The Dental Council of India vide its notification dated 27th December 2021 has issued an advisory on providing dental treatment against ethical provisions. It has come to the notice of DCI that some of the private companies, by engaging dentists, offering in-home services to the patients by passing the professional expertise of the dentist and functioning on aggressive marketing violating the provisions of clinical establishments(registration and regulation)Act, 2010 and Dentist Act, 1984.
Therefore DCI has issued the following advisory to all dentists and the public at large for their dental treatment:
- The dental treatment shall be given to the patient by the registered dentist in his/her clinic/hospital
- The scanning of teeth of patients shall be performed by registered dentist only. Scanning of teeth performed by any non-dentist will be a gross violation of Dentist Act 1948.
- Registration of dentist must be mentioned/displayed or provided at all web portals of the company/clinic.
- Dentist should provide highest quality of treatment for better outcome, providing/endorsing treatment with proper examination, tests, through diagnosis and treatment planning, with proper follow up for patient care.
- Biomedical standard waste management/sterilization protocol shall be followed by all dentist.
- Companies shall not project their aggressive advertisement campaigns to lure common man for getting dental treatment.
