Primary Oral Health Care in India: Vision or Dream?

Suresh, Kotumachagi S; Kumar, Pravin; Javanaiah, Nagarathna; Shantappa, Shruti; Srivastava, Pooja

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1369

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“…Why integration was a failure: In this review, it was seen that integration fails in some places of North Carolina and California because of lack of integrated HER that prevents all health care providers from seeing a patient's common care plan and treatment status. [14] In an article by Filho, critical thinking was required to ensure proper implementation of the principles of unified health system in Brazil. [25] In an article by Joskow, models of care and delivery and payment systems have not substantially integrated oral health in overall health.…”

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“…The definition states: “The dental home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects of oral health care delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated and family centered way. Establishment of a dental home begins no later than 12 months of age and includes referral to dental specialists when appropriate.”[14]…”

Section: Medical–dental Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integration of oral health into primary health care: A systematic review

Prasad

Manjunath

Murthy

et al. 2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Integration of oral health into primary health care holds the key to affordable and accessible health care as oral health is still a neglected component in many countries. This review aims to determine integration of oral health into primary health care and provide an evidence-based synthesis on a primary oral healthcare approach. Searches were conducted in various databases like Biomed Central, MEDLINE, Cochrane databases, NCBI (PubMed), Sci-Hub, Google Scholar, and WHO sites. The studies included in this review are according to the following eligibility criteria: the articles in English language, the articles published from January 2000 to October 2018, and only full text article. The search yielded 500 articles. After removal of duplicates: 410 articles screened based on title and abstract, 100 full text articles were assessed for eligibility, and 30 full text articles were included. This review showed evidence how oral health is related to general health: focused on common risk factor approach and bidirectional relationship. There are various ways of integration, such as interprofessional education, interprofessional collaborative practice, closed-loop referral process, and various public and private partnerships, and at the same time, there are a lot of barriers in integration. Thus, the primary oral health care needs to be developed as an integral part of primary health care. Consequently, there is a need to increase finance, health care workforce, government support, and public–private partnership to achieve the goal of affordable and accessible health care, i.e. health for all.

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Section: Medical–dental Integrationmentioning

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Integration of oral health into primary health care: A systematic review

Prasad

Manjunath

Murthy

et al. 2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…Vertical colonization of Streptococcus mutans from mother to child is well documented. Studies have shown that these Streptococcus are initially acquired by children from their mothers at around 2 years of age, which is the window of infectivity [14].…”

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Perspective Chapter: Oral Health and Community Prevention in Children

Díaz-García¹,

Hernández-Santos²,

Olmedo-Sánchez³

et al. 2023

Pediatric Dentistry - A Comprehensive Guide

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The child population is the most affected by the presence of caries. A preventable disease, which causes pain and school absenteeism, generates a significant expense in its treatment. If left untreated, it causes early tooth loss and malocclusion. Altering the quality of life at an early age leaves sequels. Primary care is essential in the prevention of oral diseases. Contact with the health team in first-level medical units, which begins during pregnancy and continues in the following stages of the child, plays an important role in its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Across the health system, these primary care practitioners play an important role in children oral health which includes provide preventive care, referral to dentists or dental care providers and caries risk assessment. This team will know how to refer the child to the dentist specialized in the treatment. This strategy largely represents community prevention. To this must be added the family, and the school, making use of the promotion of oral health in favor of children. Efforts to prevent childhood dental caries cannot only focus on individuals and their biology and behaviors individually. It should consider the backup determinants of children’s dental health as well.

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“…Although the notion of integrated oral health care through a multi-disciplinary team approach has been touted as a key strategy to broaden the delivery of oral health promotion services ( 38 ), this seemingly uncomplicated patient/client centered initiative continues to face challenges in many parts of the world, as indicated earlier ( 39 , 40 ). The question begs: why is this so?…”

Section: Opportunities For Improved Oral Health Care Delivermentioning

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Public Oral Health Care During COVID-19: Time for Reflection and Action

Singh

2021

Front. Med.

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Primary Oral Health Care in India: Vision or Dream?

Cited by 7 publications

References 96 publications

Integration of oral health into primary health care: A systematic review

Integration of oral health into primary health care: A systematic review

Perspective Chapter: Oral Health and Community Prevention in Children

Public Oral Health Care During COVID-19: Time for Reflection and Action

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