Growing Culture of Fake Dentistry Globally, including Malaysia. Calling for Multidisciplinary Action for Patient Safety.
Öz
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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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Diş Hekimliği
Bölüm
Derleme
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Yang Rafidah Hassan
Bu kişi benim
0000-0001-6972-3379
Malaysia
Yayımlanma Tarihi
29 Ağustos 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
14 Ocak 2019
Kabul Tarihi
17 Haziran 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2