Dentistry! Where are we heading!

“There are many varieties that you can get in a Dental crown/cap” I explained someone that I was speaking to last week and who needed to get that treatment done, and with that, I elaborated upon the cost of treatment. “It has become so expensive” was the expected answer that I got from the other end. “Well, why do you think you need this crown,” I asked them, “because my tooth has been treated with root canal treatment after which the cap is necessary to protect it further,” they said. “Good and what made you go through the root canal treatment?” I asked again. “Because my tooth had a cavity!” they looked at me in surprise, thinking why I was interrogating them. “Well,” I said, “and you had a cavity because for over a period of few years your food was getting stuck in that region of your mouth, which was completely ignored by you. If you would have come to me with that small problem I may not even have done a root canal treatment for you, forget the crown. You could have saved quite

So many a times while scrolling down through my social media page I see posts like these: Mr . XYX: “Honored and privileged to have so and so Politician/Celebrity/ etc in my Dental clinic for treatment today” followed by 4-5 pictures, and of course , multiple wows and claps follow in the comment and like sections for these updates! My dear healthcare providers the very important patient is a strange culture which we have created and we promote. Wow! The so and so is coming, and we may even cancel the routine appointments and get us and our entire team working towards a single person, and not just that we create an over the top hype about treating someone who I believe should be treated like just another human being. I do agree that there are people who do hold certain posts which carry more responsibility, who do carry an image which is associated with more fame and who may have a lot more bank balance than the others, but do you think it should influence yours or my attitu

    Comprehensive two-day course in Periodontology both non-surgical and surgical!     Learn Rotary endodontics and get some file sets complementary      Two sessions and two systems of Dental Implants Well, well, well I am sure even you do get many such messages on your phone, e-mails on your mailbox and advertisements on your social media profile, and by whom? The list is endless my dear colleagues isn’t it! What surprises me a little though is that, the same Periodontology which I learnt in three years of duration is comprehensively covered in two days time, the same endodontists who probably finished learning a year or may be three years back are ready to train well enough in a short course format, the same Dentist who just finished getting trained in LASERS from an institute abroad is one of the most recommended trainer in dental LASERS, and the same dental surgeon who barely did ten straight forward dental Implant cases is training on the dental Implant systems. Even i