Open AccessOral healthcare-seeking behavior and perception of oral health and general healthcare among WHO indexed age groups in East-Coast India
Author(s) -
Suresh Chand Yaddanapalli,
Sharmin Sultana,
Asha Lodagala,
P. C. Sundara Babu,
Srinivas Ravoori,
Srinivas Pachava
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_350_20
Subject(s) - medicine , residence , health care , family medicine , oral health , population , demography , public health , dental care , rural area , environmental health , nursing , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
In a country where 30,570 dentists graduate per year, it is staggering to acknowledge that only 10% of dentists serve the rural people, who constitute around 68.8% of the country's population.