Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 8: Dr Bhupinder Singh, President, J&K Dental Council (JKDC) and Dr Ritesh Gupta, Registrar wrote a letter to the President of Dental Council of India (DCI) to reconsider the decision of allowing Ayurvedic doctors to practice dentistry.
Dr Bhupinder and Dr Ritesh in the letter to the DCI President wrote that, “With this act in place, a mere few months of education will allow and validate an Ayurveda doctor to perform dental procedures. Their performance in dental procedure will not be more than quackery”.
“Dentistry is a skilled profession which involves rigorous training and education of five years and three years more for a specialization. Emergency situations which sometimes arise during the dental treatment cannot be managed by an Ayurvedic doctor”, the letter reads.
The letter also reads that a better idea would be to generate employment opportunities and appoint dentists at primary and community health centre level so that they can help imparting a quality treatment to the patients.
They have requested the President DCI to reconsider the decision of allowing Ayurvedic doctors to practice dentistry.
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