Dental Council of India fights for survival ?

DCI - Are they now fighting for survival, or trying to come out clean ?
The DCI executive committee which met last month identified ten key issues which need to be addressed.

The DCI plans to cut the seat matrix of colleges from 100 to 50 seats and 50 to 30 seats. "There is a serious problem of quality faculty in stand-alone dental colleges in the country. Since most subjects in BDS in the first two years are similar to that of the MBBS courses, the faculty could be shared between medical and dental colleges run by the same institution. The hospital facility too could be used by dental colleges.

The DCI has written to all chief ministers not to allow opening of new dental colleges - Ha Ha

Currently, 1.18 lakh registered dental surgeons are in the dental register but only 6,000 doctors were employed in the government sector at primary health centres. About 23,000 dentists graduate from 289 dental colleges every year. TIMES NEWS