Review

Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety.

Volume: 3 Number: 2 August 29, 2019
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Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety.

Abstract

Fake dentistry is a term used to describe any dental procedures done by bogus, unqualified dentists who perform various dental procedure without proper educational background. In Malaysia, a well-trained, qualified dentist is required to register to ensure they are committed in ensuring a professional, safe, high quality and ethical dental practice. The issues of fake dentistry had gone worldwide; not only involving the emerging of  fake practitioners but also raises concerns over the authenticity of dental equipment being used and available in the global market. This necessitates the interaction between the profession, public and dental suppliers. A qualified dentists is strictly recommended to continuously liaise with licensed dental dealers in order to get a constant supply of genuine dental products and equipment for their clinics. The public must be able to identify the authenticity of a practitioner’s academic claims by examining their practice and checking whether they are registered to ensure they all possess a license in good standing and that their educational claims are authentic.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Dentistry

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

August 29, 2019

Submission Date

January 14, 2019

Acceptance Date

June 17, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Che Musa, M. F., & Hassan, Y. R. (2019). Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, 3(2), 61-65. https://doi.org/10.34084/bshr.512404
AMA
1.Che Musa MF, Hassan YR. Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res. 2019;3(2):61-65. doi:10.34084/bshr.512404
Chicago
Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus, and Yang Rafidah Hassan. 2019. “Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, Including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 3 (2): 61-65. https://doi.org/10.34084/bshr.512404.
EndNote
Che Musa MF, Hassan YR (August 1, 2019) Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 3 2 61–65.
IEEE
[1]M. F. Che Musa and Y. R. Hassan, “Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety”., J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 61–65, Aug. 2019, doi: 10.34084/bshr.512404.
ISNAD
Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus - Hassan, Yang Rafidah. “Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, Including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 3/2 (August 1, 2019): 61-65. https://doi.org/10.34084/bshr.512404.
JAMA
1.Che Musa MF, Hassan YR. Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res. 2019;3:61–65.
MLA
Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus, and Yang Rafidah Hassan. “Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, Including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 2019, pp. 61-65, doi:10.34084/bshr.512404.
Vancouver
1.Muhd Firdaus Che Musa, Yang Rafidah Hassan. Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res. 2019 Aug. 1;3(2):61-5. doi:10.34084/bshr.512404

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