Professional enrichment and proposal of guidelines for the general dental practitioners

O country has the distinction of being the second most populous countries in the world and it will not be too long to be the numero uno. As has been estimated by the WHO and similar statistical data which has been reported in the literature, we have a very high prevalence of periodontal diseases amongst the masses which in fact has been figured out to be greater than the dental caries. This poses a major burden on the dental health care system in order to not only provide the needed treatment but also to generate awareness about the periodontal diseases as many patients fail to recognise the periodontal pathology even in the advanced stages. This has enormous bearing on the dental health as well as the general heath of the individual especially so when a lot of evidence is emerging about the positive relationship between the periodontal and systemic diseases. With a limited number of specialists available in the speciality of Periodontology, the major burden has to be taken care of by the general dental practitioners. Under such circumstances it is important to train the dental practitioners on a few accounts and propose certain guidelines in the management protocol.