Journal and Conferences of Dentistry

We are living in an era in which community experience for students is becoming a more essential component to the mission of dental education. Dental Public Health aims to improve the oral health of the population through preventive and curative services. The introduction of mobile clinics into dentistry dates back to 1924.  Mobile Dental Vans They have been successfully used to provide dental treatment to schools, disabled patients, rural communities, industries and armed forces of various countries. Outreach programs using Mobile Dental Vans (MDV) are desirable model of clinical practice in a non-conventional setting, and help the student to disassociate the image that best dentistry can only be practiced in conventional clinical settings. Read More>>>>>>>>>

The importance of maintaining good oral health is seen under a new prism. The oral cavity is described as the mirror of the body. In fact, many diseases appear first in the mouth before they manifest systemically and they frequently requires supervision from both medical and dental practioners as a multidisciplinary approach. Mouradian defines oral health as ‘‘encompassing all the immunologic, sensory, neuromuscular and structural functions of the mouth and craniofacial complex.  Oral health influences nutrition and growth, pulmonary health, cardiac health and various societal functioning.” Thus oral health is an essential component of general health. Poor oral health and untreated oral diseases and conditions can have a significant impact on quality of life. It implies being free of chronic oro-facial pain, oral and pharyngeal carcinomas, birth defects such as cleft lip and palate, and other diseases and disorders that affect the oral, dental and craniofacial tissues, coll...