DCI asks Faculty report every 3 months from colleges
To put an end to the fly-by-night faculty system, the DCI has shot off a circular asking colleges to submit a report on its teaching staff once every three months. Till now, the colleges would send a report annually, just before the DCI inspection. Officials felt that many colleges were ‘arranging’ the faculty members during inspection and once the colleges got the requisite approvals faculty was sacked or absconded…NEWS LINK……DCI Circular
HC orders Rs 50,000 relief (in addition to fees) to 450 dismissed BDS students
“We deem it appropriate to direct the institutes who have admitted students in violation of directions of the state government to refund the fee deposited along with a sum of Rs50,000 per student as an interim compensation for wasting the precious academic life of the students.MORE HERE
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Dentist booked after 3 year old death after rct
PUNE: A three-year-old girl was declared dead after taking root canal treatment from a pediatric dentist at Kothrud on June 29. The police, who have booked the dentist under section 304(A) of the IPC (causing death due to negligence), said they did not arrest him as the case would first be looked into by the district medical negligence committee. The dentist said he has been running the clinic at Kothrud since the last four years. “More than 12 patients are treated every day at the clinic. TOI NEWS
The girl’s dad, Niranjan Revatkar, has now filed a complaint against the dentist, was identified as Dr Ankur Kulkarni, who runs a clinic named Family Dental Care Clinic at Rahul Nagar near the Karve statue. LINK
Thousands exposed to HIV in Dental clinic
More than 11,000 dental patients in the Australian city of Sydney may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis because of unhygienic practices at four clinics across the city.
New South Wales (NSW) health authorities said on Thursday the disease risk was caused by poor cleaning and sterilization techniques at the four dental practices, Xinhua news agency reported. There are around 90,000 Indian-origin people in Sydney…MORE HERE
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Dentists out from Australia s list
Australia wants more panelbeaters and cabinet makers in the ranks of its immigrants but the nation has enough foreign dentists and urban planners.
Australia has pulled the plug on overseas dentists, after updating its skilled occupation list on Wednesday.
Dentists and dental specialists have lost their invitation to Australia.
The list identifies occupations where independent skilled migrants will assist in meeting the medium and long term skill needs of the Australian economy. MORE HERE
Tree started growing inside the molar in the patient s mouth
Taipei, June 30: It is an old case that took place in 2011, but caught the media’s eyes now because of the sheer absurdity and uniqueness of the medical challenge that this Dentist faced. In Taiwan, a dentist pulled out a molar tooth from a patient’s mouth with a Guava sprout growing from the roots. The man had sought dental assistance when he was experiencing immense pain in his tooth and thought it to be tooth decay. Much to the amusement of the dentist, apart from the poor health of the man’s teeth, he also had a guava sprout emreging from the cavity of the molar.NEWSLINK
Dentist completes record cycle run in USA
From Nashik–Mahendra Mahajan (39), a dentist, and Hitendra Mahajan (44), an anesthesiologist, both brothers-today completed the 4,800-km Race Across America (RAAM), which is considered as world’s toughest cycle race. The Mahajan brothers, aged 44 and 39, crossed the finish line at Annapolis, Maryland on the Atlantic Coast, 8 days, 14 hours and 55 minutes after being flagged off from Oceanside, California on the US West Coast, according to the official website of the RAAM. – “The organizers were elated that Indians have done it for the first time,” MORE HERE
Dental chain markets single appt crown
Dentzz dental care has introduced one of its kind state-of-art ‘one appointment’ crown restoration procedure across all its centres in the country. The procedure offers excellent grinding and is simple to operate with the intuitive Cerec Software user interface. This procedure is the ideal, fastest and novel way for implant treatment in just one session with directly screw-retained crowns or custom abutments. NEWSLINK
DCI Denies admission to Govt Dental college
Bellary: The district unit of the Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samiti and the Karnataka Yuvaka Sangha have condemned the “indifferent attitude” of the State government in providing facilities to the Government Dental College and Research Institute here. They said that the college lacked basic infrastructure and had not been recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI).
The college was permitted by the DCI to admit students based on the assurances given by the government to address the deficiencies. With the State government not taking steps to provide facilities, the DCI had denied permission to the college to admit students for 2015-16. LINK
3-D printing for oral, dental tissue
International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a case report on the first application of a 3D printed scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering in a human patient, along with a review of 3D printing for oral and craniofacial tissue engineering…FULL STORY