high speed cameras. NEWSLINK

Antibiotic Use Tied to Diabetes Risk
Danish researchers have found an association between the use of antibiotics and the development of Type 2 diabetes.
In 2012, the researchers identified 170,504 cases of Type 2 diabetes and matched them with 1,364,008 controls without diabetes. Then they used Danish government databases to check the participants’ antibiotic use over the previous 13 years...MORE HERE

Book cab right from Google map
earch engine giant Google has introduced a dedicated tab with the information on cab services in Google Maps. At the time of entering the destination, users will see an additional tab in the Google Maps app and they can opt either for Uber or Ola...MORE HERE

Oral Health Day smartphone game
FDI World Dental Federation today announced that Mad Mouths, a brand-new smartphone game for World Oral Health Day (WOHD), is now available for download. The game is available in English, French and Spanish and was designed to help bring oral health education to life in a fun...MORE HERE
How/WHY Dentistry is dying in India ?
A fledgling dentist in India has very limited scope to survive on his own immediately after graduation. The cut-throat competition among fellow dentists has escalated to unprecedented levels and a sense of insecurity seeps into fresh graduates. The recent threat to private practice is the rapid surge of corporate dentistry and the blistering pace at which they grow and multiply, making it almost impossible for a recent graduate to make an independent living…MORE IN BRITISH JOURNAL..please Do read

Make at home your own invisible aligner
After scanning the dental cast, he was able to create a digital model for a number of different aligners, each with differently positioned teeth. He printed the models using a 3-D printer and, with the help of a vacuum form machine, later created plastic aligners that fit the models. He told us he used the same plastic retainer material that they use in an orthodontist’s office..Read how this laymen did corrected his own teeth with home made aligners..CLICK HERE  +++++ see result of home made aligner below
Dental student attacked Robbed
23-year-old student of dental science was attacked and robbed by six persons after a petty scuffle on Waghodia Road on Sunday night.
One of the accused intercepted Yashpal Barad and picked up a fight with him after he tried to overtake him on the bike near Crystal School at around 11pm. Five others joined him and attacked Barad. They tried to snatch his gold chain..MORE HERE

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Extraction takes him close to death
Patient is in critical condition after complications from a tooth removal, his mother said.
She said her son Mason Woods, 23, had a wisdom tooth extracted on Feb. 27. Mother said Woods came home after his surgery and was pleased the tooth was out and the surgery went well. Mason Woods is now in critical condition from what his mother says are complications arising from the surgery. However, swelling and discomfort began soon after, Steele told CTV News. Mother said Woods was back at the dentist on March 4 because the swelling hadn’t gone down and he was out of pain medication...MORE HERE

Dentist and wife killed in plane crash
Dentist and his wife were killed in a plane crash north of Alpine, Wyoming near Palisades Reservoir late Saturday night. An Idaho Falls dentist and his wife perished in the crash. Brook Summers was a dentist at Family Dental Health Center in Idaho Falls. According to a biography on the company website, he and Heidi had four children. NEWSLINK
DCI/MCI beyong repair ?
“The situation has gone far beyond the point where incremental tweaking of the existing system or a piecemeal approach can give the contemplated dividends. That is why the committee is convinced that the MCI cannot be remedied according to the existing provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, which is certainly outdated,” the parliamentary committee stated...NEWSLINK

MCI den of corruption..Just Google “den of corruption medical council”. For several years it has been going on,WHY Govt is not willing to ACT ?, is some one top in MCI close to Amit Shah?..LINK

Patient sues dentist for drill swallowed while placing implants
A man is suing his dentist after doctors at Vancouver General Hospital removed a dental drill bit from his abdomen that he alleges was negligently dropped into his throat.
Istvan Balyi says that on May 13, 2015, he attended the West Broadway clinic of Dr. Roxana Saldarriaga and her partner, Dr. Dennis Nimchuk, to have a tooth extracted and to have five dental implants.During the fifth implant placement dentist dropped a drill bit attached to a handheld drill into his throat. He prescribed laxatives and sent home,but it did not work, later it was removed by colonoscopy..MORE HERE

3,500 “bogus” dental mechanics in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Dental Mechanics Association (MDMA) has demanded strict action against over 3,500 “bogus” dental mechanics allegedly operating in the state without required education qualification. The MDMA members had submitted a memorandum to state Education Minister Vinod Tawade, Commissioners of Police and Collectors of various districts. A large number of dentists are preferring cheaper teeth to earn more profits said Prez of MDMA...NEWSLINK

Patanjali will beat Colgate this year
“Colgate will be below Patanjali by this year, and in three years, we will overtake Unilever,” said Ramdev, whose Rs.2,000 crore company that makes everything from biscuits to soaps has been denting the market share of large multinational corporations in India...MORE HERE

77% Indian docs with foreign degrees flunk MCI test
77 per cent Indian students who returned with a foreign medical degree in the past 12 years failed to clear the mandatory screening examination conducted by MCI, (if those who pass out from Pvt medical colelges in India are asked to take same test..it would be interesting to see outcome)..LINK

MDS girl student ends life
MDS first year student was found hanging from ceiling fan inside her hostel room on Monday evening. Prerna Chowdhary (29) stayed in girls’ hostel of Sardar Patel Dental College.
From Allahabad district, Prerna was last spotted in the hostel building on Sunday evening. The reason prompting the girl to take the extreme step was not known and police were waiting for her kin to arrive from Allahabad to know more...MORE HERE …Autopsy was conducted and found she indeed committed suicide, her brother who is Allahabad high court lawyer came ..LINK

Dr Anil Kohli wins Golf turnament
Dr Kohli ex DCI prez is playing gold and doing well, just won Hero Indian Open Golf Tournament 2016 on 17 March 2016, as per email received from him..
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The demand for dental care services in the U.S. is projected to grow on a national level, mainly owing to demographic changes. However, a new report has forecast that all 50 U.S. states will have a shortage of dental professionals in the near future. Based on dental workforce data from 2012, it is predicted that the excess growth in demand in relation to dentist supply will result in a national shortage of approximately 15,600 dentists in 2025…MORE HERE
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Your mobile is cooking your Bal….s
The study – by highly respected specialists – found that sperm levels of men who kept their phones in their pocket during the day were seriously affected in 47 percent of cases compare to just 11 percent in the general population….FULL ARTICLE

DCI amends admision regulations
Dental Council of India (Establishment of New Dental Colleges, Opening of New of Higher Course of Study or Training and Increase of Admission Capacity in Dental Colleges) (8th Amendment Regulations, 2016″.) ….Full Notification .…CLICK HERE

Dentists sue association over restrictions
Several dentists have filed a lawsuit alleging they’re being treated unfairly by their own governing body. The dentists are suing the Alberta Dental Association and College (ADAC), alleging that restrictions on marketing and advertising/code of ethics violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees freedom of expression...MORE HERE

Ignoring oral and dental diseases could be fatal
President of the Indian Dental Association said untreated oral diseases could be fatal as they may cause serious infection of head and neck region. “A patient with dental problem generally avoids consulting a dentist at an early stage and the only reason which brings him to a dentist is an attack of a severe dental pain”..NEWSLINK

MCI may be scrapped soon
The BJP government has begun work on a major overhaul of the Medical Council of India as it looks to create more medical colleges and produce more doctors to cater to growing healthcare needs.
Sources said during a review meeting of the health sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the health ministry had discussed the option of even scrapping the country’s apex medical education regulator which has been shrouded in controversy in recent years…MORE HERE

Dentists hold candlelight march; demand job for Narang’s kin
Dentists in the city on Sunday staged a candlelight march to condemn the recent murder of a member of their fraternity in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area.
“He was the only male earning member in the family and so we urge both the central and the state governments to offer a job to one of his family members and some compensation and protection,” President of the Indian Dental Association Praveen Verma said…NEWSLINK

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Dr Narang is trending on twitter
A senior Delhi Police official on Saturday faced abusive posts on Twitter after she ruled out communal angle in the alleged murder of 40-year-old dentist in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area. A section of twitterati also questioned the necessity of the tweet disclosing details about the religion of the accused persons. They also alleged the police has not done proper background check.
After the incident which was reported on Thursday, hashtags like #DrPankajLynched and #JusticeForDrNarang started trending on Twitter. Here are a few non-abusive tweets on Twitter…CLICK HERE

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Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay on Sunday offered a job to dentist Pankaj Narang’s wife in a municipal hospital. LINK 

Govt notifies new rules for biomedical waste
The Union government on Sunday notified new rules for the management of bio-medical wastes in the country that prescribe more stringent standards for incinerators to reduce emissions and envisage the creation of a bar code system for bags containing such refuse. MORE HERE

Manipal holds Alumni Golden jubilee
Manipal dental college completed 50 years, they have honored eminent alumni, see pics below

Fake patient- DCI Prez admits-PVT dental colleges compromising Quality
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Supreme Court recalls order exempting private medical colleges from NEET
This is will have far reaching impact on medical edu in India, not this year but expected to be in place from next year.
NEW DELHI: Recalling its earlier order, the Supreme Court on Monday said admission to private medical colleges will be on the basis of entrance tests conducted under the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). MORE HERE

Ministry disaffiliates Panjab University MDS courses
The Union Health Ministry has disaffiliated five specialised Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses at Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Panjab University, for the academic session 2016-17.
There are 14 seats in the five specialised courses being run by the dental college. The ministry took note of a report of the inspection team for the annual renewal of the MDS courses of the PU in which it was pointed out that there was no regular principal in the college, a mandatory norm of the DCI...NEWSLINK

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PM Narendra Modi urged to revamp MCI
Charging that Medical Council of India (MCI) has lost its “credibility and moral standing”, former health secretaries and doctors have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revamp it to ensure that hospital chains and owners of medical colleges, having “deep conflicts of interest”, do not enter this body.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, the former members of MCI, health secretaries and prominent doctors, also urged Modi to revamp the curricula for graduate and post-graduate medic .. MORE HERE

New ACP IN TOWN
ACP Dr. Kunal Sonawane dentist who completed his bachalor  degree from SJM DENTAL COLLEGE  who topped  MPSC examination for the year 2015  has been posted on rank of assistant commissioner of police.
BDS not Good enough, Go for MBBS
To what may offer a solution to acute shortage of medical doctors and specialists in the country, the Dental Council of India (DCI) has proposed to start a bridge course for dental graduates so that they become an MBBS doctor. Though in a nascent stage, the proposal offers hope to thousands of jobless dental graduates across India who take up jobs in other streams.
“The proposal has been framed with the help of Medical Council of India and would be placed before for the ministry of health and family welfare for active consideration soon,” said DCI president Dr D Majumder who was in the city on Saturday to participate in King George’s Medical University’s dental faculty foundation day function. LINK

MDS admissions: State cracks whip on pvt dental colleges
The state government has cracked the whip on the private and unaided dental colleges regarding admission to the master of dental surgery (MDS), postgraduate degree and diploma courses in the open and management categories.
“There will be centralised counselling for the management category in all private/unaided dental colleges under the close observation of Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, and state observer appointed by the Director, Medical Education and Research. NEWSLINK

Smoking drastically alters oral bacteria
Roughly 600 bacterial species live in people’s mouths. This is the finding of a study led by NYU Langone Medical Center and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center to be published online March 25 in the ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology) Journal.
The researchers say their analysis is the most comprehensive to date to examine the effects of smoking on the make-up and action of bacterial species in the human mouth based on precise genetic testing. MORE HERE

This Toothpaste will harden your teeth
A team of researchers has come up with a new toothpaste ingredient that hardens your teeth while you doze. The new BioMinF toothpaste ingredient, developed by Queen Mary University of London, puts back the lost minerals from tooth enamel and helps prevent decay and treat sensitivity while you sleep and is available online and from specialist dental distributors now. It is expected to be available through high street stores by the end of the year. LINK

Dental college principal leaves for heavenly abode
Dr Sumeet Sandhu, Principal SGRD Dental college, Amritsar, Expired today as per sources. She was ailing and was just about 50 years of age, RIP.
Everytime we post uncomfortable news about DCI, and immediately there is attempt to hack into our website.. don’t know if it is just a coincidence.

Association of Radiographically Diagnosed Apical Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Disease
This study examined if there is association between apical periodontitis (AP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
AP was significantly associated with CVD, hypercholesterolemia, race, missing teeth, caries experience, and number of root canal treatments in our bivariate analysis. Our final adjusted conditional logistic regression model showed statistically significant positive associations between AP and CVD...LINK

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Association Asks Doctors Not To Advertise ‘Guaranteed Treatment’
Association (IMA) has issued a circular to all its 2.5 lakh members warning them not to advertise “No Cure No Payment” or “guaranteed cure” stating both are violations of Medical Council of India (MCI) Code of Ethics Regulations as well as Drugs and Magic Remedies Act...MORE HERE

How accurate are CBCT scans?
A recent study measured the thickness of bone labial and palatal to maxillary anterior teeth on cone beam computed tomographic (CBCT) images, and compared these measurements with direct clinical measurements to determine the reliability and accuracy of CBCT. Researchers concluded that, in fact, CBCT scans may lead to overestimating labial bone thickness...MORE HERE

Tehelka reports on ineligible member in DCI
Dental Council of India (DCI) is a statutory and recommendatory body which comes under the Dentists Act (XVI of 1948). It regulates dental education and the profession of dentistry throughout India. Finances come from the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) under the Government of India.
With such a structure, can it behave like its own master and start ignoring injunctions from the ministry? Recently, the DCI appointed 55-60 members under Section 3(d) and (e) of the Dentists Act 1948. Notifying these appointments with the health ministry is mandatory.
DCI corruption for years continuously, this is not being seen lightly. But this time, the MOHFW has taken serious note of the working of DCI, particularly appointment of ineligible members. TEHELKA has exclusive access to a copy of the minutes of a meeting held under an MOHFW joint secretary. MORE HERE

Are you pushing too much sealer in apical region ?
The efficiency of a filling material in properly sealing the root canal is determined by its physical properties and handling characteristics. No other filling material has been as successful and widely accepted as gutta-percha, probably owing to its favorable properties such as biocompatibility, plasticity, radiopacity, and easy insertion and removal from the root canal.Despite these beneficial features, gutta-percha shows no adhesion to dentine, resulting in gaps between the cone and root canal walls. In root canal treatment, the ideal result is to insert the largest volume of gutta-percha and minimum amount of sealer inside the root canal, enabling the sealer to penetrate the irregularities of the dentine walls and tubules..FULL PAPER

Brushing your teeth can ward off CANCER
New research suggests that properly cleaning our teeth may also help ward off a particularly vicious form of cancer.
Scientists have discovered that pancreatic cancer – one of the most deadly – is linked to two types of bacteria that also cause gum disease. A team in the US found that people who had these two bugs in their mouths were up to twice as likely to develop pancreatic cancer over the next decade. MORE ON UK DAILY MAIL

Gum disease may be treatable with bioceramic material
P. gingivalis perishes on contact with the surface of silicon nitride, lead researchers to wonder if this could lead to a new type of treatment.
In the journal Langmuir, a multidisciplined team from Japan and the US describes what it found when it investigated the antimicrobial properties of silicon nitride. MORE HERE

SUGAR-FREE alternatives STILL ROT TEETH
Added sugar is a health hazard. Not only can sugar be incredibly harmful for those with insulin resistance, but the extra calories of sugar-laden junk foods is one of the primary drivers of weight gain and tooth decay. For this reason, sugar-free alternatives, such as artificial sweeteners and diet drinks, are often perceived as “guilt-free”. While they are definitely an improvement, new research has found alternative sweeteners still rot your teeth…MORE HERE

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Dentist hangs herself at Clinic
27-year-old dentist was found hanging in her clinic in Kelambakkam on Saturday night. She was identified as S Sushmitha of Puducherry.
The deceased was running the clinic in Sai Baba Koil street for nearly a year and was also working at a private medical college-cum-hospital in Nellikuppam. The incident came to light when a patient came to meet her at 7.30pm and found the door of the room closed for a long time. Since repeated knocks did not elicit any response, he looked through the window and found her hanging from a ceiling fan....MORE HERE

New dental service rules for teachers
The recent notification on the Punjab Dental Education Service (Group-A) rules has not gone down well with dental teachers working in state-run dental colleges as the state government has reduced the promotion quota from 75 per cent to 50 per cent, giving equal weightage to direct quota
recruitment…NEWSLINK

Vasan Eye care Raid ?
Chennai-based Vasan Healthcare, founded by A.M. Arun, is a former healthcare unicorn that operates a chain of eye-care and dental clinics in India. “Yesterday’s ED visit is part of the ongoing investigation into Vasan where Sequoia India is a minority investor along with others.MORE HERE

Senior Orthodontist No more
Dr Sachin Karnakar senior orthodontist from Andheri is no more.

MCI to be revamped soon ?
Plans are afoot to split the Medical Council of India (MCI) into a “leaner body” by restructuring it
and segregating its powers to separate bodies. Days after a parliamentary standing committee came out
with a damning report on MCI, stating its composition was “opaque” and “biased” against larger public
health goals, the Union ministry of health is working with the Niti Aayog on its restructuring, at the
behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ..LINK

How tooth pain turned chest pain for this famous politician
An inquiry has been ordered into former deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal’s sudden admission to St George’s Hospital on Monday after it emerged that he had complained only of a toothache and was granted permission by prison authorities to visit the Government Dental College and Hospital. The St George Hospital doctors and their counterparts at the Government Dental College and Hospital on Tuesday gave
contradicting accounts of what transpired on Monday. ..NEWSLINK
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Matter pertained to Modern Dental college and SC asked three member committe to oversee working of MCI, have they overlooked DCI ?
The Supreme Court on Monday called for setting up of a three-member panel headed by Justice (retd) R.M. Lodha to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) regarding admissions to private unaided dental colleges in Madhya Pradesh.
Specifically, the panel will oversee the admission criteria in private unaided dental colleges amid allegations of state interference in various aspects of admissions.
Apart from Lodha, the Supreme Court-appointed committee will comprise Dr. Shiv Sarin working at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and former comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) Vinod Rai.
“The committee shall be in operation for a period of one year unless the Parliament enacts a mechanism for the admission process of private unaided dental colleges earlier,” the order said...NEWSLINK

Supreme court asks MCI if states can be allowed to hold own tests
May 3, 2016 In a major development with regard to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Medical Council of India (MCI) to respond to state governments’ plea to hold separate exams this year. The MCI has to respond to the plea by Thursday. The development came as the Supreme Court heard the petitions by some states and private medical colleges seeking permission to continue with separate tests for admissions in the MBBS and BDS courses..CLICK FOR MORE

State can regulate admissions, fees, rules Supreme Court.BUT central law will over ride
Underlining that education is a “not a business” but a “noble activity” aimed at empowering people, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court Monday ruled that the State is authorised in law to regulate admission, fix fee as well as lay down any other regulatory mechanism that promotes merit and curbs commercialisation in institutions of higher education.
The Bench, comprising Justices Anil R Dave, A K Sikri, R K Agrawal, Adarsh K Goel and R Banumathi, also upheld the validity of a common admission test (CET) to be conducted by state governments as well as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges.
The court said that when the central government issues a notification for NEET and the state governments also want to conduct their own CETs, the issue could be resolved between them by relying upon Article 254 of the Constitution. Under Article 254, higher education has been placed in a concurrent list with both the state and central governments having powers to make laws. But when the central government makes a law or issues a notification such as NEET, it would override the state governments’ laws..MORE HERE

SC Upholds MP Law for 50% Govt Seats in Private Dental Colleges
The Supreme Court today upheld the provisions of a Madhya Pradesh law which enables government to have 50 per cent shares in management seats in private dental colleges, saying there was no violation of right of autonomy of educational institutions in Common Entrance Test (CET) being conducted by the state or in fixing fee.
“There was no violation of right of autonomy of the educational institutions in the CET being conducted by the State or an agency nominated by the State or in fixing fee...NEWSLINK

Dentist hands over gun to police
One recent morning, Dibendyu Dutta (Dentist) rose at 6 a.m. to catch a three-hour train back to the city of his childhood, Kharagpur. He made for his family house, retrieved a case and brought it to the local police station. He handed over the case the police. Ten minutes, some questions and a few signatures later, it was time to get back on the train to make it home in time for dinner.
The case? It contained a gun, and Dutta, like the estimated 6 million registered gun owners in India, was performing a civic duty...MORE HERE

Merit will prevail in med admissions, suggest experts
Indore: Supreme Court’s judgment on competency of state government in regulating common entrance, fees and reservation in private professional unaided medical institutions in the state was hailed as historic by students, academicians and social activists.
Dr Rahul Rokade, officer-in-charge (OIC) of legal team representing the case in apex court, said, “It is a welcome decision and deserving candidates will benefit. The verdict is a slap on face of private medical colleges where admissions are marred by irregularities.” MORE HERE

NEET 2016: Government will take final call, says Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday accepted that the Supreme Court’s order on common all-India medical entrance test has created “practical problems”.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Naidu said the government will take a final call on the matter after a comprehensive study.
“There is a problem with states having examinations in their regional language as NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is in Hindi and English only. So there are practical problems as the pre-medical examination has been converted by the court order,” said Naidu while responding to the members’ concerns over the court verdict…NEWSLINK

Dental chain raises 1 crore in seed investment
MyDentistChoice, a Hyderabad based e-commerce platform for dental products, has raised $150,000 (around Rs 1 crore) in seed investment from a US-based investor, it said in a statement.
The company, however, did not reveal the name of the investor.
The firm, which was founded by P Sivaprasad, is part of Hyderabad-based startup incubator T-Hub. It claims to have a customer base of 3,00,000 dentists and 500 dental colleges. Its clients include Apollo White Dental, Denty’s, and Partha Dental. NEWSLINK

Dental caries treatment may prevent pneumonia in Parkinson’s patients
A new study that explored risk factors for pneumonia development has now found that patients treated for dental caries had a reduced risk of pneumonia compared with patients who had not been treated….MORE HERE

BDS student found hanging in Dental college
A first year student of dental surgery allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan inside her hostel room in Teerthanker Mahaveer University in Moradabad, police said.
The body of Diksha Agarwal, who hailed from Dalkhola in West Bengal, was found hanging from a bedsheet in her room at 9:30am on Saturday when the police broke into her room after being informed by college authorities, they said…..MORE HERE

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Deemed varsities stop medical, dental entrance test process midway
Students who had registered and paid fees for multiple entrance exams for admissions to medical and dental colleges under various deemed universities in Karnataka will no longer take the exams as the universities have cancelled all of them.
Universities such as Manipal University, which had already begun conducting the entrance exam, have decided not to conduct it from Sunday. Many universities have midway stopped receiving applications for these exams....CLICK FOR MORE

COMED-K cancelled
Bengaluru: The late night decision of the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) to cancel the medical and dental Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) scheduled for Sunday following an interim order of the Supreme Court, left many students confused.
The announcement was made at around 11 pm Friday night on its website, taking many students by surprise. Several rushed to its office in the morning to check for themselves. The notification on the website said while the medical and dental UGET was being cancelled , the entrance exam for engineering would be held on May 8 as scheduled...NEWSLINK

No exemption from NEET-2 for private medical institutions in states, government ones can hold own entrance only for this year ….MORE HERE

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Indian Dentist features on masterchef and now has her own brand in Australia
A dentist with her roots in Gujarat, Deepali floored the judges with her potato curry. Continuing her success with gujiya, chicken curry and pot stickers, she even aced the cooking of beef (which, given her background, she had never even tasted before) during a challenge. However, Chef Shannon Bennett’s dish during a pressure test trumped her and she was eliminated early. After the show, she launched Deepali’s Delights which features a wide range of pickles, jams, preserves and chutneys. She works at Golden Bay Dental Clinic in Australia.. MORE HERE

Dentist gets rank in UPSC exam
It’s a dream come true for Kanishka, a dental surgeon by profession from Jalandhar, who has got the 515th rank in the Civil Services examination, conducted by the UPSC.
After completing her postgraduation in Public Health, Kanishka has been working in the National Rural Health Mission in Haryana. She had always dreamt of joining the Civil Services...NEWSLINK

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It is FINAL -Only via NEET-for admission- will it be a game changer ?
NEET will be the only test, affirms SC and states can not hold its own tests. After weeks of uncertainty, the Supreme Court on Monday finally “clarified” that National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is indeed the only way for students to get admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses across the country. Those who took NEET 1 can give up the exam and then can reapper again in NEET 2 if they so wish...MORE HERE

Colgate wakes up to Patanjali challenge
“All dental problems have been solved with this, you need not go to the dentist,” says a Bangalore salesman for Dant Kanti, the herbal toothpaste made by Patanjali Ayurved, a company led by TV yoga guru Baba Ramdev.LINK
After Baba Ramdev claimed that his Patanjali Ayurved will drive out Colgate and Nestle, especially in the oral care segment, at least Colgate has taken this challenge seriously. Colgate-Palmolive acknowledged this threat and is planning to launch more products in the ‘natural’ category...LINK

Medical colleges in ‘rotten’ state, says SC
The Supreme Court on Friday, May 6, termed the state of medical colleges in the country as “rotten,” while imposing a fine of Rs 5 crore on an Odisha -based private medical college for abruptly increasing the number of seats from 100 to 150 in an academic year and accusing it of “playing with the future of students”…FULL COVERAGE

Instrument swallowed, dentist denies negligence
a drill bit attached to a handheld drill was dropped into his mouth by Dr. Roxana Saldarriaga in May 2015. Several days later a surgeon extracted the drill bit, he said in a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court..NEWSLINK

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4,000 Saudi dentists jobless
JEDDAH: A whopping 4,000 Saudi dentists are unable to find jobs, according to a report in an online publication on Friday.
There are 3,000 who have just graduated and 1,000 who have done so but have not found work. Experts were quoted as saying that jobs are available, but expats are being hired...MORE HERE

PG dental /medical exam result out in 4 hours, case filed
Amidst a debate raging over NEET for MBBS and BDS undergraduate admissions, a petition has been filed in the state High Court alleging lack of transparency in Chhattisgarh Pre-PG Examination (Medical/ Dental) 2016 and pointing out that its results were declared within four hours after completion of exam on the same day—without publishing the set of question papers and model answer keys. NEWSLINK

NEET Will Be Deferred-Centre Plans An Ordinance
The Centre has decided to issue an ordinance, or an executive order, to defer the implementation of NEET or the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – the common entrance test for medical and dental courses — for state governments and their institutions. The deferment will be meant for this academic year. MORE HERE

Dental college playing with our lives: students
Students of AME Dental College on Monday staged a demonstration at the campus off Bijanagera Road here, condemning the management’s “disinterest” in resolving the issues surrounding the admission of 22 students. The students said the management was playing with the lives of students and punishing them for no mistake of theirs...LINK

Dentist surplus forces freeze on new colleges in India
The firm stand was taken recently at the general body meeting of the Dental Council of India which grants permission to new institutes. The decision follows requests from several existing colleges that wanted the council to reject fresh proposals for more institutes, as well as the high rate of unemployment among dentists. (India will emerge as a big dental market...LINK )
India currently has 309 dental colleges, which churn out around 26,000 dentists every year. The count was as high as 30,570 in 2010. In 1970, only 8,000 dental students graduated annually…MORE HERE
BUT funnily Lucknow Govt college has doubled its BDS seats..LINK

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Dentist shot dead in clinic in Delhi
Dentist was shot dead inside his clinic in southwest Delhi’s Palam area Friday night. The victim has been identified as Dr Balwant Singh Ramawat, said police. He had been practicing in the area for the last 30 years. According to police, the incident occurred Friday at 10 pm when Singh was leaving his clinic after work. “Two persons entered his clinic posing as patients and shot him in the neck,” said a senior police officer. NEWSLINK

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Future of dental graduates looks to be dark in India
But with the mushrooming up of dental colleges not only in the state of Punjab but all over India, job opportunities as compared to the number of BDS pass-outs every year are too less in private as well as the government sector. Frankly speaking, with the existing situation, the future of dental graduates who give smiles to others looks to be dark. – FULL ARTICLE

Jaw cancer patients spared misery of facial disfigurement
Hundreds of patients suffering from jaw tumours may be saved from complicated and disfiguring surgery by a titanium implant inserted through tiny incisions near the ear and under the chin.UK NEWS

Dentist fined 71 k for pulling teeth
In Supela Bhilai of Durg district in Chattisgarh, Dentist Dr Deepak Thakur, MDS (Maxillofacial Surgeon) of Sai Muskan Superspeciality dental hospital, was sued by patient for giving wrong information and extraction of ten teeth, click on clip below

Palam dentist was killed over extra-marital affair
Murder of 61-year-old dentist Balwan Singh Ranawat, who was shot dead at his clinic in southwest Delhi’s Palam last week, was plotted by a man whose former girlfriend had an extramarital relationship with the doctor, said the police. Four men were arrested for the murder. WEhen woman became close to Dr Ranawat, Sharma felt spurned by her and jealous of the Dentist,” the officer added.
Sharma sought help of his friend Vikrant, who demanded `2 lakh for killing Ranawat...MORE HERE

President signs NEET ordinance before leaving for China
President Pranab Mukherjee signed on Tuesday an ordinance to keep states out of the ambit of a court-mandated single, all-India medical entrance test this year. MORE HERE

HongKong dental school accepts Indian girl for course
Gunjan Gupta, a student of DAV Public School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, has been selected for the bachelor of dental surgery (BDS) programme by the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
The QS ranking of world universities has ranked BDS programme of the HKU number 1. ...NEWSLINK

NEET: Confusion prevails as President seeks more clarity from govt
The Union cabinet had approved the ordinance, following pressure from states, which wanted to conduct their own tests for entry into medical colleges at least for a year. Over the past two days, the President had consulted an array of legal experts, and, on Monday, he called Union health minister JP Nadda to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to explain the provisions and urgency of implementing the statute, despite SC objections...NEWSLINK

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Dental chain justifies its adv campaign
MyDentist CEO Vikram Vora denied all charges, saying the Dentists’ Code of Ethics Regulation 1976 was revised via gazette in June 2014. “It says the global position on the issue of Ethics of Advertisement by Dental/Medical professionals has drastically changed over the last few decades. A dentist or a group of dentists may advertise, provided they maintain decorum, keeping in mind the high moral obligations and the value that society places on the important nature of their work and the moral character and integrity expected of them,”…LINK

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Importance of taking consent from patient
The Hon’ble Supreme Court held that, ‘Consent’ in the context of a doctor-patient relationship meant granting of permission by the patient for an act to be carried out by the doctor. Consent, in some circumstances, could be implied from the patient’s actions. The consent is implied when for eg.a patient enters a dentist’s clinic and sits in the dental chair, consent for examination, diagnosis and consultation is implied. The ‘adequate information’ to be furnished by the doctor (or a member of his team) who treats the patient, should enable the patient to make a balanced judgement as to whether he should submit himself to the particular treatment. The court also declared that except where consent can be clearly and obviously implied, there should be express consent. LINK

Legal action sought against pvt dental colleges for giving admission to less than 50%
A few aspiring medicos and social activists are seeking legal action against private dental colleges that have allegedly given admission to candidates securing less than 50% marks in All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination, 2016.
Minimum eligibility for admission to PG dental courses is 50% in the qualifying examination. An aspiring medico, Dr Surangan Gupta in a legal notice to the directorate of medical education and principal secretary of medical education department has alleged that she was refused to register for second counselling in which nearly 169 dental seats were vacant.
“I scored 49.5% marks in the All-India examination. I was refused to register for second counselling because of marks less than required for admission in PG dental course. However, private colleges conducting a counselling on May 31 gave admission to candidates who secured less than 50% marks in clandestine manner,” alleged Dr Gupta....NEWSLINK

HongKong Calling
Leading dental professionals from around the Asia-Pacific region and beyond will come together in June to reflect on the latest developments and advancements in dentistry during the next Asia Pacific Dental Congress. Among the presenters who will be discussing such issues as bone biomechanics in implant dentistry are Prof. Ming-Lun Hsu from National Yang-Ming University’s School of Dentistry in Taiwan and World Health Organization Dental Officer in Global Oral Health Dr Hiroshi Ogawa. LINK

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Patient dies after Root canal treatment
A narcotised 18-year-old patient died last Friday after receiving root canal therapy in a dental office in Hamburg. As reported by German news portal Spiegel Online, the young man had undergone normal surgery under general anaesthetic, according to the treating dentist. Anaesthesia had been expressly requested by the patient. The Hamburg state forensic medicine is now to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of death.
According to the dentist, an experienced anaesthetist continually monitored .….MORE HERE

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Beware of plastic- it may be KILLING your SEX drive
Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most prevalent, found in every-day items including refillable drink bottles and food storage containers. Vinclozolin is another endocrine disruptor that was commonly used as a fungicide in vineyards, golf courses and orchards. Researchers collected cells from the rats’ teeth surface and found that BPA and vinclozolin changed the expression of two genes controlling the mineralisation of tooth enamel .
As BPA and vinclozolin are known to block the effect of male sex hormones, the findings reveal a potential mechanism by which endocrine disruptors could weaken teeth. MORE HERE

17 in fray for 50 MDS seats
In a dramatic change of trend, staff of 10 private dental colleges were today seen in a competitive mode as opposed to aspirants to attract the latter for 50 vacant Master’s of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats during the second extended counselling at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) in Faridkot.
As there were only 17 willing candidate to fill these 50 vacant seats, colleges were offering significant rebates in tuition fee and hostel charges to lure them...MORE HERE

Dentist carves world’s smallest tooth replica
Vadodara: A dental intern who has completed his final Bachelors of Dental Surgery (BDS) attempted a unique world record on Sunday.
Naman Rao, a student of K M Shah Dental College and Hospital, a constituent of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, carved out world’s smallest human teeth replica, which is 85% to 90 %, smaller than the actual human teeth. NEWSLINK

DCI formulates revised code of ethics for dentists
DCI sub- committee has formulated a revised code of dental ethics. A dental surgeon shall not claim to be a specialist either through displayed signs on the name board and / or the office stationary (visiting cards, letterheads, etc.,) unless he has a special qualification which is recognized by the Council in that specialty. A dental surgeon can however practice all branches of dentistry provided he shows adequate qualification, competence and bonafide training in the concerned branch or branches.
It is not ethical for a dental surgeon to prescribe, supply or sell drugs, remedies or dental appliances in his clinic as long as there is no exploitation of the patients.
Advertisements should not carry false promises. It has been stipulated in the code of ethics not to advertise directly or indirectly through camps or promotional activities through any organization, registered charitable organizations, not to advertise promising inducements, rebates and false benefits.Use of abbreviations after the dental surgeon’s name….MORE HERE

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Dentist arrested in wife ‘s suicide (harassment for sexual gratification)
Rajkot: Dr Bharat Gadhvi, a Porbandar-based government medical officer and his dentist son Dr Himanshu, have been arrested in Udaipur for allegedly driving the latter’s wife Karnika Singh to suicide.
Karnika, an active blog writer, had hanged herself on June 2 at their house in Udaipur. Gadhvi and his son were arrested following a complaint lodged by Karnika’s father Bharatendra Singh who accused the in-laws of mentally harassing her. Karnika and Himanshu got married on January 25 this year and the couple was living in Udaipur….MORE HERE
Karnika, who was married to the dentist in January this year, was allegedly harassed by her husband Dr Himanshu Gadvi for sexual gratification and even had to undergo forceful medical examinations at Porbandar, Gujarat, just a day before her death.LINK

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India’s street dentists filling gap for the poor
BANGALORE, India – Ignoring noisy buses and curious onlookers, street dentist Allah Baksh plunges his hands into a patient’s mouth to fit a sparkling set of dentures for $12 (S$16) in the Indian city of Bangalore.54-year-old insists he is providing an essential service to tens of millions of poor who cannot afford a visit to a sterilised clinic....MORE HERE

Single window to process medical management quotas
Students aspiring for admissions through management quota in medical colleges will now be able to fill a single form and access the common pool of seats from all self-financed medical and dental colleges, said health minister Nitin Patel, after a meeting with the deans and management of self-financed colleges...LINK

Magic gel for oral lesions
During the 46th Journées Dentaires internationals du Québec (JDIQ) held on May 30 & 31 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, more than 1,000 dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental students discovered one of the most talked about healthcare ingredients in the world, hyaluronic acid, and how it can help in the treatment of oral lesions.
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is the medicinal ingredient of Gengigel, a newly Health Canada approved natural product indicated to help relieve pain and reduce gingival inflammation associated with oral lesions, dry mouth, ulcers, gingivitis and other types of oral wounds. NEWSLINK

MCI moves SC for modification of order on Lodha committee
MCI has moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of an earlier order setting up a three-member Oversight Committee, headed by ex-CJI R M Lodha, to oversee functioning of the regulator of medical profession and education…MORE HERE

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Dentist robbed of gold chain
Hyderabad: A bike-borne thief stole a one-tola gold chain from a dentist at Domalguda on Monday morning while she was going to a temple on a two-wheeler.
The victim, Hima Bindu, 25, is a dentist from Domalguda. The incident happened at 5.30 am on Monday when Bindu was going to Hanuman Temple on Street Number 7 of Domalguda on her two-wheeler. MORE HERE

HOD of Govt college booked for cheating and forgery
Prof Kaur tried to secure a job in PGI on the basis of a fake experience certificate, which was challenged by three others contending for the same job. Kaur also tampered with a certificate reportedly issued by BRS Dental College in Panchkula in her favour. TOI NEWS

Chinese robot cuts crowns in mouth
Using this novel system, a set of full-crown tooth preparation experiments were performed on 15 intact first molars on a phantom head. After designing the target preparation shapes of the molars with the customised CAD software, the researchers recorded the preparation time for each tooth and measured the accuracy of each preparation with Geomagic Studio software. LINK

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The Tamil Nadu will seek the Centre’s support for enacting necessary legislation to permanently exempt TN students from the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to UG and PG medical and dental courses...LINK

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High Court orders probe against RGUHS VC
High Court has directed the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate into the functioning of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), particularly the role of the vice chancellor and the registrar with regard to certain dubious admission of students into dental colleges in violation of regulations.
The investigation will be monitored by the High Court itself and will have to be carried out under the supervision of the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of the ACB.
S Nijalingappa Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Kalaburagi, had filed a petition against the RGUHS and the state government, challenging the non-approval of admission of students. Justice Raghavendra S Chauhan, in his interim order expressed surprise over the role played by the University, its vice-chancellor and registrar with regard to approving of illegal admissions in certain cases and not approving the same in some other cases. .…NEWSLINK

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Dr Patel struck off in UK after having hugs, kisses, 50 rounds of Sex with a patient
“On one particular day in July 2013 I was driving Dr Patel to the station when he suddenly told me that he would like to have sex with me.
“I was stunned when he said this. He told me that he had booked us a hotel room in St Albans.
“I felt like I had to do it as I felt indebted to him for the overwhelming kindness he persisted in showing me, and so I agreed.
“I felt terrible afterwards and never wanted to do it again. However, it happened again at the beginning of September. I felt completely trapped.
“From September 2013 until October 2014, we had sex on roughly 50 separate occasions, in hotels, my house and other locations...FULL STORY

Singapore Dentist jailed for molesting a women
A dental surgeon was sentenced to six weeks’ jail yesterday after he was convicted of molesting a woman on an MRT train two years ago.
Hoo Swee Tiang, 32, who graduated on the Dean’s List from the National University of Singapore, is appealing against his conviction and sentence.
He is out on $10,000 bail and his passport has been impounded.…LINK

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Robust accreditation system for Dentistry
In order to raise standards of the practice of dentistry in India, experts have advocated the need to bring in a robust system of accreditation for dental clinics and dentists. Moreover, the certification and accreditation being optional, the current practice of dentistry followed in the country is not skill based and is done on a trial and error method.
Over 20, 000 dentists who pass out from 325 dental colleges in the country have very less exposure to aspects of dentistry like root canal, crown and bridge, cosmetic dentistry and implantology.
There needs to be a minimum set of guidelines required for accreditation of clinics an aspect that needs to be taken care involving instruments, equipment and services being audited on a quarterly basis to ensure proper sterilisation protocols, a good patient management software and that modern dentistry is being practiced. MORE HERE

Nod for 30 BDS seats by Govt for 3rd year ?
The DCI on June 22 had sent a report to the Union government about infrastructural and other deficiencies at the Aurangabad GDCH, following which the ministry of health and family welfare refused to renew the permission and de-recognised the 10 seats of third year BDS course. MORE HERE

Rs 53000 fine for removing wrong tooth
BHOPAL: In a bizzare case of medical negligence, a Bhopal based dentist Dr. Yashwant Mishra was slapped
with fine of Rs 53,000 for removing wrong tooth of a patient during surgery by the district consumer
dispute redressal forum on Thursday.
Namrata Gandhi, 31, a resident of Shalimar Park Kolar Road, felt pain in her upper jaw on November 22,
2012. She consulted Dr Yashwant Mishra at Shivam Hospital.
When there was no improvement in her condition, she approached another dentist Dr Akhilesh Jain after
four days on November 29 and got her teeth examined. She was shocked when Dr Jain informed her that her
tooth number 8 was creating the problem and is intact. Her tooth number 7 of the upper jaw was removed
and she would have to spend Rs 25000 to get implant in its place…MORE HERE

Affair with patient-Indian origin Dentist in trouble in UK
An Indian-origin dentist in the UK was today banned from the dental profession for having an 18-month-
long affair with one of his married female patient.
Dr Parag Patel’s case came upbefore a UK General Dental Council (GDC) misconduct hearing this week over
his conduct with the female patient, referred to only as Patient 1….NEWSLINK

Thesis cheats beware-Academic plagiarism being made legal offence
The government plans to bring in a law to stop rampant plagiarism in academia, with punishment ranging from a warning to deregistration in the case of students and dismissal from service for teachers.
Higher education regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) is finalising a draft law — the first of its kind — that is likely to be sent to the human resource development ministry for further action by June-end. Official sources said the government intends to seek parliamentary approval for the law this year itself. NEWSLINK
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Inquiry initiated into illegal membership of DCI Prez and others
After the Medical Council of India, the health ministry is grappling with allegations of irregularities in the Dental Council of India (DCI). An enquiry has been initiated into the validity of the membership of DCI president Dibyendu Mazumdar and into his election as president. Complaints regarding other illegal members in the DCI are also being examined.
Responding to queries from the ministry on the eligibility of Dr Mazumdar’s membership in DCI, the West Bengal government, of which Mazumdar is an employee, wrote that he had not obtained permission from the state government before accepting an honorary teaching designation in Nilamber Pitamber University in Jharkhand. “The government of India may take necessary action accordingly ,“ said the letter from the principal secretary, adding that the state government was also “contemplating suitable departmental action“. Dr Mazumdar currently represents Nilamber Pitamber University in the DCI.
The minutes of a meeting chaired by the joint secretary in charge of medical education in the health ministry noted in March that the DCI despite being asked in May 2015 to provide details of members nominated or elected from different constituencies had not complied it. The minutes recorded that the chair expressed strong displeasure and directed that all members of DCI who were notified after May 19, 2015 be denot ified. A showcause on the issue was to be sent to Dr Mazumdar. NEWSLINK

Mumbai dentist gets 10 year jail for rape attempt on junior
BENGALURU: A Special Court convicted a dentist from Mumbai for attempting to rape his junior while she was studying at a dental college in the city. A Khan Sadab aka Sadab Khan (24) was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of 10 years and six months and was also slapped with a fine of `2.50 lakh.
The judge ruled that the fine amount be given to the victim.
The victim was in the second year of BDS at Dr B R Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital, Cooke Town in 2011. Khan was doing his internship (MDS) and was residing at Hutchins Road, St Thomas Town in the city. The victim lived in a flat with her roommate on the same road....MORE HERE

3rd MDS girl commits suicide
Dr Priyanka Sharma studying for 3 MDS at Rama Dental college Kanpur was found hanging, no suicide note has been found. She was only daughter of her parents, mother was staying with her but had gone out for two days..NewsLINK

Evidence shows Towels, hankies can spread hepatitis B, dentists beware
The hepatitis B virus that causes extensive liver damage may be getting transmitted through articles of personal use such as toothbrushes, towel or even a handkerchief. In fact, a large degree of the virus transmission is now believed to be occurring through such contact, says N.K. Arora, AIIMS, NEW Delhi.
Sharing clothes, razors, combs, bedsheets can also transmit the virus. ”Basically, anything that rubs against the skin, which could include contact sports as well, could lead to transmission,” cautions Arora…FULL NEWS

UPSC invites applications from dentists for jobs
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released an employment notification, inviting interested, eligible candidates to apply for the positions of Dental Surgeons and Assistant Divisional Dental Surgeons. The last date for submission of online application is August 11. NEWSLINK

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Govt College applying for 4th time to start MDS …LINK

DCI issues guidelines for temp regn of invited foreign dentists ..GUIDELINES LINK

Dentist on vacation in Bahamas attacked by Shark
Dr. Cutbirth attacked by bull shark in the Bahamas this morning while vacationing with his family. According to the posts, there is no physician on the island, but the Cutbirths convinced a nurse to provide stitches. The family will remain in the Bahamas until Friday for the rest of their vacation because they feel the stitches will suffice and “there was no need to return to the US early.” LINK

17 New colleges approved by council
Karnataka gets three, Maharashtra, Telangana and UP will get two institutes each while Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand will get one each....NEWSLINK

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New link between periodontal and cerebrovascular diseases...LINK

Toothache leads to multi-organ dysfunction
Bengaluru: Never had Mala M, 26, imagined that lack of oral hygiene could prove so disastrous. What started as a simple toothache landed the employee of a premier Bschool and gym trainer in an ICU, with multi-organ dysfunction. Mala survived three mild cardiac attacks and was on ventilator for two months before recovery. When a toothache and swelling in her right jaw bothered Mala, she, like any other youngster, thought painkillers would be the cure. However, those didn’t help. In fact, the ache led to dental cellulitis and the swelling made its way to her throat…..An examination revealed the infection had spread to her vital organs and she was diagnosed with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome....TOI LINK

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Woman dies during tooth extraction
NAVI MUMBAI: A woman from Varanasi, Pushpa Pandey (55), who had come to MGM hospital in Kamothe for dental treatment, died immediately after her tooth was extracted. Her husband lodged a complaint at Kamothe police station, alleging that she died due to the dentist’s negligence. But the cops registered an accidental death report. Dr Amar Bhosale of MGM dental hospital was unavailable for his comments. Sub inspector Dilip Mayekar said they are waiting for her post mortem report....NEWSLINK

DCI recommends derecognition of 20 dental colleges
The Dental Council of India (DCI) has written a letter to the Union Health Ministry, recommending derecognition of 20 dental colleges across the country over the issue of students’ ragging. This, by far, is the strictest action taken by the council on the ragging menace in dental institutes of the country...LIST of Colleges

MDS students will be paid stipend As per New Rule ..Download order COPYAssault on Dentist couple in clinic in Bangalore
Dr Mridula Singh, with 13 years of experience, was busy with patients in the clinic that she runs with her husband Dr Sumith. On the 30th of July, they were suddenly thrashed allegedly by a group of youngsters for making them wait to avail treatment. The incident took place in HSR Layout of Bengaluru. A case has been registered with the police. MORE HERE

Retirement age for dentist now at 67
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s assertion to raise the retirement age of dentists to 67 years at par with those working in the health services cadre could face problem as the Dental Council of India has fixed it at 65 years. As per a 2011 letter of the Union Health Ministry to the Dental Council of India, the retirement age was determined at 65 years. LINK

Rs 30 crore, 40 kg bullion seized from D Y Patil Group by Income Tax
The tax department also seized documents pertaining to multiple investments in fixed deposits and real estate by the group, which is currently being evaluated by the agency, sources said. NEWSLINK

Dentists pull out THOUSANDS of teeth unnecessarily every year because NHS rules pay them the same for a simple extraction as for complex surgery, probe finds ....MORE HERE

Central Vigilance Commission asks to amend rule to cover DCI
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a change in service rules so that punitive action can be taken against chiefs of regulatory bodies like DCI, TRAI and IRDA etc if they indulge in corruption. LINK

No interest in dentistry
Amidst the increasing clamour for medical education among students, the state government is a little surprised that there are hardly any takers for dentistry in any colleges of the state. The trend is evident in the fact that every year an increasing number of dental seats are falling vacant causing a huge loss to both the management of such colleges and the government...MORE HERE