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Purpose: Dentistry is specialized branch for head and neck region. In this field exponential growth in technology has taken place in the last few decades. At the same time dental graduates also increased. As the patient to doctor ratio has increased, it helped in offering services to the needy, but on the flip side, many qualified dentists are shifting careers due to multiple reasons. This study was conducted to know the awareness of dental graduates on their future prospects in pursuing the dental career. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among junior residents who attended the dental conference using a structured questionnaire. Questions are prepared in a customized form which elicits, knowledge and awareness of dental graduates on their future prospects among junior residents. Results: A total of 210 dental graduates/ junior residents participated in the study. Among them, nearly half of the sample, i.e. 42.4% of dental graduates are satisfied only 50% in pursuing dentistry. Most of the participants, i.e., 63.8% are willing to change the profession, while remaining one-third of the sample, i.e., 36.7% are willing to work in government sector. Only a few graduates, i.e. 22.4% of them were interested in teaching or academics. Conclusion: Even though most of the dental graduates were happy in pursuing dentistry, but most of them were willing to change the career option because of a stressful job timing with no expected fruitful returns in terms of income. This problem is also escalating because of fewer job opportunities.
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Background: A right concept has to be obtained to the medical student’s during their under-graduation periodbecause knowledge of Anatomy forms the basic foundation for most of clinical subjects like Medicine, Surgery,OBG, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Radiology and Neurology. So, we professors need to give a clear tridimensional familiarity of human body using best teaching methodology. In medical education technology, thereis a swift change from Blackboard to virtual simulations and other teaching methodologies. So we have takenfeedback from the students so that the best teaching aid and method can be adopted to improve their academicperformance. The study was designed to know the preferred one amongst teaching aids like traditional chalk &board versus Power Point Presentation among the 1st Year MBBS students.Methods: For a period of 3 years150 MBBS students of 2016-17 batch from Malla Reddy Institute of medicalsciences, Suraram, 2017-2018 batch of Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitkul village, Patancheru,and 2019-20 batch from Mamata Academy of Medical sciences, Bachupally of Telangana state were selectedand delivered Anatomy lectures for a period of 3 months. The questionnaire was prepared covering the differentaspects of the lecture and was asked to voluntarily go through the questionnaire and evaluate their preferencesafter each class.Results: Out of 450 students of 3 consecutive years Blackboard was preferred by 139 students, 90 studentspreferred PowerPoint Presentation and 183 students preferred both the teaching methods and 38 students wereabsent totally.Conclusion: By using and adopting the best teaching aids the teacher can improve the academic performance ofthe students. Thus, there is a scope for improvisation in medical education and forming a strong basic foundationfor medical graduates
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The oral mucosa represents the first part of the digestive tract and is exposed to various exogenous toxins. Exposure for longer duration can lead to changes that lead to potentially malignant diseases or cancers / Tumors. Eventually these can be diagnosed by routine histopathology, but few of them are difficult to diagnose by this method alone. There arises the role of tumor markers in distinguishing different pathologies is well established. A marker can be described as some inconspicuous object used to distinguish or mark certain things. Mostly tumor markers are proteins and these markers may be detected within exfoliated or distributed cells, or as circulating agents within the peripheral blood or plasma. In the recent years, there is a renewed interest about tumor markers, providing window of opportunity for management of cancer patients by enhancing the efficiency in detection and treatment plan. Recent technological advancement has enabled the examination of many potential markers. This paper focuses on the tumor markers in the head and neck neoplasm.