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Oral health in India: Researchers’ Perspective Part I


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1 Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Deformities, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India
2 Formerly at Ace Medical and Dental Publishing, New Delhi, India
3 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi - 110029, India
4 Division of Periodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India
5 Division of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India
     

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Oral health disorders are major public health problems globally. There is a vast disparity in access to oral health care between developed and developing world as evident in reports of World Health Organisation (WHO) and Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI). The oral health goals of WHO, FDI and International Association of Dental Research (IADR) for the year 2020 have brought forth the critical issues prevalent worldwide. India with huge population of 1.21 billion (2011 census) is faced with certain unique issues due to low level of awareness, varied terrain, strained infrastructure, limited access to oral health care and indigenous cultural practices. Research institutes and centrally funded agencies have been working at par with world standards, however, the oral health research has been lacking in terms of quality and addressing of community issues. It was deeply felt that this area requires appropriate summarization and future directions. This has been done in three parts with present paper attempting to address global vision, research orientations and specific burden, past research and future directions related to dental caries in India.

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Dental Caries, Minimal Invasive Dentistry, Oral Health, Research
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Authors

O. P. Kharbanda
Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Deformities, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India
Neeraj Wadhawan
Formerly at Ace Medical and Dental Publishing, New Delhi, India
Ashoo Grover
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi - 110029, India
Kunaal Dhingra
Division of Periodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India
Nitesh Tewari
Division of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi District - 110029, Delhi, India

Abstract


Oral health disorders are major public health problems globally. There is a vast disparity in access to oral health care between developed and developing world as evident in reports of World Health Organisation (WHO) and Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI). The oral health goals of WHO, FDI and International Association of Dental Research (IADR) for the year 2020 have brought forth the critical issues prevalent worldwide. India with huge population of 1.21 billion (2011 census) is faced with certain unique issues due to low level of awareness, varied terrain, strained infrastructure, limited access to oral health care and indigenous cultural practices. Research institutes and centrally funded agencies have been working at par with world standards, however, the oral health research has been lacking in terms of quality and addressing of community issues. It was deeply felt that this area requires appropriate summarization and future directions. This has been done in three parts with present paper attempting to address global vision, research orientations and specific burden, past research and future directions related to dental caries in India.

Keywords


Dental Caries, Minimal Invasive Dentistry, Oral Health, Research

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jpfa%2F2018%2F22603