A Case Report of the Dental Quackery in a 42 year old Male Patient
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https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v2i2.390Keywords:
Quackery, Quacks, Roadside dentists, Unconventional dentistsAbstract
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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