JAN 8, JAMMU : Dr.Bhupinder Singh, President, J&K Dental Council (JKDC)and Dr.Ritesh Gupta, Registrar, JKDC has shot a letter to the President of Dental Council of India (DCI) expressing the displeasure that dentists of J&K are shown for the Post Graduate Ayurveda Education Amendment Regulation, 2020, which allows ayurveda doctors to perform dental procedures.
Dr.Bhupinder and Dr.Ritesh in the letter no.J&KDC/03/2021 dated 05.01.21 to the DCI president has categorically wrote that “ With this act in place, a mere few months of education will allow and validate a 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 can not be managed by an ayurvedic doctor.
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.
The signatories have requested the President, DCI , to reconsider the decision of allowing ayurvedic doctors to practice dentistry.
