Dental college Principal suspended for fraud and corruption
Principal of Inderprastha dental college Dr Pankaj Dutta has been suspeded. Dutta was serving as the principal of Indraprastha Dental College in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, (UP) since 2006.
“We have suspended Dr Pankaj Dutta because we found that he was illegally getting the college approved from the DCI official. We suspect that he was involved in corruption Moreover, he did not have ample experience to hold the post of a principal. We have also issued showcause notice to two doctors (Dr PK Maheswari, Dr YC Shrivastava) who were inspectors during his recruitment,”
O.P. Singh, registrar of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, said. According to DCI regulations, a person should have at least five years experience to become a professor and subsequently a principal.
His name is seen on college website on 4 Dec. 2013. LINK Dr Dutta pic is below
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Dentist arrested for terror links
A dentist from Bangalore arrested last week for his alleged links to a Lashkar-e-Toiba conspiracy to carry out jihadi activities in India has told police that he did not know his cousin, who is also his former brother-in-law, as “Motu Doctor” as investigators have alleged.
Mysore dentist, Dr Imran Ahmed, 34, and his lawyer also rejected NIA’s allegations that the cousins were involved in a terror conspiracy. Imran was based in Saudi Arabia and was visiting India allegedly on a fake passport, NIA said following his arrest.EXPRESS NEWS ****Family denies charges
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UK prof accused of failing to diagnose cancer
Prof Lamey faces 46 charges of misconduct at the General Dental Council (GDC) disciplinary hearing.
He failed to diagnose a tumour that existed in a pre-cancerous form for 15 years. He is accused of failing to spot the changes in a patient who for years had a dry and itchy mouth condition that turned into cancer. He diagnosed smokers’ keratosis – damage caused by cigarettes – despite the man not being a smoker. BBC NEWS
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Indian Board of Endodontics formed
Indian Board of Endodontics ceremony was held on14thNovember 2013 at 6:30 pm at a hotel in Hyderabad. His Excellency Shri E.S.L. Narasimhan, Honorable Governor of Andhra Pradesh was Chief Guest for this function. VIDEO Below
Scientists create candy that’s good for teeth
Christine Lang of the Berlin biotech firm ORGANOBALANCE and her colleagues have developed a candy that can do this. This candy contains dead bacteria that bind to the bacteria most likely to cause cavities. Subjects who ate the candy had reduced levels of “bad” bacteria in their mouths. The research appears in Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. MORE HERE
Localised irradiance distribution found in dental light curing units
Clinical significance : The localised beam irradiance profile at the tip of dental light curing units (LCUs) is not uniform. Poly-LED units may deliver spectrally inhomogeneous irradiance profiles. Depending on the photoinitiator used in the RBC and the orientation of the LCU over the tooth, this non-uniformity may cause inadequate and inhomogeneous resin polymerisation, leading to poor physical properties, and premature failure of the restoration. JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY
Periodontal health helpful in controlling diabetes
Periodontal health may play an important role in the management of diabetes, according to a new consensus report from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP).
The consensus report is based on scientific evidence that suggests periodontal health may be helpful in controlling diabetes. MORE HERE
Flowable composite and fissure sealant, clinical comparison
Conclusion: Placement of flowable composite as fissure sealants in the younger population seems to be as effective as conventional fluoride containing fissure sealants for the prevention of fissure caries. Journal of dentistry
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