title: Dental Practice Scenario in a Government Homeopathic Hospital in West Bengal, India.
abstract: This pilot investigation initiated a research-targeted systematic dental homeopathy data collection in the dental outpatient section in a government homeopathic hospital in West Bengal, India. One conventionally trained dentist and 3 homeopathic doctors collected data from 949 appointments of 411 patients over 3 months. A specifically designed Excel spreadsheet enabled recording of consecutive dental appointments that was subjected to data synthesis and analysis in the end. A total of 87.3% conditions were chronic, and chronic periodontitis was most frequent (27.5%). Positive outcome was observed in 72.3% appointments. Strongly positive outcomes (scores of +2 or +3) were achieved most notably in toothache (84.6%). Single medicines were prescribed in 83.5% encounters, and mostly in tincture form (29.9%).Arnica montanaconstituted of 17.8% prescriptions. Considerable insight was gained into the homeopathic dental practice scenario in West Bengal, India. Positive findings suggest that dental homeopathy is a promising area for research in near future.
authors.affiliation: 1 Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Howrah, India.
authors.forename: Shubhamoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: 1 Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Howrah, India.
authors.forename: Shamik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panja
authors.affiliation: 1 Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Howrah, India.
authors.forename: Tarak Nath
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: 1 Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Howrah, India.
authors.forename: Pawan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: 1 Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Howrah, India.
authors.forename: Piyali
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: 2 Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Siliguri, Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, India.
authors.forename: Munmun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.affiliation: 2 Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Siliguri, Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, India.
authors.forename: Subhranil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
keywords: dentistry; homeopathy; patient-reported outcomes; pilot study; systematic data collection