Access to Dental Health and Social Inequality: How the poor is alienated from advanced dentistry

Title
Access to Dental Health and Social Inequality: How the poor is alienated from advanced dentistry
Publication Date
2016-08
Author(s)
Jayasinghe, Ruwan
Gooneratne, Induwara
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5364-9944
Email: agunara2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:agunara2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sri Lanka Dental Association
Place of publication
Sri Lanka
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/53086
Abstract

Research has shown that the status of oral health has an association with general health of an individual. This means that if an individual suffers dental diseases, it is likely that the individual could also suffer other general health conditions. Similarly, research has shown that dental health is an important determinant of the health status of the individual.This means that an individual will feel sick and therefore will be unable to perform normal functions because of a dental disease. In addition, dental health improves the aesthetics, general profile and the outlook of the individual. All above indicate the importance of dental health care and social responsibility of any government to provide such dental care without any discrimination.

Link
Citation
Sri Lanka Dental Journal, 46(2), p. 39-40
ISSN
1391-0728
Start page
39
End page
40

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