 Hello everyone, welcome back to a new session in dentistry. I'm not first of all Let me wish you a very happy new year. So today's session is not about any dental topic This is related to dentistry as a whole you might have guessed from the thumbnail itself So I have listed few problems what the dentistry in India is facing and this is a very personal opinion I can list out a number of problems what we are going through or the dentistry in there going through or the dentistry of India is facing At present so this is what I feel the core problem The first problem what I felt was the lack of interest then the lack of government jobs and the lack of awareness And on the public related to oral health and the lack of quality of the education being provided So we'll start with the first one that is a lack of interest So lack of interest for the students who are taking up the dental degree Because we know when we write a neat exam or the common entrance exam All aim for the highest degree that is an MBBS degree So people around 80 to 90 percentage who are joining for dental degree is people who are not having Enough ranks to get a MBBS degree. So they are taking dental degree Not by choice So they are taking the BDS or dental degree just because they don't get the better one So from that point itself the dental degree is not their passion There is a lack of interest in those people that point itself that person or the student is not having a passion towards the profession So without passion growing up is very difficult So the foremost problem is lack of interest. So how can we solve it? This is my personal opinion We need to have an exclusive dental exam just like a usa or those Licentiate exam in canada. So all those countries having separated dental licentiate exam Only those who are interested in dentistry can take up that exam and write and join in practice It should not linked with other degree only people are interested in dentistry should join it That is what I feel the first one the lack of interest can be managed with this. This is very hypothetical Suggestions The second one is lack of dental job. So as per the latest survey Just 2.7 percentage are into the government sector. So comparatively government sector is having a better way comparatively better way So imagine it is not at all proportionate just 2.7 percentage So from the government point of view this might be might be difficult to Keep it in test in job because government has to build the infrastructure the rental share and all those accessories might cost 4 to 5 lakhs But still it is proportionately very very low So what I feel is at least a 15 to 20 percentage Should be the intake into government jobs So that is a comparatively a better proportion 2.7 is very very minimal And the next problem is lack of awareness awareness to the public because people They don't have much awareness about oral health and its consequences how oral health is related to general health How oral health should be maintained people have very poor knowledge about oral health So the lack of awareness is ultimately causing a damage to the dentist profession because people Who are not turning up to dentist for a check up they turning up to dentists only when they have pain So pain is the only thing which majority of the indian population Is going to a dentist So that awareness is very very low. So that should be improved the government the NGOs the private firms all should Combinedly improve the knowledge by programs seminars conferences public awareness Strategies all methods can be used and the awareness should be increased So a little change in the awareness will change the number of pain And that will result in a lot of problem among dentists because patients should be there for every dentist Next what I felt is lack of quality of education is being given in our country It should be Maintained by the dental council of india the curriculum should be updated from time to time because there are lots of changes happening in the technology side and dentistry The amalgam which we are studying in Dentistry for the undergraduate time for two to three years in detail nowadays Very few clinics or less than 10 percentage clinics are using this amalgam as a restorative material because it was the first material There was no material or there was no option at that time, but we have plenty of options nowadays So a student who learns amalgam from years and coming out Joining a clinic and there's no amalgam and the newer materials are not being taught So the curriculum should be updated otherwise what happens is once a student is out for practicing He is under-equipped with technology side. So he has to go for extra training. He has to extra training So he has to pay extra money. So that will give additional burden for that person So amalgam is just an example. So there are lots of newer techniques Your materials your instruments are coming into dentistry Day by day, so once we out for practice, we need to know everything So we need to have at least the basic knowledge But we are still studying the very old chapters or very old textbooks, which is not updated But there's nothing wrong with the curriculum curriculum is fine But a time-to-time updation and the curriculum is a must Lack of quality of education that should be dealt from the dental council of India And many colleges we know the colleges the private firms are under-equipped under staffed under infrastructure So a college can be modestly run with a 50 Students are taking up 100 students. So the each student is getting half of the patients So their exposure is half their quality also will be half So that problem should be corrected from dental council of India. So these are my personal opinion This is what I felt there are lots of problems I can say Few states is having many many colleges like Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu is having 25 plus colleges few states is not having any colleges. So unequal distribution of dental colleges is another problem And another problem is the most of the people work in urban setup and nobody is there in rural setup Because they have their own reasons because in a rural setup the people's Payable condition is less purchasing power is less. But what happens all the people are In the urban setup or in a town Where the patients will be divided the profit will be divided sometimes they don't even reach and break even level So problems are there many problems are but this is what I felt should be addressed first that is Creating interest only interested people should join dentistry There should be a substantial increase in government job percentage There should be improvement in people's awareness and there should be a good quality It should be competent It should be at an international standard. So this is what I felt my very personal opinion You might have very different opinions and we can point out many problems and many solutions. I know that I agree that But this is what I felt. So I'll come up with a different topic in dentistry. I'm not thank you