Dental student commits suicide
Solan, Dec 13 (UNI)A 26-year-old student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with the fan at his house in industrial township of Baddi, police said.
Baddi Superintendent of Police Basher Singh Chauhan today said the preliminary investigations revealed that the youth, identified as Ritvik Tiwari, was studying in IIIrd year of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in a local dental college. NEWSLINK
58% Decay in school kids
As many as 58% of children studying at eight Delhi government-run schools suffer from dental caries, or tooth decay, a recent survey has revealed. “Students in government-run schools have equal access to fast food such as burgers, fries and chips. These are mostly refined food. They get stuck to the tooth and convert into acidic substances quickly causing the decay. Many children who missed classes due to the oral health issues...MORE HERE
Round the clock free dental service launched on Dec 12 in Hyd
24 X 7 access to dental advice overphone is currently a free service being offered to every healthcare seeker as part of the Desismiles Pro-Active Dental Wellness Program launched in Hyderabad in December 12th 2015, by DesiMD Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, a unit of Hygiea Solutions LLC, USA. The online initiative was envisioned by Dr Ajay Potluri, a Canadian-based Implantologist of Indian origin; with the aim of assistingevery dental and general healthcare seeker achieve optimum general health through good oral health. By preventing oral diseases, the economic burden of high costs of extensive dental procedures gets reduced substantially. MORE HERE
DesiSmile has also launched Cheap packages “Dental Suraksha” starting at Rs 499
MDS Entrance deferred
The entrance examination for admission to postgraduate dental courses in the state, scheduled on January 3, 2016, has been postponed. The revised examination date and notification of details for the online application will be announced in due course, a statement from the office of the commissioner of entrance examinations said here on Friday.
However, the other entrance examinations scheduled on the day (January 3) for admission to other postgraduate medical degree/diploma courses in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode will be held as per schedule….LINK
Pre RCT pain leads to more anesthesia failure
The current study focused on the lower teeth of more than 175 adults in India. These patients were rated as having mild, moderate, or severe pain in one lower-jaw molar before their root canal. All were given a standard local anesthetic. The injection was considered a failure if the patient continued to feel pain during the root canal procedure. The authors found that the amount of pain presurgery affected the successfulness of the anesthesia. Patients with more pain before the root canal were more likely to feel pain during the procedure. In the study, 33% of patients with mild pain before the root canal felt no pain or only mild pain during the procedure, but only 16% of patients with severe pain had a painless surgery….NEWSLINK …….Article LINK
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