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- Title
Burden of oral diseases (excluding dental caries, periodontal diseases and tooth loss) burden in India: A Mathematical Modelling Study - 2016.
- Authors
Rooban, Thavarajah
- Abstract
Brief Background The prevalence of Other dental disorders (ODD) (those except dental caries, periodontal diseases and tooth loss) has been sporadically reported and till date no large scale Indian epidemiological study are found in peer-reviewed literature. Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) offers a unique opportunity to study the ODD. Materials and Methods Using the GBD 2016 approach and accounting for gender and disability weight were accounted to calculate the prevalence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for ODD. Results Within the confines of the mathematical modelling it is estimated that 23395784 persons suffer from ODD. Of these, 10625412 were males and rest females. The prevalence rate of ODD was estimated as 1558 per 100,000 males and 2014 per 100000 females. On an average, Indians, irrespective of the age, 1778 persons per 100000 population suffer from ODD. Females appear to suffer more from OOD. In all, the model reveals that 681966 DALYs were lost accounting for 0.15% of all DALYs. On an average, 51.82 DALYs were lost per 100000 people with female suffering more. Discussion Within the confines of the current mathematical modelling, the Indian burden of OOD is significant accounting to about 2% of all population. With increasing lifestyle disorders, increasing geriatric cases and associated oral diseases among Indians as well as the reported professional indifference in managing ODD needs further studies in Indian context. The influence of age and gender needs to be studied along with individual cases.
- Subjects
DENTAL care; PERIODONTAL disease
- Publication
JIDA: Journal of Indian Dental Association, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 10, p19
- ISSN
0019-4611
- Publication type
Article