Open AccessBurden of dental diseases in India as compared to South Asia: An insight
Author(s) -
SM Balaji
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_333_18
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , dentistry , disease burden , tooth loss , burden of disease , periodontal disease , dentition , environmental health , oral and maxillofacial pathology , south asia , demography , oral health , population , ethnology , physics , sociology , optics , history
In the recent past, the level of prevalence and incidence of dental caries and periodontal diseases in India and its comparison with South-Asian neighbors have not been reported. The manuscript estimates the same using the global disease burden 2016 approach.