Jobless dentists hold protest
SRINAGAR: A group of unemployed dental surgeons on Monday held a protest here to demand jobs and creation of separate Directorate for Dental Health in the state.
The protesting dentists said their counterparts in Jammu are “on fast unto death” from past three days at Amphalla Chowk Jammu and no one from the administration has bothered to visit them. “The non-serious attitude of government towards our demands is pathetic,” they said. LINK
Foreign dentists KILLING careers of Local dentists
ADA stated that reports indicate that the occupation of dentist will remain on the 2014 list, which means that dentists with overseas qualifications will still be able to immigrate to Australia. In the past, ADA has urged AWPA to remove dentists from the list and to bring the workforce into balance, as statistics provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that there is an increasing dental workforce oversupply that will last until 2015.
“The problem here is that the Australian government’s own bureaucracy is endorsing a process that allows overseas-qualified dentists to flood the market with dentists when many of our own graduates are unable to practise. This is unconscionable,” said ADA President Dr Karin Alexander. NEWSLINK
‘Lack of funding, training retarding young dentists’
Dr SM Balaji said he and his colleagues aimed to implement a series of steps to bring in better dental research climate in India a move that could help thousands of young dentists in India. With huge knowledge base and research potential, lack of funding and specific training is retarding young Indian dentists. International Association of Dental Research, USA, which is the voice of global dental researchers, has 12,000 member associations.
The deliberation at IADR meet at Cape Town would serve as a guideline to improve the quality of dental research in Asia, said a press release here. NEWSLINK
Dental profession outraged by GDC’s Telegraph advert -Pic above
‘As part of this campaign an advert was placed in the Saturday magazine of The Telegraph on 5 July at a cost of £5,500.
The full-page advert read: ‘Not happy with your private dental care? Don’t keep quiet about it.’
A statement released today read: ‘The GDC launched a publicity campaign to promote the Dental Complaints Service (DCS) in May 2014. This encourages patients to complaint against dentists and tells to how and whom to lodge complaint with. LINK
Indian Army calling Dentists
Indian Army SSC Dental Corps 2014 Notification (37 Vacancies)
(a) BDS/MDS (with minimum 55% marks in final year BDS) from a College/University recognized by Dental Council of India (DCI).
(b) Should have completed one year rotatory Internship recognized by DCI by 31 Aug 2014.
(c) Should be in possession of Permanent Dental Registration Certificate valid at least upto 31 Dec 2014.
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FDA changes recommendations
USA: Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a box warning on prescription products containing viscous lidocaine solution is now required that states that such products should not be used to treat teething pain in children. In response, a U.S. trade association has voiced concerns that such suggestions create confusion among consumers and health care providers. It has urged the FDA to clarify its announcement. MORE HERE
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India’s 1st dental chain set to expand ..
Two graduates from IIM Ahmedabad— Manish Jobanputra and Manish Sharma — decided to skip placement and begin research to set up a dental chain, they met a prosthodontist in Dr Keval Shah and the three launched India’s first dental chain — Fine Feather. The chain of clinics which began operations in Ahmedabad in 2011.
It offers nearly 230 types of treatment related to dentistry. We have different models of partnership. Currently, we have a team of 16 specialist doctors who visit these clinics in Ahmedabad and 12 doctors based in the clinic, taking the total number of doctors to 28. Currently, we have six such clinics in Ahmedabad and nearly 22,000 patients are registered with us said Jobanputra. NEWSLINK
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