On a busy roadside, Kishore Lal has been treating patients for over three decades. He offers extractions, fillings and dentures at cut-rate prices. The question remains, however, whether unlicensed dentists, who operate in legal gray areas, provide a necessary service or put patients in jeopardy.
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00:00It's been 30 years since I came to Bihar.
00:24There is no limit to what I have learned here.
00:29I bring my old patients here.
00:45I have been coming here for a long time.
00:48It costs a lot of money.
00:50There is no good work here.
00:52There is no money here.
00:53There is good work.
00:55There is a lot of health here.
00:57I tell others to come and work here.
01:01There is good work here.
01:03I have got my teeth fixed.
01:05My front teeth were broken.
01:07Now I have two teeth.
01:28Patari has a lot of problems.
01:32It rains, there is a storm.
01:34There is a source of infection.
01:36I sterilize it.
01:38I don't want to play with anyone's life.
01:42My job is to fix fake teeth.
01:44Otherwise, there will be infections and problems.
01:58Bihar, India
02:11There are laws and there are surprise checks.
02:16Anyone who makes a complaint will be looked after by the government.
02:22Many patients drop in corporate hospitals.
02:26When the bill is inflated, they regret it.
02:31They have to sell their assets and pay the bills.