BACKGROUND Mobile Dental Van (MDV) removes the barrier of accessibility and improves the care of underserved populations. Dental institutions across India, providing postgraduate training in dental public health organize and conduct MDV programs as part of their curriculum. AIM To describe the structure, conduct and utilization of MDV programs in consideration to duration of use by the academ...

T he purpose of this initiative is to define the critical research, education, service, and leadership roles of dental schools needed to ensure their ability to improve oral health. Although focused on U.S. dental schools, this is a worldwide agenda that seeks to address the recent Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health in America. The recognition that dental schools are a national resource ne...

Descriptions of dentist and patient characteristics and treatment services provided by general practitioners and pediatric dentists in North Carolina are compared. Although pediatric dentists treated a younger patient population, the nature of the treatment provided was similar to that of general practitioners, who accounted for more than an estimated 85% of all child treatment visits. The gene...

Tobacco abuse is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease, including various cancers. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey India (GATS) 2009-10 revealed that more than one-third of adults use tobacco in one form or the other. Nearly two in five smokers and smokeless tobacco users made attempts to quit the habit in the past 12 months. Tobacco dependence is a chronic condition characte...

BACKGROUND The roles of physicians in oral healthcare delivery are very important due to the unequal distribution of the low oral health manpower as well as the lack of awareness of patients concerning the treatment of oral health problems by dentists in Nigeria. AIM To assess the Nigerian clinical level medical students' knowledge of dental problems and conditions in relation to the dental s...

Dental caries is an increasing burden in the developing countries. A proper budgetary allocation for treating dental diseases in an enormous population such as India is impractical, where resources are inadequate for major health challenges such as malnutrition and gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in children. An integrated, directed population approach targeting children is much nee...