Dental Home: A Concept for Early and Everlasting Smile
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Oralhealth ofchildrenlivingindeveloped countrieshasimprovedremarkablyoverthe last fewdecades;manychildrenespeciallyinthedevelopingcountries stillcontinuetosufferfromoraldiseasessuch asdental caries, gingivitis & dentalmalocclusion. There are many reports and studies which report riskfactors associatedwiththe developmentoforaldiseaseinchildrenbutnone of them provideastrategy todetermineaccurately which infant at birth will develop oral diseases later in its life course. To develop such strategy there is need forearlyidentification &managementof risk factors at the earliest in the life course ( within 1st year of infant life), which can be achieved only by the CONCEPT OF PREVENTION of oral diseases. Theanswer for implementing concept of prevention liesinseekingprofessional counselingandservicesasearlyaspossible.Keeping this idea in mind this paper tries to discussthe concept ofDentalHomeanditsvariousstrategies thatcanbeemployedbythedeveloping countrieslikeIndiatotakea stepforwardforbetteroralhealth of the entire nation starting from childhood. Keywords:Dental Home, Age one visit, Anticipatory guidance in Dentistry, Medical Home, infants
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Anjan Giriraju, Nagesh Lakshminarayan
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