Epidemiology of dental caries and the level of oral health literacy among adolescents in rural and urban areas of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Epidemiology of dental caries and the level of oral health literacy among adolescents in rural and urban areas of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Introduction: The literature review indicated that oral health is a serious health issue among Indian school adolescents. In India, less than 5% of adolescents have access to organised public dental health services in order to identify and treat dental caries at an early stage. Oral health literacy is important for adolescents to prevent and manage dental caries in their permanent teeth. Currently, there is no formal oral health education available in both the primary and secondary level scho...

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Doctoral

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2015

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Veerasamy, Arthi

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10824

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Oral Health Literacy / Dental Caries in Tamil Nadu / Oral Health Promotion / Dental Caries / Adolescent oral health / Dental Caries in India

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