DCI gets a NEW Vice President ? 
The Dental Council of India Vice President, Prof Dr Mahesh Mehta, has advised the government to open more dental hospitals than dental colleges, so that high-level dental care facilities can be extended to the grassroot levels.
Dr Mehta said the country was producing over 25,000 dental doctors annually and there was no need to open more dental colleges. He said that by opening more dental colleges we might be producing more dental doctors but unable to provide jobs to them. He said some of them were not capable of setting up their own independent practice as it require very high level of skills to operate in emergency.
Dr Mehta, who is also a president of the Dental Association of India and the Director-Principal of the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences hails from a small village, Jagat-Khanna of Bilaspur district. NEWSLINK
Manipal Dental college raided
The Manipal college for dental sciences and hospital, located behind KMC, Attavar, was raided by the officials of MESCOM vigilance department on Monday December 9 following a complaint by social worker Mr. Haneef PS that the establishment was using illegal power supply.
On investigation, it was reportedly found that the Manipal college had no licence from the city corporation. It is suspected that electricity was being taken from KMC hospital for the last 2-3 years.Sources said that if proved guilty of violation, a penalty of approximately Rs 8 crore may be imposed. NEWSLINK
RAID is largest of its KIND http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=206413
Dentist, 2 daughters killed in plane crash
Dentist and his two daughters were identified as the victims of a private airplane that crashed at 6:20 p.m. Sunday in Jacksonville.
The victims are Michael Huber, 60, and his daughters Tess Huber, 20, and Abigail Huber, 17, all of Port St. Lucie, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. NEWSLINK n Video
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Beware of spurious literature- researchers/clinicians MUST READ
This study (pic below) showed that tactile working length determination failed in 66 % cases (FULL PAPER) . But a recent study in JCDP by Dr Mandlik (pic below in color) showed tactile working length determination to be 98 % accurate-FULL PAPER. With this kind of accuracy with fingers- Apex locators should be obsolete. You can judge for yourself which is right and which is spurious. There is need to condemn such fake literature. LEARN THE REAL ENDO NOW
SC declines to stay MCI elections
The Supreme Court on Monday declined a plea seeking stay on impending elections to the post of president and vice-president of the Medical Council of India (MCI) scheduled on December 10-11. LINK
MCI gets NEW president
Vadodara-based doctor Jayshree Mehta was unanimously elected as the first woman president of the Medical Council of India (MCI) on Tuesday. TOI LINK
Colgate faces serious challenge from GSK’s Sensodyne and Pepsodent
There have been periodic attempts to dethrone Colgate, but finally the competition appears to be getting its gameplan right. The doughty toothpaste brand is starting to get flanked by new and nimble players who focus on recently acknowledged specialist needs like sensitivity or bleeding gums. This marks a paradigm shift in the segment. FULL STORY
Dental college building evacuated
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The University of Missouri- Kansas City evacuated a dental school building at 620 E. 25th Street Tuesday afternoon after reports of a “strong odor.”
The second floor of the building was evacuated, where the faculty practice area is housed.MORE HERE
97 Negligent doctors punished ….MORE HERE
Call for Action On Cutting Sugar
The Newcastle University study, commissioned by the WHO and published today in the Journal of Dental Research recognizes the benefit of – intake of “free sugars” should be less than 10% of total energy (calorie) intake. FULL PAPER
Sri Ramachandra University to conduct entrance exam on January 25 for PG medical & dental admissions
Students will have to appear for the entrance examination conducted by the university. The Sri Ramachandra University entrance exam 2014 will be held on January 25, 2014. NEWSLINK
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