All India Online medical entrance test for PG seats-
National Board of Examination (NBE) has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to hold online All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance test (AIPGME) for filling up the 50 per cent quota seats. NBE, which conducted the last year’s NEET exam, proposes to conduct the post graduate medical entrance exams between November 23 and December 6, 2013. MORE HERE
Urgent: Clinical staff required for established Dental college in Mauritius
Great opportunity to work in a dream land, MDS in all clinical subjects with at least 2 years post MDS experience. Immediate selection direct from Mauritius and immediate joining. Rush- Email your brief resume and pic to icdr@hotmail.com
Bargaining in Dentistry- Roadside
Most of us bargain while buying roadside…why do patients continue to do same even when they visit a clinic?
Studies have suggested that in some countries, the roadside dentists have aided in the spread of HIV. In an international news report, it was noted that not only is the tooth treatment by these ‘dentists’ done without anesthetics and with unsterilized primitive tools, it is painful and also very dangerous. Health practices of such sort have led to the rapid spread of all kinds of infectious diseases. …MORE HERE
Muskaan- cost is DOUBLE if you are NOT going to IDA meetings- WHY ?
Some readers have asked WHY double charge for Muskaan if I am not attending IDA meetings ? Why attending FDI is tied to this scheme ? LINK
Indian doctors face Racism in UK, more likely to FAIL……..
Professor Esmail’s report for the BMJ found that ethnic minority doctors trained in the UK were four times more likely to fail the exam at the first attempt than UK-trained white candidates, while ethnic minority doctors trained abroad were 14 times more likely to fail. The two reports used the same data.
Dr Ramesh Mehta, president of Bapio, said that his concerns over discrimination went beyond the exam, and that the medical establishment was guilty of institutional racism. MORE HERE
Indian-origin doctors in Britain- have initiated legal proceedings and case will come up for hearing later this week- LINK
Indian Orthodontic Society- Tussle for the Post of President continues.… (wtih inputs from Dr Jain)
Dr Pradeep Jain has now filed Arbitration against the Constitutional Verdict given by Constitutional Committee of IOS 2013 challenging the life membership of Dr Joseph Varghese in Indian Orthodontic Society registered in davangere .The Head office of Indian Orthodontic Society , Davangere have appointed a seven member committee in the Arbitration Panel which will meet soon to decide the matter. Dr Joseph Varghese is supposedly a foreign graduate in Orthodontics( Master of Science) which bars him to become life Member of IOS and can only be considered for Associate Member, thereby do not have any voting rights and thus makes him ineligible for election to IOS President.
Ind ortho soc had also applied for registration of their trade mark, we are following the story and will update you in future.
A New Method of Topical Anesthesia- JOE Nov 13
Efficacy of analgesia was higher on 33-gauge needle insertion than on 30-gauge needle insertion in all treatments. The visual analog scale (VAS) was also significantly lower and the efficacy of analgesia was higher in the lidocaine groups than in the other groups. Adding epinephrine did not enhance the anesthetic effect of lidocaine hydrochloride.
Conclusion-Topical mucosal anesthesia with an adhesive patch containing 2% lidocaine hydrochloride solution is simple and may be more effective than conventional methods.
Virus that ‘eats’ bacteria- will fight superBUG
Scientists have identified a virus which “eats” the bacteria that causes the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile (C.diff), in a breakthrough that could have major implications for the fight against antibiotic resistance.
The technique represents a viable alternative to antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infection, using naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages – ‘eaters of bacteria’, or phages for short. NEWSLINK
BRIC implant market will reach $1.3B
October 17, 2013 — Dental implants in the Brazilian, Russian, Indian, and Chinese (BRIC) markets will see rapid growth to reach $1.3 billion in 2021, according to a new report from Millennium Research Group (MRG).
The growth is driven by rising numbers of dentists being trained to perform implant procedures, as well as increased marketing efforts from manufacturers, MRG explained.
Brazil currently represents the largest of the BRIC markets...LINK
‘SurfLink’ coating could help implants better bond to bone
A Swiss company has created a coating that could improve upon one of titanium’s most important characteristics when used in dental implants: biocompatibility. The firm believes that implants coated with its SurfLink material will bond to bone even more effectively than bare titanium, improving implant stability, speeding patient healing, and reducing costs…MORE HERE
Dentist death in Ireland- will be published in a BOOK pic below shows savita reci cert from Prof Beena
The Tragedy that Shook a Nation, which will be published by Transworld Ireland on October24th- Read book Extracts
Savita s death has impacted lives of Irish Women .…MORE HERE
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