Published - December 27, 2025 11:22 pm IST - CHENNAI Dental surgeons who have been working in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) on a temporary basis for 15 to 20 years, receiving a consolidated pay of ₹34,000, are demanding permanent jobs. The Doctors’ Association for Social Equality, and Tamil Nadu PHC Dental Surgeons’ Association said, as per Indian Public Health Standards, each district headquarters hospital should have three dentists, taluk/non-taluk hospital must have two dentists, and each PHC, one dentist. Based on this criterion, government hospitals under the Directorates of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine, and Medical and Rural Health Services should have over 3,000 dentists.
