Title: Retaining innocent smiles: Oral health promotion through health education
Abstract:
Prevention of oral diseases has been the corner stone of Public Health Programs. Prevention can well be achieved by motivation of young population starting from an early age. This approach shall be more apt for a nation with larger population with diversified cultural, language and traditional backgrounds. Oral Health Curriculum should be customised to different school grades with activities encouraging oral hygiene. The concept goes especially significant for children since most permanent teeth erupts at school going age and negligence of oral health will have a long-lasting effect extending into the individual’s adult life. The early care of oral health will be significant in reducing the oral disease burden of the entire population for future generations to come.
