Open AccessOral health care availability in health centers of Mangalore taluk, India
Author(s) -
Arun K Simon,
Ashwini Rao,
G Rajesh,
Ramya Shenoy,
Mithun Pai
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.143023
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health , dentures , health care , family medicine , population , community health , dental health , health services , environmental health , dentistry , public health , nursing , economics , economic growth
Community-oriented oral health programs are seldom found in India. When primary health care systems were in the 1980s, dentistry was not adequately included. This has left oral health far behind other health services.