Millennials are Shaping the Future of Health Industry

Gone are the days when one had to leave the comfort of their house and pay a visit to a doctor to get their blood pressure tested. Thanks to technology,in today’s time, a touch is quite literally the only distance between ourselves and countless possibilities. So much so that the blood pressure check-up that you stepped out for can be done in a few seconds through your smart device.

Think about it for yourself, the last time you had a flu or a sprain, did your solution come through a doctor or a google search? In fact, even at times when we feel the need to go to a doctor, we end up searching about them online.  So when did technology and the internet start playing such a huge role in our decision making towards our daily health concerns? Millennials have changed our traditional approaches to everyday problems and our way of dealing with health care especially.

According to a Sales force report evaluating the generational healthcare preferences of Americans, millennials are more likely than older generations to forgo regular visits to a general care physician, likely due to the high cost of healthcare and the fact that many millennials have yet to develop some of the pressing health concerns that affect older age groups. The survey also found that millennials are more interested in using digital health tools than other generations, including an openness to video calling with doctors and accessing health devices through tools like 3D printers. It was also noted in the study that-

• 76% of millennial Americans value online reviews when choosing a doctor
• 71% of millennials would like to engage with their health care provider through a mobile app,            according to the same survey

In general, millennials are comfortable using technology to improve their healthcare experience, and they view the web as an important resource when facing a health crisis. From reading online reviews before choosing a doctor to consulting online diagnosis tools, the internet shapes many of the healthcare decisions for people in this age group.
The surge in the usage of search engines and websites that provide us with umpteen amounts of information on various conditions and day to day health related problems, is a result of the fact that millennials see it as a more comfortable way of dealing with problems on the go. Millennials also prefer to contact doctors over video calls and messages over going to meet them physically. This shift from the baby boomers approach to that of the millennials has created an entire new market of online presence of both- information as well as doctors on the internet.

These services are free, convenient, and widely accessible, unlike a trip to the physician, and they can be hugely informative when used appropriately. However what also comes along is the fact that millennials are particularly prone to misusing online diagnosis tools: 37% of millennials reported self-diagnosing health issues they don’t have, compared to 24% of baby boomers and 26% of Gen X-ers. What’s more, 44% of millennials reported worrying about their health after looking up health information online.

Another industry that bloomed out of the nature of the millennials is the industry of health applications. Whether it’s a phone or a watch, every device now offers facilities like calorie or step count, heart rate, blood pressure and the list is endless.

For millennials, wellness is a daily, active pursuit. They’re exercising more, eating smarter and smoking less than previous generations. They’re using apps to track training data, and online information to find the healthiest foods. And this is one space where they’re willing to spend money more on, hence the focus towards building more health focused applications and devices that can be integrated in daily life. According to a recent study, 66% of college students now regularly monitor their calorie intake, while 69% monitor their sugar intake. What’s more, now 50% want as much quantifiable data about their health as possible. This new, heightened interest explains in part why millennials are so attracted to technologies that allow them to access detailed information about their own health.

To quantify it all, mobile health apps are expected to exceed $3Billion in global sales by 2019, there are also over 100,000 apps on Google Play and Apple’s iOS app store, a quantity that’s doubled in just 2.5 years.

Despite the ever-growing market of health apps and devices, evidence that proves the working the effectiveness of health apps themselves seems to lack. The next few decades will witness a collaboration by both e-service providers, health care policy makers, hospitals and specialists to forge new standards within which safe, effective and reputable mobile health technologies can be fostered.

The integration of technology and internet with healthcare is here to stay and will just grow in the times to come. However that being stated it’s important that medical institutions lay down guidelines and also review the apps and devices being widely used today, to ensure that they are credible. 

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Medical science is creating innumerous opportunities today!

The frontier of medical science has rarely been as exciting and as full of spectacular opportunities as it is today. From basic science through clinical research to health service research, the opportunities made available through impressive breakthroughs of recent decades in biomedical as well as the physical, computational, and behavioral and social sciences have paved way for unprecedented possibilities. Although traditionally structured laboratory and clinical techniques are still largely prevalent, several technical and scientific advancements have altered how medical science is perceived.

Why should you consider pursuing medicine?

When it comes to applied sciences, careers in medicine have got to be one of the most important areas for you to enroll in. Be it a doctor, a dentist or a research scientist you want to become your job will be integral to treating illness, solving physical problems, developing newer medicines for fatal diseases; all in all, saving lives.

What options can you explore in medical sciences?

There are so many different areas of medical sciences, it is difficult to decide what to start with.
To show you how massive is the list of occupations in this sector, here’s a start as to things you might be doing:

• Performing operations and surgeries, number of which would increase with your experience.
• Diagnose and treat problems related to people’s teeth, gums and related parts of the mouth.
• Developing a cure for cancer.
• Figuring out how to make multi-vitamin tablets much, much smaller.
• Scientific study of living organisms related to their origin, evolution and biological traits. 
• Diagnose and treat various eye disease as well as prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision.
• Conduct research on specimens, such as bacteria and viruses, then regularly perform reviews and clinical investigation. 
• With these and many more options available, the medical world is truly your scientific oyster.

Benefits of working in the medical field

It’s a good time to be a professional in the field of medicine and science- the demand for top talent in the industry is soaring. Job opportunities are expanding at a rate of 22% per year, ensuring you won’t face a problem of not finding a job. Due to an aging population and major changes in the healthcare market, careers in health sciences are expected to see substantial growth over the next decade and into the future.
Clearly, working in the medical field or in the science industry can be extremely appealing, and a big part of that appeal is the generous salaries that the professionals take home. The average annual salary for any medical professional is roughly around INR 5,00,000.
Apart from the above advantages, the satisfaction of saving a life or working towards the betterment of lives is something only medical professionals can proudly experience.

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Career options after Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.

   An ancient system of medicine, which traces its roots back to the Vedic times, Ayurveda stresses on holistic health, which not only provides soothing and curative medicines but also plays a vital role in prevention of recurring diseases. According to Ayurveda, all ailments are understood as imbalance between three elements of the human body Kapha, Pitta and Vata. These elements are commonly called as Doshas in Ayurvedic terminology. Kapha means Phlegm (water and earth), Pitta means Bile (fire and water) and Vata means wind (air and space). The technique of Ayurveda allows you to indulge in natural healing capabilities of human body and nature. However, one cannot expect a speedy recovery, because it takes a little longer than conventional allopathic treatments. It’s an all-encompassing technique which requires changes in diet, lifestyle and habits.

BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) is a graduate degree in field of Ayurvedic science. It is a 5 ½ year degree course with academic session for 4 ½ years and 1 year is dedicated to internship programme with live practical. After completion of this degree, one must mandatorily resister him/herself at the respective councils (under Indian Medical Central Council Act). Also, to practice across the country, registration under Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) is a must.

Further, the scope of Ayurveda is ever increasing not only in India but also in the world. In many cases, when the usual allopathy fails to deliver expected results, Ayurveda comes to the rescue of patients, providing effective treatment and rejuvenating them. Naturally, it opens wide doors for those with a BAMS degree seeking career opportunities, regional as well as global.

• You can work as medical officer/doctor in government or private Ayurveda hospitals.
  
• With advanced degrees like MD and PhD, an ayurvedic doctor can qualify for supervisory/research/teaching position in various Universities or organizations.
  
• One can start his/her own practice or set up a retail shop for ayurvedic medicine.
  
• There is a high demand in the pharmaceutical industries for ayurvedic doctors to regulate/monitor the drug research.
  
• Staring salaries for BAMS graduates ranges between INR20,000-40,000 monthly, whereas with an MD one can expect around INR50,000-80,000 per month.
  
• With newer diseases coming up every other day, a study in Ayurveda not only promises secure income but also provides numerous opportunities to serve the society as a whole.

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5 New Cardiac Technologies to look out for

For most of the 19th century, doctors used most of the medicals tools that fit easily in their little medkit bag, and diagnoses were based more on instinct than on science. The advancement and discovery of various antibiotics, lifesaving drugs and equipment have contributed tremendously to increase the lifespan of a human being on average of nearly 30 years. It’s easy to see how advances in health and medicine have touched the lives of nearly every person on the planet, whether its technology that allows us to peek deep into or body or the medicines that extend the lives of those with unimaginable and sufferable chronic disease.

Here are 5 innovative cardiac technologies that will change the outlook of the coming future:

1) GOOGLE GLASSES

Google Glasses are one of the best known wearable technologies made. They are similar to any other spectacle with preloaded options of taking pictures and recording videos in HD and wireless transmission. Cardiologists have successfully used the equipment in cardiac surgeries. They are used for coronary angiography where the cardiologist takes accurate, precise and resolute pictures of heart artilleries and could transfer the images to computers or Ipads.

2) BIORESORBABLE STENTS

During an operation, the cardiologist needs to perform an open artery surgery where they push a mesh tube called stent that releases drugs into the vessel to keep it open. But using the stent over time might cause blood clotting and to overcome the disastrous consequences a new type of stent that gradually dissolves within a year or so may help sidestep that problem. They also enable treated vessels to regain their ability to constrict and expand.

3) LEADLESS PACEMAKER

A PaceMaker is a device for stimulating the heart muscle and regulating its contractions. It consists of a small battery-operated power source implanted under the skin. PaceMakers these days are of top quality, the only faulty part of them is the lead which they use which cause complications or an infection at the insertion site. The leadless pacemaker is a tiny, self-containing unit which is placed on the inside wall of the heart through a thin, flexible tube called catheter. The new model of the pacemaker does look promising without any after effects.

4) VALVE-IN-VALVE PROCEDURE

Compared to mechanical valves that carry a high risk of blood clotting, heart valves made from animal tissues (bioprosthetic valves) are increasingly used to replace stiff, narrowed aortic valves. Bioprosthetic valve is inserted into the heart via a catheter at the site of the failing device.it turns out to be the best valve replacement option for people at high risk from surgery.

5) PROTEIN PATCH FOR HEART MUSCLE GROWTH

The cells cannot fully regenerate and scar tissues form when heart muscle cells suffer damage and die. It makes the heart harder for the heart to pump blood effectively and ultimately leads to heart failure. Recently, a team of health and bioengineering experts discovered a natural protein that can promote the growth of normal tissues. Human clinical trials are yet to take place on the patch in the upcoming year and it goes holds a bright future for bioengineering

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Medical Innovations to look forward to in 2018

2017 has seen its share of medical breakthroughs and pioneering research work. Its evident that the future of healthcare is going to change dramatically with medical and dental technology. With some ready to go and other still in development, these medical innovations, advances are certain to have a dramatic impact on health care.
Here are some of the medical breakthroughs just over the horizon that could have a profound impact on your life. 

1. Centralized Monitoring of Hospital Patients-

Reports indicate that up to 45% of inpatient cardiac arrest are not detected appropriately. This is due to hospitals having “alarm fatigue” when busy caregivers become desensitized to the constant noise emanating from cardiac telemetry monitoring systems. “Centralized monitoring has emerged as the answer, as part of a "mission control" operation in which off-site personnel uses advanced equipment, including sensors and high-definition cameras to monitor blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and more. Complex data are assimilated to trigger on-site intervention when appropriate while filtering out unimportant alarms.”, says Dr. Faulkner, Ohio State University Hospital.

2. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery-

The concept of “fast track” or “enhanced” recovery after the surgery has been under development since past few years. As for decades the common procedure before any surgery was to not eat before surgery, using pain medications, staying in bed during recovery. To substantial growth in medical technology, innovators are overhauling post- surgery strategies, and delivering imposing results. The ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) procedure permits the patient to eat before surgery, limits opioids by prescribing alternative medicines and encourages regular walking which reduces compilation rates and speed recovery.

3. The Emergence of Distance Health-

Bringing the healthcare environment to the patient's home has been a dream goal for scientist and doctors for decades. It will help the patient as well as the doctor as it will remove the “traveling barriers” which will result in the optimal outcome as well as significant cost saving. Hospitals are getting ready for a widespread adoption of the technology in 2018 due to an increase in connectivity through mobile technology and consumer demand. The patients will be equipped with attachable devices that record and report medical information to doctor to monitor their condition. Over 19 million patients are projected to use these remote monitoring devices in 2018.

4. Neuromodulation to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea-

Sleep apnea is the most common sleep disturbance which can leads to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. While continuous positive airway pressure device, (C.P.A.P.) is the gold standard treatment, it is estimated that more than 40% of sleep apnea patients refuse to wear the device. Innovators have found out a way to help such people. The device acts like a pacemaker which helps to synchronize the intake of air with the action of the tongue and is controlled by a remote or a wearable patch. These neuromodulation systems have had positive results in clinical testing and are to be gifted to the world this year.

5. Laser Dentistry-

Medical experts use lasers, which are focused light beam at one point, to remove or alter tissues of a small amount. It will help the patient to enjoy the dental experience as the dentist won't need a drill or administer anesthesia. Dentists use lasers for a variety of procedures involving the inside of the mouth, be it to remove overgrown tissue, to whiten teeth, or to reshape the gums. Also, lasers can reduce symptoms and healing times associated with traditional therapies; reduce the number of bacteria in both diseased gum tissue and in tooth cavities, and control bleeding during surgery.

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Top 10 most useful apps for medical students you didn’t know about

Getting through a medical college may be one of the most amazing, if not, challenging trials a student might face in their lifetime. The good news? You don’t have to do it alone. We’re not even talking about the lifelong friends you’ll make along the way, but instead about the abundance of 21st-century tools at your disposal.
Topping the list? Apps. Let’s count down 10 picks aimed at helping you make the most out of medical school.
MedCal X: Available in 5 languages with more on the way, MedCalX can be customized with one’s favorite equations. Medical students are ready to go with the information they need when time-sensitive situations arise. This app will help them do their job better. This medical calculator puts access to complex medical formulas, scores, scales and classifications literally at your fingertips.

Eponyms: There are more than 8,000 medical eponyms named after the people (or places or things) associated with the identification of the disease. Needless to say, keeping track of these eponyms can be a chore. This free app lets users browse and search thousands of common medical eponyms!
Daily Rounds: This new kind of digital journal puts the latest clinical cases from medical schools around the world in your back pocket. Daily Rounds’ case-based, problem-solving approach, gives medical students a first-hand look at new, relevant and well-curated clinical scenarios for a unique and ongoing learning process.
Medscape: This is a highly-rated app and used by healthcare professionals all over the world. Its features include medical news; drug information and tools; clinical presentations, workups and treatment information; and even continuing medical education courses. Don’t have access to the internet at the moment? One can also take advantage of this app offline.

Epocrates: This leading medical reference app is trusted by healthcare providers to support decisions, save time, and delivers patient-focused care in an instant thanks to everything from drug interaction, checks to in-depth etc. Considering that time is one of a med student’s most valuable assets, feedback from users indicating that Epocrates saves at least 20 minutes a day is reason enough to download this app.
Brainscape: Medical school students study a lot. But what if there was a way you could easily increase your active recall and cognition? There is, and it’s called spaced repetition. This app, which bills itself as “flashcards on steroids,” harnesses the power of this scientifically-proven retention technique to help students learn more easily and efficiently.
Pepid: What can you do with app? Quickly and easily navigate clinical and drug content, take and share notes with classmates and colleagues, find critical drug interactions, and improve your differential diagnosis capabilities - all at once.
Drugs Dictionary: A pocket dictionary for drugs with a friendly interface. It stores all information about drugs; their uses, how to take, side effects, precautions, drug interactions, missed dose, storage.
Diseases Dictionary Medical: An offline free medical dictionary app containing medical disorders & diseases with detailed definitions, symptoms, causes and treatment information. It is a handbook that acts as as a clinical adviser for self diagnosis and can also be used to look up symptoms, diseases and treatment.
Prognosis: Your Diagnosis: An app with an engaging series of clinical case scenarios which assess the decision making skills of the player. Each one is accompanied by comprehensive and concise discussion of the diagnostic reasoning involved and key lessons applicable to day to day practice. Your Diagnosis is also useful practice material for medical students and other healthcare professionals facing their academic and professional licensure exams.

From juggling copious amounts of information to keeping up with the very best practices in patient care, today’s med students have a lot to learn. And while medical school may not be easy, these 10 apps not only make the experience more manageable, but can also help you become a better student and future doctors in the process.

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Can Circadian Rhythm Prevent Cancer?

If you’ve ever noticed that you tend to feel energized and drowsy around the same times every day, you have your circadian rhythm to thank.

Our blog for October has already talked about Circadian Rhythm. It is basically a 24-hour internal clock that is running in the background of your brain and cycles between sleepiness and alertness at regular intervals. It's also known as your sleep/wake cycle.

Circadian genes are very important in our body tissues. Disruption of circadian rhythms is associated with various forms of cancer in humans. There is increasing evidence that links, proper function of the clockwork, with the prevention in the development of cancer, in our body.

The master circadian clock in our body is a timekeeping system and controls multiple clocks in other peripheral tissues of the body. Many studies have shown that proper regulation of circadian clock gene is implicated in the prevention of cancer and other diseases.
Disruption of circadian rhythms accelerates tumor progression, and potentially restoring circadian rhythms, improve the health of the body. The circadian clock runs in sync with environmental light-dark cycles and helps to adapt metabolic and behavioural patterns such as daily cycles of rest and activity.

As far as skin cancer is concerned, the main cause is DNA damage induced by the UV rays from sunlight. A mechanism called nucleotide excision repair is able to fix some of this damage at the cellular level and prevent it from developing into cancer.

The speculation:
A research conducted by Gaddameedhi in mouse models, has found that the circadian clock regulates the repair system’s activity. In his experiment, he irradiated mice with UV rays three times a week for 25 weeks. One group was irradiated at 4 a.m., the other group at 4 p.m. The morning group was five times more likely to develop tumors than the afternoon group.

The ostensible conclusion:
The findings suggest that people may be more at risk of developing cancer if they are exposed to UV rays in the afternoon rather than morning.

His research is now extending into whether the circadian clock also determines the best times to receive chemotherapy treatments for cancer.

Your circadian rhythm works best when you have regular sleep habits, like going to bed at night and waking up in the morning around the same times from day to day (including weekends). When things get in the way, like jet lag, daylight savings time, or a compelling sporting event on TV that keeps you up into the wee hours of the morning, you can disrupt your circadian rhythm, which makes you feel out of sorts and can make it harder to pay attention.

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Do you know about Yomi: The Dental Robot?

Ever imagined a human machine extracting that painful tooth from your gums?
Ever thought a robot would be dispensing anesthetics in the soft tissues inside your mouth?
Well, if you have imagined that, it is no longer just an imagination!

Yomi can surely do it!
Yomi, is the first robot assisted guidance system, with planning software for dental surgery. It’s software is used to plan a procedure based on a patient’s CT scan. During the procedure, the system continuously tracks the patient and controls the direction of the drill as the clinician advances it into tissue.

This technology was invented by Wuhan University Stomatological Hospital and Beihang University’s Robotics Institute.


A woman in China, became the first person on whom Yomi conducted a dental surgery solely by itself. With the use of preprogrammed directions, it implanted two teeth into the patient's mouth, in the presence of human doctors. The patient was measured using a CT scan and the robot was programmed with the specific movements it needed to perform during the surgery like, measuring angles and depth for the new teeth.

It was a one hour procedure with the surgery handled exclusively by Yomi- The Dental Robot.
It enables dentists to receive real-time physical and visual guidance throughout the surgery. This provides accuracy and reliability without the need to produce a custom plastic guide or worry about performing an unguided freehand approach.
The surgeon is in control of the robotic arm, but the device guides the dentist as per the plan laid out and can adjust for patient movement. This implies that it can design dental procedures based on a patient’s CT scans.

The robot also helps in providing feedback — in other words, the surgeon knows by touch and feel through sensory feedback provided by it where in the mouth the drill is moving. For example, a bone will feel different than softer tissue.

In the world of medical robotics, every sector is trying hard to challenge its supremacy and trying to expand their overall robotic applications. Yomi is an improvement over the plastic guides that surgeons tend to use during minimally-invasive dental implant surgery. It is considered to be the prime and most important revolution in dental technology till date.

SMBT is always looking forward to contribute to its students knowledge about tech, preferably medical. We uplift and motivate our students to research on new ideas and subject matter in order to enhance their creativity and interest in the field. Because, who knows, the next big medical invention may be one from our college!

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Here’s all you need to know about Circadian Rhythm

 

Here’s all you need to know about Circadian Rhythm

In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall of the University of Maine, Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University and Michael W. Young of Rockefeller University "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm". They successfully peeked inside the human biological clock and elucidate its inner working. Their discovery explained how plants, animals, and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with earth’s revolution.

So what exactly is a Circadian Rhythm? And how does it affect our body and what is its importance? We shall discuss that here.

Circadian Rhythm is also known as your sleep/wake cycle. Circadian Rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the psychological processes of living beings. There are times when you tend to feel that you are energized and drowsy at the same time every day, you have your circadian rhythm to thank to. They determine the sleeping and feeding patterns of all living beings. For most adults, the biggest dip in energy happens in the middle of the night and just after lunchtime. Those times can be different if you’re naturally a night owl or a morning person. You also won’t feel the dips and rises of your circadian rhythm as strongly if you’re all caught up on sleep. It’s when you’re sleep-deprived that you’ll notice bigger swings of sleepiness and alertness.


Researchers began studying biological rhythms more than 50 years ago. Studies conducted on fruit flies by Colin Pittendrigh and on humans by Jurgen Aschoff are considered to be the foundation of the beginning of modern research. But the studies of biological rhythms dates way back to 1700s, when a French scientist- Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, conducted experiments and published a monograph describing the daily leaf movement of a plant. De Marian observed that the daily raising and lowering of leaves continued even when the plant was placed inside a closed room with no exposure to sunlight. This study suggested that the movements of the plant represented something more than a simple response to sunlight and were controlled by an internal clock. The term circadian was coined by Franz Halberg in the 1950s.

Learning more about the genes which are responsible for the circadian rhythm of a human body will help us to understand biological systems and the human psychology. Cognizing on what makes biological rhythm tick may lead to treatments for mental disorders, jet lags, sleep disorders, obesity and other health problems. It can also be helpful to improve ways of individuals to adjust their routine to a night shift jobs.

The researchers hope that these initial findings will be a basis for further investigation. Now that CLOCK has been identified as a molecule of interest, it will help to focus future investigations into the molecular mechanisms. There is still much to learn about CLOCK and its role in human psychology, but now that scientists know the genes involved in it, research can begin chipping away at the details.

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SMBT DENTAL COLLEGE - Nashik & Sangamner Branch

SMBT Dental College - Nashik Branch

Located approximately 35 km south of the main city of Nashik, SMBT lies in lushy green meadows between Kadwa Reservoir, Dharna River, and Nandi Hills. The college location excels with a pleasant climate throughout the year. The college is affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health and Science.

SMBT Institute has a grand building which is designed after taking into consideration all norms laid down by the various government authorities and councils. The following facilities are available in the college building.
- Dean Office
- Administrative Block
- Lecture Theatre
- Staff Room
- Central Library
- Common Labs
- Departmental Labs
- College Council Room
- Departmental Laboratories
- Record Room

The SMBT college infrastructure also hosts Hospital, equipped with high tech facilities which provides healthcare services at affordable prices for the native people living in nearby villages.

The Clinical department has the responsibility to provide comprehensive and competent specialist care, with the vision that it would not lack behind in providing the needed care in all spheres.

The college campus also provides Internet facility, banking facility with ATM, Canteen, Hostel and a large playground where various sports can be played.

The college also excels with students triumphing with various achievements academically and in sports. SMBT also arranges various co-curricular activities like Yoga Day, National Science Day, Organ Donation Campaign, Savitribai Phule Smriti Din, World Aids Day, Celebration of Breast Feeding Week, Celebration of ORS Week etc.

SMBT Dental College - Sangamner Branch

The SMBT Institute of Dental Science and Research college was started in 2016 with a clear vision and philosophy of its own not only to bring out graduates who excel in knowledge, skills, and service but also good human beings to serve the community.

The dental college has beautiful natural environment and greenery, it resides in the midst of a valley and spreads over 5 acres of land. The institute is being developed as a center of excellence in health education and research in consideration of advances in healthcare systems and the role of Health professionals in these systems. It has well equipped & fully furnished digital library with NME Internet facility which makes it different from other colleges.

The Dental Hospital attracts a large number of patients and hence ample clinical material is made available to the students. The college has very progressive and pragmatic environment developed by highly qualified and experienced pedagogue using modern and avant-garde tutoring methodology. It emphasizes real-life experience-based teaching. It’s rich library is equipped with internet facilities for the use of its students and faculty.

SMBT's teaching, patient care, and research programs are strong, dynamic and evolving. The Institute is also committed to offering the best in continuing education and other forms of service and practicing dentists. SMBT emphasize both on curricular and extracurricular activities contributing to the overall development of students.

The SMBT College of Dental focuses on providing the best latitude to their students so that they can lead a better life and have good career scope when they step out of college. SMBT is known for innovative dental education, discovery, scientific knowledge and providing essential skills to our graduates while providing them expertise in patient care and service.

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5 best Medical Shows you need to binge watch..

With the rise of Netflix, binge watching has become the new norm. You spend the weekend sitting in your room, watching season after season of too many TV shows. But with so many medical TV shows out there it's important to prioritize and watch the good ones.

SMBT has listed top 5 medical shows to spend your Saturday watching (and they all are worth the watch!).

1.  ER (1994-2009)

ER is the first show that comes to mind when it comes to medical drama. Created by Michael Crichton, it is the seventh longest running scripted-TV series in the US. ER is all about staff’s personal and professional lives. It has an inventive style that brings the viewers into the fast pace world of emergency ward.
Reasons to watch:
- It has the Greatest, Bleakest, & Craziest plot twists on TV.
- The show always strives to take risks.
- It has and deals with real life medical environments.

2. Grey’s Anatomy (2005-present)

Grey’s Anatomy created by Shonda Rhimes is a smash hit, as it manages to pile romantic drama and medical cases perfectly. The show is about Meredith Grey and fellow doctors who struggle to balance their personal lives with hectic work and training schedules assigned to them.
Reasons to watch:
- Information on medical issues and absorbing medical stories.
- The emergency disaster scenes and the way the characters handle them are awesome.
- Shows hospital relationships between doctors and staff that seem real-life.

3.  Good Doctor (2013)

Good Doctor is a South Korean medical drama. It is about a man with autistic disorder, who has mentality of 10-year-old. This show has got some sort of special spark. The show has got an absolutely brilliant cast; Joo Won being the lead character does absolute justice to his character Park Shi On.
Reasons to watch:
- A lot of hospital politics and interactions.
- Very informative on autism.
- The medical issues are dealt with very realistically.

4. Scrubs (2001-2010)  

Hands down to one of the best medical sitcom. Created by Bill Lawrence, combines funny and serious scenes perfectly. It can be silly at times but does it well.
Reasons to watch:
- Actual realistic take on life in a hospital.
- Shows medical exploits and manages to shroud them in a way that viewers can still relate to it.

5. House (2004-2012) 

As a medical student ‘House’ is one of the shows you should watch. Created by David Shore, House is not all about solving medical cases but the characters in it and a new patient in every episode. It’s about how House reaches that diagnosis using unorthodox methods and not even caring that he might lose his medical license.

Reasons to watch:

- House and his team tackle new medical mystery every week.

- Brilliant theories on Diagnostic Medicine.

- Amazing script which almost never fails to explain the medical jargons.

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