title: The current status of dental graduates in India.
abstract: The dental profession is a noble profession. It takes years of devotion towards the subject of dentistry to get the graduate degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. However, even after such painstaking efforts the current situation of dental graduates in India is grave. There are a lot of issues that are the main cause for this problem. The dental graduates are in a state of crisis due to lack of support from the Government. If this situation continues it will lead to a negative effect on the integrity of the dental profession, and highly trained dental manpower of the country will go in vain.
authors.affiliation: General Duty Medical Officer-II, Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sankalp
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Attending Consultant, Critical Care Department, Rockland Hospital, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rawal
mesh_terms: D003813:Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003815:Dentists / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India
keywords: Dental graduates; government jobs; oral health