Assessment of the Status of National Oral Health Policy in India

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Nandita Rani KothiaSrinivas Pachava

Abstract

National oral health policy was conscripted by the Indian Dental Association (IDA) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of National Health Policy (NHP) by the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. Objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral health-related affairs or programs, if any. Literature search was done using the institutional library, web-based search engines like 'Google' and 'PubMed' and also by cross referencing. It yielded 108 articles, of which 50 were excluded as they were not pertinent to the topic. Twenty-four were of global perspective rather than Indian and hence were not taken into account and finally 34 articles were considered for analyses. Documents related to central and state governments of India were also considered. All the articles considered for analysis were published within the past 10 years with gradual increase in number which depicts the researchers' increasing focus towards oral health policy. Criticisms, suggestions and recommendations regarding national oral health programs, dental manpower issues, geriatric dentistry, public health dentistry, dental ...Continue Reading

Citations

May 20, 2016·Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry·Vemina P ChalisserySukumaran Anil
Jun 11, 2016·British Dental Journal·R Yadav, R Rai
Oct 31, 2017·Journal of Public Health Dentistry·Chandrashekar JanakiramHabib Benzian
Jul 13, 2018·International Journal for Equity in Health·Alexander KailemboJennifer Stewart Williams

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