A new national study by KANTAR IMRB for Colgate-Palmolive (India) revealed that at least 8 out of ten children in India suffer from oral health issues, underscoring the need for immediate action. Some of the major oral health problems found in children surveyed include visible plaque accumulation, white spots on teeth, visible caries, gum inflammation, … Read more
Dental surgeons across Haryana will bear black badges from August 13 to 17 in protest against the Finance Department not approving their long-pending demands. The decision was taken by the state executive committee of the Haryana Civil Dental Surgeons Association (HCDSA) at its meeting held there on Sunday. The dental surgeons are demanding change in … Read more
Thanks to mushrooming private dental colleges in India, more dental graduates are being created than there is demand for, as the metros, smaller cities and towns are already saturated. As for rural areas, oral healthcare is not an area of great concern yet. The dental education sector in India provides training at the under-graduate, post-graduate … Read more
On November 4, 2018, Dr. Neil J. Gajjar of Canada became the first South Asian and youngest president of the Academy of General Dentistry, the world’s largest dental organization for general dentists with over 40,000 members. Dr. Gajjar, who was born in Stephenville, Newfoundland is the son of parents from Ahmedabad, India. He frequently travels … Read more
Dentistry go it’s start in the Indus Valley between India and Pakistan. Given the current political state in that region; it’s amazing it has thrived, but nonetheless….As well, until the 16th century,dentists per se didn’t exist,they were for the most part barbers which was simply a seminal phase Image via Wikipedia on the way to … Read more
Thomas Friedman called it in his book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. From Worldental.org – India has always been an interesting and at the same time fascinating tourist spot for people from all over the world. However, recently India has earned a new title for itself, Image via Wikipedia that … Read more
Devidasan was delighted that five years of tusk ache had finally come to an endBy Sivaramakrishnan Parameswaran Continue reading the main story Dentists in the Indian state of Kerala say they have successfully repaired a working elephant‘s cracked tusk in the first operation of its kind. They performed the procedure on Devidasan, a 27-year-old bull … Read more