By Dr. Syed Nabeel Founder, DentistryUnited | Dental Clinician & Educator | Expert in Dental Curriculum Reform Published: March 2026 | DentistryUnited.com In a decisive policy shift effective March 19, 2026, the Government of India has replaced the Dental Council of India (DCI) with the National Dental Commission (NDC), formally repealing the Dentists Act […]
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I opened my laptop one quiet morning, coffee beside me, scrolling as I usually do. Somewhere between emails and headlines, one article stopped me in my tracks: AI Takes Center Stage at Harvard School of Dental Medicine Symposium. I clicked. As I read, I didn’t just see technology. I saw possibility. And a thought […]
Prologue This morning, as the golden edge of dawn filtered through my window, I found myself reading about the life of Steve Jobs. His journey—marked by brilliance, rebellion, and an unyielding search for meaning—has always intrigued me. There was something hauntingly poetic in how a man who revolutionized human connection was ultimately undone by a […]
Prologue: The Message That Sparked a Reflection It was a quiet Sunday evening when my phone blinked with a familiar chime—our old dental college WhatsApp group had come alive again. Amidst photos of silver anniversaries and gray hairs masked by filters, a message stood out. “Still using amalgam, Nabeel?” one of my batchmates teased, attaching […]
Penicillin: The Spark That Reshaped Modern Medicine When Sir Alexander Fleming stepped into his modest lab at St. Mary’s Hospital in September 1928, he hardly expected to stumble upon a discovery that would rewrite medical history. On his bench sat a petri dish streaked with Staphylococcus aureus, where an accidental patch of mold had […]
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, have rapidly reshaped the management of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Their ability to lower blood glucose, reduce body weight, and modulate appetite has been hailed as a therapeutic breakthrough. But as these agents move from niche to mainstream, clinicians across disciplines are discovering their broader […]
A telephone conversation between Prof. E Sham and Dr. Syed Nabeel “Good morning, Nabeel. Are you free for five minutes?” The voice at the other end was unmistakable—Prof. Sham, Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vydehi Institute and a Consultant Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon. His tone bore the gravity of someone who’d just walked out […]
Blogs By Dr. Syed Nabeel
AI in Healthcare: From Hype to Helper – A Perspective for Doctors and Dentists
As doctors and dentists, we’ve all heard the buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. From promises of revolutionizing diagnostics to claims of machines outsmarting human clinicians, the narrative around AI has often been exaggerated. However, recent research, like Apple’s “The Illusion of Thinking” study, is shifting our understanding of AI from an all-powerful entity […]
Prologue This morning, I interviewed a BDS candidate for the position of Resident Dentist at Smile Maker Dental Clinic, Mysore. On paper, the qualifications checked out—distinction in basic sciences, a decent internship, and a confident demeanor. But as the discussion turned clinical, it became quickly evident that despite years of theoretical study, the ability to […]
Of Minds and Machines: A Physician’s Reflection on AI, Cognitive Debt, and the Cost of Convenience For the discerning doctor, an exploration of what we gain — and what we risk losing — in the age of large language models Dr. Rehan Qureshi stood beneath the soft glow of the ward’s halogen lights, dictating […]