Rural Oral Health: Challenges and Pit Falls: Time to Recover  And Rebuild the Pathway: A Review Article

Authors

Shivanjali Grover1 , Meetika Pahuja2 , Sanchit Pradhan3 , Mohd. Akif, Kanchan Shukla4

Rural Oral Health, Dentist: Population ratio, accessibility, affordability, challenges

Health or oral health is right of every individual. Oral Health is basically a complete state of health which is

free of all discomforts. A state where eating, smiling and speaking is not hampered by any kind of discomfort

or disability.

Rural oral health care faces challenges both ways for dentists as well as for people residing in the particular

vicinity. These challenges can be listed as follows: dentist: population Ratio, literacy rate, accessibility,

availability, affordability, socio – economic status, malpractice.

There are few common barriers that a dentist faces while thinking of serving at a rural area. They can be

summarized as safety, basic amenities, monetary constraints, lack of professional skills, distance and a

compromised lifestyle.

Government and various Dental Associations are making repeated efforts to overcome these challenges and

pitfalls to uplift the rural oral health care.

Shivanjali Grover1 , Meetika Pahuja2 , Sanchit Pradhan3 , Mohd. Akif, Kanchan Shukla4

1 Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor, 3Assistant Professor, 4Lecturer. Department of Public Health Dentistry;

Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut