Assessment of periodontal disease among the dental prosthetic and nonprosthetic wearers in an adult rural population in Mangalore taluk, South India

• Main Authors: Mallika Sadanand Shetty (Author), Saurabh Jain (Author), Uma M Prabhu (Author), Akshata G Kamath (Author), Savitha Dandekeri (Author), Mallikarjuna Ragher (Author), Sanath K Shetty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Oral health as an integral part of general health. Rural population neglect oral health as they lack awareness on oral diseases and also due to inadequate availability of dental services. There is a very high prevalence of chronic inflammatory periodontal disease in the rural Indian popu...