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Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods
Unconventional medicine (UM) has been known and practised since the recorded history of civilization. Some unconventional practices may be viewed as “the continuity of traditions, religious beliefs, and even quackery that non-specialists practice.” These practices have been associated with religious...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.130951 |
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author | Boloor, Vinita Ashutosh Hosadurga, Rajesh Rao, Anupama Jenifer, Haziel Pratap, Sruthy |
author_facet | Boloor, Vinita Ashutosh Hosadurga, Rajesh Rao, Anupama Jenifer, Haziel Pratap, Sruthy |
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description | Unconventional medicine (UM) has been known and practised since the recorded history of civilization. Some unconventional practices may be viewed as “the continuity of traditions, religious beliefs, and even quackery that non-specialists practice.” These practices have been associated with religious beliefs and the spiritual domain as well as with the physical domain. In ancient Old World civilizations, UM was performed by skilled experts or wise men; in today's Western civilization, practitioners may or may not be licensed, and some are charlatans. Dentistry, like medicine, is a traditional, science-based, highly regulated healthcare profession that serves increasingly sophisticated and demanding clients. Today, traditional dental practice is dealing with an array of challenges to the established professional system; these challenges are generally termed “alternative” (or complementary, unconventional, or integrative). Genuine alternatives are comparable methods of equal value that have met scientific and regulatory criteria for safety and effectiveness. Because “alternative care” has become politicized and is often a misnomer – referring to practices that are not alternative to, complementary to, or integrating with conventional health care – the more accurate term “unconventional” is used. |
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spelling | pubmed-41424522014-08-26 Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods Boloor, Vinita Ashutosh Hosadurga, Rajesh Rao, Anupama Jenifer, Haziel Pratap, Sruthy J Tradit Complement Med Review Article Unconventional medicine (UM) has been known and practised since the recorded history of civilization. Some unconventional practices may be viewed as “the continuity of traditions, religious beliefs, and even quackery that non-specialists practice.” These practices have been associated with religious beliefs and the spiritual domain as well as with the physical domain. In ancient Old World civilizations, UM was performed by skilled experts or wise men; in today's Western civilization, practitioners may or may not be licensed, and some are charlatans. Dentistry, like medicine, is a traditional, science-based, highly regulated healthcare profession that serves increasingly sophisticated and demanding clients. Today, traditional dental practice is dealing with an array of challenges to the established professional system; these challenges are generally termed “alternative” (or complementary, unconventional, or integrative). Genuine alternatives are comparable methods of equal value that have met scientific and regulatory criteria for safety and effectiveness. Because “alternative care” has become politicized and is often a misnomer – referring to practices that are not alternative to, complementary to, or integrating with conventional health care – the more accurate term “unconventional” is used. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4142452/ /pubmed/25161919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.130951 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Boloor, Vinita Ashutosh Hosadurga, Rajesh Rao, Anupama Jenifer, Haziel Pratap, Sruthy Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title | Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title_full | Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title_fullStr | Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title_full_unstemmed | Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title_short | Unconventional Dentistry in India – An Insight into the Traditional Methods |
title_sort | unconventional dentistry in india – an insight into the traditional methods |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.130951 |
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