Dentists Blamed for Increase of Quacks in the Field.

This allegation was made during a three day seminar taking place at Cercle Municipal in Douala.

Dr. Marguerite Limagnack, of the Zen Dental Practice,and President of the SMILE has blamed the increase of charlatans in their field of practice on dentists. She was speaking in an opening remark during the second edition of the organisation of the health day of dental aspects, organised by SMILE.
She said most dentists have left what they are supposed to be doing for technical dentists who have learned in their cabinets over the years and have in turned opened their clinics and are practicing illegally. The patients she said have learned to had confidence more on charlatans who give them the impression they will give a pain killer to reduce pain instantly, instead of coming to the real dentists who will give a better analyse of the patients’situation.
Dr Limagnack added this was the findings they got from a research after realising patients had dropped from public and private hospitals in visiting the service which takes care of the head and all its components like the mouth, nose, ears, etc. It was also discovered there is a proliferation of charlatans in the field.
She advised that in their profession they have to love their patients as they love themselves, as the commandment in the bible states. She said they have to put in more efforts to become professionals.
She said in order to fight against quacks they will have to inform, sensitise and educate the population of the consequences of tooth aches, cavities, which can cause miscarriage for a pregnant woman, cardio pathology, neuromuscular and even death.
This issue of charlatans in the field, she added is one of the reasons why the themes for the second edition were chosen.
The second reason for the theme she said was the frequency of the accidents of motor-bikes everyday. Everyday at least one person dies or is wounded from an accident caused by a motor bike, she said. This is because she said it is not yet imposed on motor bike riders on the use of helmets in Cameroon and each time the accident occurs the heard is badly affected. This kind of accident cases it is true are handled by specialists of the brain, skull. She then appreciated the efforts of one of their resource person who has come from Toulouse to give them a hand on how to go about their daily activities.
The themes which were handled included the psychology of the patient, discussed by a collaborator of Dr Erero Njiengwe who could not make due to other reasons. The rights of the patients and the Patient/ dentist relationship treated by Dr Dieudonne Adiogo, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Douala. Thirdly the traumatised patient in the sphere of facial problems treated by Dr Damien Duran from Toulouse, France.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO