Quackery: The appalling parallel of dentistry- an Indian perspective.

  • hiren Sanjeev Shah Postgraduate, Department of Prosthodontics and crown and bridge, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College andResearch Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • A.P. Nirmal Raj Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics and crown and bridge, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College andResearch Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Puneet Mutneja Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and crown and bridge, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and ResearchCentre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Keywords: - dental ethics, dental quacks, quack dentistry, street dentistry, unethical dental practice

Abstract

"Quack" has been defined by Random House Dictionary as "a fraudulent or ignorant person who pretends professionally or publically to have skill, knowledge or qualifications he or she does not possess."[1] This unethical and unauthorized practice has its roots as deep as unemployment and poverty run in a developing country like India. Few factors like the exponential population growth further exacerbate these problems rendering inadequacy to many essential schemes and services. This paper tries to trace back the menace of dental quackery to the grass root level suggesting the remedies to curb it successfully. It also highlights the detrimental effect of this unhygienic and crude practice on oral health and describes few prognostic indicators for the supporting teeth involving quack prosthesis through the eyes of prosthodontist.

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How to Cite
hiren Sanjeev Shah, A.P. Nirmal Raj, & Puneet Mutneja. (2021). Quackery: The appalling parallel of dentistry- an Indian perspective. Public Health Review: International Journal of Public Health Research, 8(4), 53-58. Retrieved from https://publichealth.medresearch.in/index.php/ijphr/article/view/165
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Vol 8 No 4 (2021): Jul-Aug
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Review Article

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