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Sheeba Sharma1, Vasantha Vijayaraghavan, Piyush Tandon
1Department of Prosthodontics, Kalka Dental College, Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India. drsheeba_sharma@rediffmail.com
Abstract:
India has more than 290 dental institutions, producing over 25,000 BDS graduates every year. There are three main characteristics that are shared by any profession: Delivering the best possible education to its students, giving priority to public service over self-interest and enforcing regulations and codes of ethics through self-government. Dentistry in India is currently being challenged to maintain the professionalism. This is partly a result of pressures applied to the educational system. This article discusses some challenges in brief and attempts to attend the challenges in positive manner.
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