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Dental & Medical Foundation(Registered under society registration act 1860, New Delhi, India)

Presented By:Ashish kumarIntern

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POPULATION EXPLOSION & ORAL HEALTH CARE PRACTICES IN INDIA

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An OverviewIndian Population Population of over 1.2 billion, currently over 1,80,000 dentists, include 35,000 specialists practicing in different

disciplines. Dentist: population ratio-1:9,000 dentists in metros

/ urban and semi urban areas and 1:2,00,000 dentists in the rural area.

Number of dentists is expected to grow to 300,000 by 2018 and the dental specialists to 50,000.

More than 24500 dental graduates are added to the list every year.

Ref: Text book of public health & preventive dentistry- Soben peter’

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India in world population•1210.2 million(INDIA ALONE) & World population 7.4 billion.•Almost equal to combined population of U.S.A, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Japan put together the population of these 6 countries totals 1214.3 million!

•Population of India in increased by more the 181 million during decade 2001-2011.•Absolute addition is slightly lower than population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.

Ref: www. censusindia.gov.in/

•6 countries totals 1214.3 million!

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Population explosion Barrier to oral health care delivery system in

India

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Population explosion leads to Barrier in Oral healthcare practices

•Affordability •because of inadequate financial status & High cost.• accessibility• because of geographic barrier.• Age, Gender & occupation barrier.• Poverty • the biggest barrier.• Social & cultural barrier.• lack of information about dental beneficiary .• Sustainability• workforce barrier & barrier with in dental professional.

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First Steps to overcome that barrier

National oral health policy

formulated by the DCI through input of 2 national workshop organized in 1991 & 1994 at Delhi & Mysore respectively.

Headed by Padmashri Dr. L.K. Gandhi Sir.

Point of focus:Promotion of preventive dentistry.

Ref: Book on ‘National oral health policy’/idst library

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Oral HealthCare Practices & Dental Industry in India

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What we expect!Indian oral Healthcare Practices Should Be:

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But What we are! Mostly we are like this

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Basically what we are trying to say

Our Practice Affected!

Overpopulation

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FACT RELATED TO ORAL HEALTH PRACTICES IN INDIA

Oral health care services are very less in rural area.

1:2,00,000 dentists in the rural area.Because people residing in rural area are unable to pay for healthcare service provided to them.

Unfortunately, Periodontal conditions usually increase with age and are found more in rural areas. Ref: www.who.int/oralhealth

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Health care delivery system.

Socio-demographic profile of the population. a). Socio-economic statusb). Literacy ratec). Health indicators e.g. maternal and infant mortality rate, life expectancy etc.

Health of a population depends on

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Foundation of Rural Health Care System

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“Health for All”:A need!74% of population reside in rural area, with only 20% of health professional to serve them. currently most of healthcare facilities including oral health are oriented towards treatment or curative aspect rather than prevention or health promotion, as needed by national oral health policy.

Only 15 – 20% of people in India are able to get dental services through national schemes.

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INDIAN DENTISTRY NEED!

Balance between population and dental economy of India

Indian Dental industry: Motherland of world dental economy

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Dental Industry in IndiaTotal Indian healthcare market 60 billion US$.

Industry is expected to grow to 150 billion US$ by 2017.

largest services sectors, contributing 2% to the country's GDP.

80-85% of people are spending money from their pocket.

Ref: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1266161/industry_insight_indian_dental_market

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Surprisingly, only 1% of the total GDP is allocated for public healthcare moreover, there is no specific separate allocation for oral health-care. whereas other smaller Southeast Asian countries with smaller population allocate nearly the same amount or more for health related activities.

Even Maldives is spending 7.1% of its GDP on health-related activities.

Financial Support By Indian Government To The Health System of India

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ConclusionMajor missing link is the absence of a primary health care approach due to Overpopulation.

Also At present, in rural India one dentist is serving 2.5 lakhs of people whereas; the overall ratio of dentists to population in India is 1: 10,000.

There is no specific budget by Govt. of India For oral healthcare system of India, which is now the urgent need. About more than one million unqualified dental health-care providers, or 'quacks', in India.

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1. Population control and prevention to reduce the quantum of treatment requirements.

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2. Increase the employment of dentists in public sector.

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3. Remaining vacancies should be filled by the concerned authorities.

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4. Increase public awareness by dental health camps and use of mass media.

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5. Control the dentists: population ratio

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6. Revaluate the national oral health policy.

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7. Educate the public about family planning.

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