Varanasi roadside dentist working on a denture

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Roadside dentist in Varanasi working on a denture... Western dentists may earn US$500 to US$1000 per hour. This man works for US$30 per month and takes whatever fee a patient can give, or not. OK, he works on the street and all of that, and hygiene is an issue, but what the heck! Only in India - truly! A Varanasi self-styled roadside dentist shows the process of making false teeth.. As cars speed past patients in Varanasi don’t think twice about having their teeth seen to by the city’s popular street dentists. And it’s not only in Varanasi, it happens in cities all over India. Self-proclaimed roadside dentists perform complicated dental procedures on patients with limited funds using almost medieval equipment. There’s no clinic, no costly chairs, no electric drills, there’s no need for an