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Topic: Dentists

From toothache to quest for perfect smile. Dental care in India is evolving, enabled by tech

Dentistry in India has seen a paradigm shift from being primarily focused on basic oral health issues to offering specialised, high-end treatments—and people are willing to fork out.

‘Untrained, unregistered’ staff doing dental procedures — toothsi, other start-ups under scanner

Dental Council of India directive cites several norm violations, asks state dental councils to issue ‘cease & desist orders’ to such firms.

Barriers to dental treatment hurt underserved communities. Here’s how to bridge the gap

In the US alone, 47.2% of adults aged 30 years and older have some form of periodontal disease.

What is National Dental Commission Bill 2023, and how it plans to give Indian dentistry a makeover

The bill, tabled this week, seeks to establish a National Dental Commission modelled after the NMC. Objectives include enhancing quality and affordability of dental education.

Show proof of salary payment to staff or face action, Dental Council of India warns colleges

The council has repeatedly asked private dental colleges to furnish proof of paying salaries to staff, but few obliged. It has now given them 15 days’ time to show the proof.

Only 14% Indians willing to visit AYUSH doctors for dental surgery, survey finds

The LocalCircles survey, with 28,000 respondents, comes weeks after a govt notification listing 58 surgeries Ayurveda practitioners can perform.

Even dentist visits have gone online in America in pandemic season

San Francisco: The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed many in-person activities into remote services delivered over the internet. The latest example is the dreaded visit to...

Teledentistry startup’s sales surge 1000% during coronavirus lockdown

Byte's customers buy a do-it yourself impression kit, which they send it to the company for an orthodontists' assessment, and is followed up with an email or phone consultation.

Global Pulse: The Malaysian PM, accused of stealing billions of dollars, is now trying to rig an election

How the coalition running Malaysia is still in power is an unanswered question.

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Punjab govt must take Centre into confidence on new anti-sacrilege bill

What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.