Open AccessBurden of oral diseases and noncommunicable diseases: An asia-pacific perspective
Author(s) -
SM Balaji,
Gerhard Konrad Seeberger,
Oliver Hennedige
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_812_18
Subject(s) - edentulism , medicine , tooth loss , oral health , environmental health , disease , population , periodontal disease , demography , dentistry , pathology , sociology
At a population level, there are no systematic data to correlate the pattern of prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) with oral disease burden in South Asian countries. The influence of the age, gender, and geographical distribution on these diseases is not reported. We attempt to provide a population level correlation of occurrence using the Global Burden of Disease approach.