Open AccessAssessment of oral health status and treatment needs of Santhal tribes of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand
Author(s) -
Gunjan Kumar,
Ranjan Mani Tripathi,
CL Dileep,
Megha Trehan,
Shitanshu Malhotra,
Pallavi Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.186798
Subject(s) - oral health , dentistry , medicine , oral hygiene , population , demography , hygiene , permanent teeth , veterinary medicine , environmental health , pathology , sociology
India has an assortment of tribal population living in isolated pockets, and the Santhals are numerically predominant in Jharkhand. This study was aimed at assessing the oral health status and treatment needs of Santhals residing in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.