According to the "Star" report, Malaysia Some beauty salons provide customers with a variety of dental beauty services in the name of beauty treatments. This type of advertisement claims that you only need to take a short 5-hour course to become a dentist with professional knowledge and all necessary equipment, and can provide dental installation, removal, polishing, cleaning and modification of dental veneers. service.
"Dentists" who only train for one day are rampant in Malaysia, providing customers with various dental treatments. Source: freepik
Not only that, students who sign up for the course can also receive an official completion certificate issued by the course organizer, and at the same time, it can prepare students A complete set of dental equipment allows the graduated "dentists" to provide services to patients immediately.
An anonymous interviewee who has participated in similar courses told the Star that she is a beautician. After attending the one-day course, she has now begun to perform various "treatments" on customers' teeth. "It only takes one day, and it's very easy. It only took me a few hours to master the techniques of these treatments."
It is understood that similar courses only cost 1,500~3,000 ringgit (approximately RMB 2,279~4,559 yuan). Trainees will also receive a starter kit to facilitate their own business and provide mobile dental services to patients.
trainers will also use a volunteer to be the student's " white mouse ", allowing students to truly experience the newly learned dental procedures on a real person.
A crash course in just a few hours, claiming to enable students to master the techniques of braces, dental strips, dentures and teeth whitening. Source: Malaysiakini
reported that due to the loose regulation of the beauty industry, such courses are readily available, which has caused There are many such fake dentists operating everywhere, putting patients at risk.
In June this year, a man installed dentures in a hotel two years ago for cheap. Unexpectedly, the fake dentist only put on dentures, causing the man's teeth to lose their original function and had to be removed. AJ, a dentist from Kota Tinggi, Johor, said not to trust dentists who arrange surgeries in hotels, homes or rooms. If you find someone providing dental services outside the clinic, you can report it to the Dental Association.
According to statistics, the Malaysian Ministry of Health received a total of 528 complaints involving illegal dentists from 2017 to 2021, with the highest number of complaints in the Selangor and Selangor district. Among the 528 complaints, 377 (71.4%) involved denture braces, 58 (11%) involved dental veneers, and 93 (19.6%) other complaints, such as denture manufacturing, tooth extraction and Teeth whitening service.
Senior Director (Dental) of the Ministry of Health Nomi Orman said that illegal dentists generally advertise through social media and choose to operate in multiple locations, including hotels and homes, to avoid inspections by law enforcement agencies.
Nomi Orman said: "The charges of these illegal dentists are very cheap. For example, the cost of braces treatment is between 200 and 600 ringgit (approximately 303 and 911 yuan), which is far lower than the cost of treatment by qualified dentists in private clinics. . However, we cannot compare with this, because the treatment in private clinics includes regular follow-up treatments, etc.”
He did not rule out that some illegal dentists also signed agreements with customers in advance to ensure that customers would not disclose related dental information services. He therefore advised people who have received illegal dental treatment services to come forward and provide information to the Ministry of Health, whose identity will be protected.
Source: Bernama, Malaysiakini, ATV News, Oriental online
Editor: Huang Lixia
