A Case Report of the Dental Quackery in a 42 year old Male Patient

Authors

  • Fareedi Mukram Ali College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh
  • Roshan K. Uthappa College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh
  • A. P. Nirmal Raj College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh
  • Sanajay Kumar College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v2i2.390

Keywords:

Quackery, Quacks, Roadside dentists, Unconventional dentists

Abstract

Dental quackery describes the misinterpretation of the diagnosis and treatment of the dental disease. Most commonly dental quacks are the self-styled experts, whose basic tools are very incompetent and also fraud. It is prevalent in India since many decades. Many dental quacks are practicing roadside, which makes money by doing unethical practice and ultimately hampering patient’s oral health. It is thus challenge to the dental practitioners to fight against dental quackery. Hereby, the article describes a case report of dental quackery in 42 year old male patient.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Fareedi Mukram Ali, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh

    Reader, Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh, Gujrath, INDIA

  • Roshan K. Uthappa, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh

    Professor, Dept of Conservative Dentsitry & Endodontics, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh, Gujrath, INDIA

  • A. P. Nirmal Raj, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh

    Dean & HOD, Dept of Prosthodontics, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh, Gujrath, INDIA

  • Sanajay Kumar, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh

    Dept of Prosthodontics, College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Amargadh, Gujrath, INDIA

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Published

2015-12-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): July - December Issue

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Peer-reviewed Article

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How to Cite

Ali, F. M. ., Uthappa, R. K. ., Raj, A. P. N. ., & Kumar, S. . (2015). A Case Report of the Dental Quackery in a 42 year old Male Patient. Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2(2), 55-58. https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v2i2.390