By: Dr. Vasu Singh (Bureau Chief-ICN UP)
The future of dentistry is going to be bright in rural India because of the huge number of dental graduates passing out every year.
LUCKNOW: With a high number of dental surgeons available in the market, the private chances are very remote except for those who have the skill of providing the best treatment to the patients.
Earlier a Masters degree or MDS was a good career plan, where a Dentist can get settled in a college as a Senior Lecturer with fixed pay and might even go for consultations in the evening getting a decent pay from both.
But it is not the case at present with huge number of MDS graduates passing out each year and lack of vacancies it has become difficult to an extent.
Dentists are mainly seen in urban population and when we go to rural areas, the ratio of dentists to the population is very worrying, rather we hardly see them in remote villages.
The future of dentistry is going to be bright in rural India because of the huge number of dental graduates passing out every year. The ratio of dentists in India will be constant as the rapid increase in population is equal to the increase in the number of dental graduates in India.
what the future of Dentistry is going to be in India because of the huge number of Dental Graduates passing out every year and at the same time new dental colleges coming up rapidly all around India.
Ratio of Dentists to India will be constant as we know the rapid increase in population is equal to the increase in the number of Dental graduates in India. But with well established clinics having no problem in attracting patients, it is the new and upcoming Dental graduates who are facing problems with competing with established clinics and trying to get through with the high expenditures
One thing to look at is that the concentration of Dentists and Dental clinics is mainly targeted at Urban population and when we go to the Rural places the Ratio of Dentists to population is very low and way below par.
However,to adjust the pass-out BDS to some extent, the only solution is that the government should create the post of dental surgeon at the level of Primary Health Centers or Community Health Centers which number around 150 in the state.
Recently a Dental chain has also started conducting Campus interviews for Interns to recruit in their Dental clinics around the state, for example, we have seen that there are many job vacancies in Bangalore recently which are vacant and this shows that there is no decrease in the number of Jobs for Dental Students.
Frankly speaking, with the existing situation, the future of dental graduates who give smiles to others looks to be dark.
