'Docs endorsing oral care products violation of code'

The Dental Council of India (DCI) is likely to initiate action against dentistry practitioners endorsing oral healt care products like toothpastes and mouthwash, citing it to be violation of Code of Ethics of a medical practitioner. The DCI claimed that Delhi State Dental Council has already sent notices to a female dentist, who graduated from India and is now practicing in UK. She has been endorsing products claiming to check sensitivity. 

“This is illegal and ethically wrong. The State Dental Council has to send notices and take action. We will cancel their registration as practitioners and remove them from the rolls of dentist in the country. They will remain just like a quack,” said DCI president Dibyendu Mazumder.It was because of Mazumder that the Health Ministry has empowered registered dental practitioners to issue death certificates if a patient dies during treatment.