Open AccessIs screening in dental office an effective method of detecting undiagnosed hypertension?
Author(s) -
Sadam Srinivas Rao,
K. Venkata Ramana Reddy,
Priyanka Nath,
Sukhvinder Bindra,
Gargi Jadaun
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_298_17
Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , blood pressure , specialty , disease , population , stage (stratigraphy) , group b , dentistry , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , paleontology , biology
Hypertension is an important worldwide public health challenge because of its high frequency and risk of cardiovascular and renal disease.