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Affordable Quality Oral Health Care


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1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
     

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This paper attempts to elaborate oral health disparities persisting in the Indian population because of web of influences that include complex cultural and social processes. This will affect both oral health&access to effective dental health care. It discusses oral health care services to the general population and how some sections of the population are systematically excluded from oral health care services. This paper gives overview of six strategic areas which will have significant role in making oral health care affordable for all sections of society. Strategies should be made according to unique needs of people&resources that exist in India.

Keywords

Oral Health, Disparities
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Authors

Sabyasachi Saha
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
G. V. Jagannatha
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Sanjay Singh
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Ekta Singh
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Abstract


This paper attempts to elaborate oral health disparities persisting in the Indian population because of web of influences that include complex cultural and social processes. This will affect both oral health&access to effective dental health care. It discusses oral health care services to the general population and how some sections of the population are systematically excluded from oral health care services. This paper gives overview of six strategic areas which will have significant role in making oral health care affordable for all sections of society. Strategies should be made according to unique needs of people&resources that exist in India.

Keywords


Oral Health, Disparities