Dentist commits suicide at AIIMS- she was recently selected
A 29-year-old lady doctor allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Tuesday.
Varnika Pandey, a senior resident doctor in the department of dental surgery, hanged herself from the ceiling fan in hostel room number 214, where she lived with her husband, according to police.
Her husband Paras Khanna is also a senior resident doctor at the Surgical Oncology -MORE HERE
Dadar dentist lost over a lakh in E banking fraud
A Dadar-based dentist who has never travelled abroad has become the latest victim of online banking fraud. More than Rs 1.2 lakh was withdrawn from her account recently from San Domino while she was in Mumbai.
Ashwini Patil has lodged a complaint with the Dadar police. The complaint says that the 28-year-old dentist withdrew Rs 500 from an ATM using her debit card on July 3. It was on reading the ATM receipt that she realized that her bank balance was Rs 1.23 lakh less than what it should have been. MORE HERE
Four Year old dies during dental treatment in Mumbai
Four year-old Jivian Vadgama died during a dental visit 2 days ago in Dahisar. Police recorded statements of the Dentist Malini Sahani and the anaesthetist concerned. Jivian was administered general anaesthesia before the root canal procedure on seven of his teeth on Saturday. A day before that, a fitness test was also conducted to make sure that he was able to handle the anaesthesia.
The post mortem was conducted at the Bhagwati hospital. The cause of death, however, has been reserved and the viscera have been sent to Kalina’s Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)for chemical analysis. NEWSLINK SEE video BELOW
MCI recommends de-recognition of 6 medical colleges in NCR region- Govt hesitates to take action-Why ?
MCI has recommended to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for withdrawal of recognition/letter of permission in respect of six medical colleges in the NCR but the same has been sent back for reconsideration, government said today.
Colleges are–Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad, Subharati Medical College, Meerut, School of Medical Sciences & Research, Greater Noida, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary Medical College, Gurgaion and Rama Medical College, Hapur. NEWSLINK
Centre seeks review of SC order on NEET
The Centre on Tuesday sought review of the Supreme Court’s controversial judgment junking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) providing for single-window admission process for all medical colleges and said it had erred by holding that NEET breached the rights of religious and linguistic minorities to self-administer educational institutions. MORE HERE
How will telangana formation impact dental/medical admission ?
At present the state is divided into three regions for the purpose of admission into professional colleges such as engineering, medical, dental and pharmacy courses. The three regions are: Andhra University, Osmania University and Sri Venkateswara University. Over 700 engineering colleges and over 40 medical colleges are distributed across the 23 districts.
In the event of bifurcation 10 districts will figure under Telangana and 13 under the Seemandhra region. While Osmania University would cater to Telangana region, the AU and SVU will fall under Andhra region. MORE HERE
USA Dentist set to join India dental college as faculty
IIM-Ahmedabad has announced the appointment of Professor Ashish Nanda as director of the institute. Nanda, an alumnus of the institute, would assume charge on September 2. Nanda’s wife -Dr Shubha Nanda, a leading dentist in Brookline, Massachusetts, is said to be in the final stages of discussion for a job with a well known dental college in Gandhinagar to work as a faculty member. TIMESLINK
Dentist in Canada says sheriff sexually assaulted her on highway
Stop wisdom teeth formation Early (JADA April 13)
The study included 220 children who had been treated at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine paediatric dental clinic between the ages of 2 and 6 years and who also had a dental X-ray taken three or more years after their first treatment at the clinic.
The researchers found that those who had received local dental anaesthesia (numbing) in the lower jaw were over four times more likely to have missing lower wisdom tooth buds than those who had never received dental numbing. MORE HERE
Hydroxyapatite doubles as a teeth whitener
Can hydroxyapatite be used as a teeth whitener in addition to helping prevent or reverse demineralization?
Yes, according to a new study in the European Journal of Oral Sciences (August 2013, Vol. 121:4, pp. 382-388).
For this in vitro study, researchers from Ludwig Maximilians University evaluated the efficacy of teeth whitening using different calcium phosphate-based formulations. Teeth were treated with three different hydroxyapatite preparations at different concentrations and with two control preparations. “Calcium phosphate-based formulations that can adhere to the enamel surface and contribute to tooth whitening have promising tooth-whitening potential,” they concluded.
Less teeth, less memory
Elderly who have fewer natural teeth remaining perform more poorly on memory tests, according to the study.
Researchers looked at 273 people ages 55 and older, and found a modest but significant relationship between a person’s number of natural teeth and his or her performance on memory tests.
The link held when researchers took subjects’ ages into account. In other words, it wasn’t simply that both teeth and memory abilities tend to disappear with age, ‘LiveScience’ reported. MORE HERE
Periodontitis – Stroke link
It was found that the worse the periodontitis, the greater the risk of stroke. Severe periodontitis increased the likelihood of a stroke 4.3 times. The risk was clear-cut in men, particularly those below 60 years of age, but not in women. Importantly, missing teeth, the amount of plaque, and caries were not related to the risk of stroke. NEWSLINK
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