Pharmacovigilance: An Emerging Trend in Dental Practice of India

Abstract

Medicine plays potent part in our life, helps in curing various deadly disease. Safe administration of medicine is the chief goal of all people involved in curing the patient and prescribing medicines. Effective drug regulation is required to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of drugs, as well as the accuracy and appropriateness of the drug information available to the public. Pharmcoviliglance is a important tool in health care field by helping in assessment, monitoring and discovery of newer drugs for the benefit of patients. Pharmcovigilance also plays role in checking drugs interaction among other drugs and adverse drug reaction of any drug which can cause harm to the humans. Dental field is involved in various drug uses in treatment of oral conditions. Dentists are aware of drugs side effects but they should be aware of adverse drug reactions of other drugs. Dental pharmacoviglance is a new important trend for dentist in treating patient with oral disease.