What is it about?
Oral health is important for overall health and well being.This study portrays about the oral health importance and how it can tackle the growing epidemic of Non communicable diseases.,where most of the symptoms pertaining to NCD's with oral cavity.
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Why is it important?
There are many risk factors where both the oral conditions and NCD's share in common and both have similar social determinants ,but still oral health importance is neglected globally,although it poses a significant burden to many countries.There is a great need to develop measurable goals for oral health,in order mitigate the burden of oral health and also to promote good oral condition and enhance global public health as a whole.
Perspectives
Writing this article along with one of the experienced co-authors is an immense pleasure for me,with whom the collaborations will continue for years to come. This article will given an insight about the importance of oral health,which is been neglected in many parts of the developing countries.There are plethora of literature to prove that,many of the oral disease condition are having association with some of the most common NCD's. Despite,being more prevalent,oral diseases are neglected in many parts of the world.This article In order to improvise the situation, existing policies and new polices need to be strengthened in order to enhance the oral health and overall quality of life.
Dr.Venkata Abinaya Nandakumar
SRM Group of Educational Institutions
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This page is a summary of: Addressing the Bottle Necks of Global Oral Health to Tackle the Growing Epidemic of Noncommunicable Diseases, Journal of Advanced Oral Research, May 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2320206818798912.
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