oral health problems, among the most prevalent comorbidities related to addiction, require more attention by both clinicians and policy-makers. our aims were to review oral complications associated with drugs, oral health care in addiction rehabilitation, health services available, and barriers against oral health promotion among addicts. drug abuse is associated with serious oral health proble...

BACKGROUD: Health care workers who are e-antigen-positive carriers of hepatitis B virus have become a significant focus of concern in the development of public health policy. In cases of needle-stick injury, the risk of transmission of HBV has been estimated at 60-fold greater if the carrier is positive for e antigen than if the carrier does not have the e antigen. Debate continues regarding pr...

Downsizing, limited resources, and increasing costs provide challenges to the military health system. Variations in the diagnosis and treatment of dental disease add to the demands on the delivery system to provide access and ensure quality for uniformed personnel. Evidence-based dentistry is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the c...

BACKGROUND The bulk of service delivery in dentistry is delivered by general dental practitioners, when a large proportion of patients who attend regularly are asymptomatic and do not require treatment. This represents a substantial and unnecessary cost, given that it is possible to delegate a range of tasks to dental care professionals, who are a less expensive resource. Screening for the comm...

BACKGROUND The oral disease burden in India is showing a steady increase in the recent years. Utilization of dental care being the major factor affecting the oral health status of the population is used as an important tool in oral health policy decision-making and is measured in terms of the number of dental visits per annum. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional house to house questionnai...

Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and severity of Dental Fluorosis among children aged 12 -17 years in an endemically affected area in Rural Bangalore and to determine the public health significance of Dental Fluorosis. Introduction: Ground water has been a significant water source for domestic, irrigating, and industrial purposes in India. More than 85% of rural and...

While the dental home concept is clearly articulated by organized dentistry and accepted as policy, its widespread adoption and implementation will require consideration of environmental factors that include: (1) the advent of social medicine, (2) expanding knowledge of caries risk and its management; (3) trends in oral health disparities and the demography that drives those disparities; (4) pa...

BACKGROUND Changes in third party financing, whether public or private, are linked to a household's ability to access dental care. By removing costs at point of purchase, changes in financing influence the need to reach into one's pocket, thus facilitating or limiting access. This study asks: How have historical changes in dental care financing influenced household out-of-pocket expenditures fo...