Differently Abled – A Dental Public Health Challenge
Gaurav Gupta, Manu Narayan, Navin A Ingle, Sabyasachi Saha, Sahana Shivkumar
Citation Information :
Gupta G, Narayan M, Ingle NA, Saha S, Shivkumar S. Differently Abled – A Dental Public Health Challenge. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2011; 5 (1):1-3.
Oral health care for children and adults with disabilities is a health care area that has received scant attention. It is seen that most persons with a significant disability cannot find a professional resource to provide appropriate and necessary dental care. Lack of access to dental services for this growing segment of our population is reaching critical levels and is a national dilemma.
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