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Introduction to Oral Health

For CHO/SN

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ORAL HEALTH (WHO, 2012)

Mouth and facial pain

Oral and throat cancer

Periodontal diseases

Tooth decay and loss

Other diseases

Oral infection and sores

State of being free from

that limit an individual capacity in biting, chewing, smiling, speaking, and psychosocial well-being.

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CONSEQUENCES OF POOR ORAL HEALTH

Deteriorate individual’s health and wellbeing

Decrease economic productivity

Significant risk factor for other systemic ailments

Personal level

Population level

Health Systems level

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Limited access to oral health care services at the primary care level
Huge unmet need
CHC/DH- Comprehensive oral health care unavailable due to inadequate

# Instruments

# Equipments

# Dental Material

CAUSES

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High incidence/prevalence of dental caries

16% with periodontal diseases

1/3rd population – dental caries a treatment required

Enormous disparity in access to quality oral health care between urban and rural populations.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

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60-65% population – rural population

40-45% population – dental caries a dental caries

>90% population – periodontal diseases

19-32% population > 65 yrs – edentulous

12.6 per one lakh population – oral cancer (Burden of oral diseases, Multicentric survey 2007)

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HWC AND ORAL HEALTH CARE

Can provide basic oral health care.

Address the wide gap between the rural and urban populations.

Accessible, affordable, and available oral health care services.

Referral to appropriate health facilities.

Screening for oral cancer (Universal Screening of Common Non-communicable Diseases).

Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK).

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Aims to strengthen public health facilities.

For accessible, affordable, and quality oral health care.

Support to States to set Dental Care Units at DH or below.

Equipping with manpower, equipment, consumables.

Designing IEC materials, organizing national, regional nodal officers training program.

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NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH PROGRAMME (NOHP) (12TH PLAN- 2014-15)

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