The Journal
EDITORIAL
Greetings!
“Present millennium is the era of growing interest in providing quality health
services by the health care industries, which has become one of the major challenges
in developing countries. Quality of the services provided is a comparison of
expectations with performance. Perspectives have changed completely due to
patient's high expectations from the outcomes of dental treatment, newer technology,
cost containment and increasing demands for accountability of the members of the
profession. Patients generally compare the service they 'experience' with the service
they ‘expect’. The professionals encounter difficulties due to the mismatch of
experience and expectation. However, the responsibility for quality assurance lies in
the hands of the dental professional. Today, dentistry not only possesses a social and
ethical commitment for the society but professional obligation for the members of the
profession too. The issue of quality assurance should be measured not only in financial
terms, but also in terms of accepting responsibility and working for continuous
improvement. Organized dentistry will lead to efficient utilization of the available
resources and increase the trust of the public in the profession of dentistry.
Thank you.
Dr. Amrit Raj Bahl
Editor-in-Chief
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Vol. 13 No. 2
May-August 2017