Street Dentists

sgeneris · Jun 7th, 2005, 21:14

Here is a NY Times article on Street Dentists:

Cases Without Borders
India's Street Dentists Are a Vanishing Breed

By STACEY STOWE
Published: June 7, 2005

JAIPUR, India - A street dentist, a 25-year veteran of his trade, crouched on a hot and dusty sidewalk, hard by M. I. Road, a main thoroughfare in this fabled pink city in northwestern India.
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Mahender Singh of Jaipur sells false teeth and dental services near a sidewalk apothecary and alongside a bicycle tire repairman.

He plucked the fruits of his labor, a long yellowed incisor, out of a metal bowl and held it aloft.

"It wasn't working right," the dentist, Mahender Singh, said. "It kept turning left and right when.....
Complete Story can be found here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/health/07case.html

cyberhippie · Jun 8th, 2005, 00:05

I remember a street dentist in Jaipur I wonder if it was this guy!! He was crouched on the chest of someone when I saw him first, extracting a tooth

I checked his "stall" the second time and was amazed to find him selling second hand false teeth (someone came for a "fitting" as I stood there) !! He also did a line in second hand glasses and repairs!!

My how India's changed!!

Nick-H · Jun 8th, 2005, 19:18

I think I'll stick with my Chennai dentist with his thoroughly modern surgery.

But, none-the-less, this guy seems to be a geat deal more than a bloke with a pair of pliers. The reporter also did a decent job without being condescending.

LaContessa · Jun 8th, 2005, 20:55

I have photos at home of a street dentist in Varanasi, and it still makes me laugh. It has a huge pair of fake false teeth about a metre wide stuck on a table as an advertisement to the fact.

A woman was doing the 'dentistry' too. My partner and I looked at the pairs of used teeth and the lady offered to give us a fitting, and held up a pair...

We wondered how an earth secondhand teeth would fit our mouths....especially on top of our existing teeth? Unless of course she was proposing she remove our existing teeth with a rather splendid array of pliers, screwdrivers and rusting implements...

In the 16 days I was in Varanasi and walked by her dentists shop, I never saw any patients undergoing treatment.

beach · Jun 8th, 2005, 22:38

hey, we have a lot of 'chinese' dentists too. they are pretty good too, many cities have them including Chennai!

Jun 7th, 2005, 21:14	#1
sgeneris Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: usa Posts: 132	Street Dentists Here is a NY Times article on Street Dentists: Cases Without Borders India's Street Dentists Are a Vanishing Breed By STACEY STOWE Published: June 7, 2005 JAIPUR, India - A street dentist, a 25-year veteran of his trade, crouched on a hot and dusty sidewalk, hard by M. I. Road, a main thoroughfare in this fabled pink city in northwestern India. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Stacey Stowe Mahender Singh of Jaipur sells false teeth and dental services near a sidewalk apothecary and alongside a bicycle tire repairman. He plucked the fruits of his labor, a long yellowed incisor, out of a metal bowl and held it aloft. "It wasn't working right," the dentist, Mahender Singh, said. "It kept turning left and right when..... Complete Story can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/health/07case.html

Jun 8th, 2005, 19:18	#3
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 24,654	I think I'll stick with my Chennai dentist with his thoroughly modern surgery. But, none-the-less, this guy seems to be a geat deal more than a bloke with a pair of pliers. The reporter also did a decent job without being condescending. __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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LaContessa Diabla Supreme Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 122	I have photos at home of a street dentist in Varanasi, and it still makes me laugh. It has a huge pair of fake false teeth about a metre wide stuck on a table as an advertisement to the fact. A woman was doing the 'dentistry' too. My partner and I looked at the pairs of used teeth and the lady offered to give us a fitting, and held up a pair... We wondered how an earth secondhand teeth would fit our mouths....especially on top of our existing teeth? Unless of course she was proposing she remove our existing teeth with a rather splendid array of pliers, screwdrivers and rusting implements... In the 16 days I was in Varanasi and walked by her dentists shop, I never saw any patients undergoing treatment.

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beach Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India ! Posts: 2,232	hey, we have a lot of 'chinese' dentists too. they are pretty good too, many cities have them including Chennai!

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