Abstract

Dental neglect indicates that how known knowledge of oral health care are not fulfilled which fails to do the proper maintenance...

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  • Dental neglect indicates that how known knowledge of oral health care are not fulfilled which fails to do the proper maintenance of oral cavity

  • A significant higher dental negligence score was found among those parents who resided in the suburban area and whose educational qualification was higher secondary only and those who had visited the dentist only after the development of symptoms in their children

  • Among the parents whose educational qualification was higher secondary only, those who resided in the suburban area and those who went to see dentist only after the development of symptoms in their children have shown poor health status

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Introduction

Dental neglect indicates that how known knowledge of oral health care are not fulfilled which fails to do the proper maintenance of oral cavity. For proper oral health care people need to be aware of the dental problem consequences. A healthy oral cavity allows an individual to communicate, have food and participate in social activities without having any disease, discomfort or difficulty. Having oral disease can be expensive in terms of money and life style can be changed [1]. It was found that there is a great deal of severity of dental neglect worldwide [2]. Dental neglect indicates that parents or guardians fail to give the necessary oral health requirements such that the child can take pleasure in function and free from disease, where reasonable means are accessible to parents or caretaker

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