Most of the time Dentist forget that they are essentially & more of a SURGEON than PHYSICIAN and that's why I feel we should be calling ourselves as DENTAL SURGEONS than DENTIST. A General Surgeon operates in an OPERATION THEATRE (compare with our DENTAL OPERATORY) in a HOSPITAL like set up. The overall bill which the patient gets following a general surgery is; 1. Operation Theatre Charges 2. OT Assistant Charges 3. Anesthetist charges 4.
Medicine & Consumables Charges and then comes SURGEON's fee. We DENTAL SURGEON's also ooperate but fail to segregate our charges and then tell the same to patients and their relatives. Quality comes at a price. It is important and ethical to provide the best treatment a patient can afford, for which it is equally important to provide a detailed consultation/counselling to the patient and provide options like a general surgeon would do! In order to…
