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Shorter service, overcrowding of dentists coming soon.

Still wanna study?

compulsory will be abolished eventually, as will be for doctors....

I was just told a few days ago that a couple of pharmacy graduates who graduated last year, are still waiting to serve the government, ie, currently jobless.

Survival of the fittest! If the gomen does not provide employment opportunities to the dubious and poorly trained, surely they can't survive as practitioners. We may have Dr. as taxi drivers. I wonder what happened to the 200+ Ukraine graduates that the gomen refused to recognize.

True,know one from Nott.

The pro-chancellor of PIDC had just made a claim that our country demands for more dentists, just a few days ago.

If producing 415 graduates a year is considered excess, lets just see in 5 years time. And yet some of the students are cheering over the lesser years need to serve the gov.

what do you expect him to say?.....surplus coming, don't come and do dentistry?....

he is a businessman first and foremost, with something to sell...you know the sayings about used car dealers and insurance agents.....

I hope that won't happen anytime soon... my state (Sabah) is still lacking of doctors... eg: my district's hospital has only 6 medical officers (last time I checked - april 2011) running the hospital including the hospital director...

this problem will be easily solved within 2 years, when the expected 7000 doctors starting housemanship this year finish, and need jobs.....

Will the 1 Care Health Plan gives every medical practitioner a bite of the cherry?

At least, the dumps can still get some crumps!

Wow 5 years ago, only 3 universities offering dentistry. Today, countless! All private schools set up by Government Corrupted Cronies just for the sake of profit without adequate standard, and there's no controlled and planned production of graduates. Very soon will be overflowed in excess..

although there are many upstarts but it's still not to the extent of 'countless'. just saying.

the dentist to population ratio is still not sufficient , they decrease the compulsory service is bcoz the specialist available in government clinics are not sufficient to guide so many fresh grad dentist

ANY BDS MMMC batch 1 student here ? any comment about the quality of clinical in MMMC ?

Hi there, I'm about to start my second year of BDS in MMMC, if you are a student-to-be and need help or have any enquiries, feel free to contact me.

Do have a look at my senior's blog too. She's from Batch 2 It's very informative for newcomers. Look out for her posts tagged MMMC and Must read for newcomers.

hey guys, I wanna ask if (lets say our results is superb), can we straight apply masters in UK, Aussie (or any other country) or we still need to do the gov service first? I know local uni compulsory need gov service. is it the same for uni abroad?

masters in what?.....

like... orthodontics or etc?

Guys, I'm wondering, after reading the list of universities recognised from MDC's site, I'm assuming Russian dental degrees are not recognised at all in Malaysia?

Yeap. So far, none of the Russian universities are recognised. If I'm right, you're taking A-levels as your pre-u education so do try applying for USM dentistry if you intend to study locally.