National workshop on BDS curriculum at Delhi
Above workshop will be held on 9-10 Nov at maulana Azad Dental college. DCI has invited suggestions in this regard, See CIRCULAR
How councils partner in cheating of students
The judge said statutory bodies such as Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, National Council for Teachers Education, Nursing Council, Pharmacy Council and All India Council for Technical Education had failed to publish a list of approved institutions and student intake limit and that had resulted in students being cheated by institutions.NEWSLINK
Court said “This is the case of a nursing institution admitting students beyond the sanctioned intake by false representation and cheating, and, thereafter, making efforts to regularise the illegal admissions”. LINK
Dentist botched root canals
The owner of the Terrific Smiles of the Palm Beaches dental practice is in trouble – and deputies say she left two patients in a terrific amount of pain.
Deputies say Dr. Miriam Rubano, 34, of Lake Worth, performed botched root canals even after her license was suspended in October 2012. LINK
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Colgate pulled up for false claims, Colgate misused IDA seal in advertisement ?
The toothpaste war between Colgate-Palmolive (India) and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) continues to play out unabated, with claims and counterclaims being made and challenged by the two companies.
Colgate, which recently took HUL to court (Colgate plea rejected) over a comparative advertisement by Pepsodent Germicheck, has been pulled up by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for its own Colgate Strong Teeth television commercial which claims to provide “100% guarantee in anti-cavity protection”.
ASCI also noted that an IDA seal on the pack of the toothpaste was misleading as the certification was meant for another variant, Colgate Super Shakti. MORE HERE
Which toothpastes consumers are buying
Nielsen’s retail audit figures show that while mass segment toothpaste sales in urban and rural India are reducing, popular and premium segment sales have increased...NEWSLINK
New Endo system gets FDA clearance
Sonendo®, the developer of a revolutionary technology for the endodontic marketplace, announced today that the company has received 510(k) FDA clearance for the first generation of its Multisonic Ultracleaning System™ set to launch in 2014. The device is designed to be a minimally invasive, disruptive technology that uses multiple wavelengths of sound to simultaneously clean the entire root canal system. LINK
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3D oral scanner to replace dental impressions
A novel handheld 3D oral scanner that can digitally capture images of the inside of a patient’s mouth was developed by researchers from MIT and Harvard. Lava Chairside Oral Scanner (or Lava COS), has already been sold to thousands of dentists worldwide.
Traditionally, dentists have made dental impressions by having patients bite down on a moldable silicone material. Such impressions, however, can be messy and uncomfortable, and sometimes inaccurate, researchers said…MORE on TOI
FDI congress in 2015 will be held in Thailand, 2014 is in Delhi
Single cardio pill will do it all
They have come up with a single pill for all cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including high blood pressure and vulnerability to stroke, doing away with the pain of popping multiple pills to keep your heart healthy. Trials for this new pill – called the polypill – across Europe and India have proved successful, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. MORE HERE
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