Dispute between dermatologists, dentists takes a legal turn in Kerala

A quality betwixt dermatologists and dentists implicit who is authorised to execute hairsbreadth transplantation and aesthetic and cosmetic surgeries has taken a ineligible turn. The Kerala High Court is expected to perceive a writ petition related to the contented soon.

The disagreement betwixt the 2 came to the limelight erstwhile functionaries of the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists (IADVL) came retired with a nationalist connection successful March 2025 to item their concerns related to quackery. Dental surgeons objected to the notation against members of their assemblage who practise cosmetology and dermatology, terming it an effort to marque them arsenic quacks.