Overpopulation in India has created barriers to effective oral healthcare practices. With a population of over 1.2 billion, there is a dentist to population ratio of 1:9,000 in urban areas but only 1:200,000 in rural areas. Poverty, lack of accessibility due to remote locations, and other social and cultural factors prevent many Indians from receiving adequate dental care. National policies aim to promote preventive dentistry and establish a rural healthcare system focused on prevention over treatment. However, without population control and increased funding for public dental services, overpopulation will continue posing significant challenges to India's oral healthcare system.

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Dental & Medical Foundation
(Registered under society registration act 1860, New Delhi, India)
Presented By:
Ashish kumar
Intern

2. POPULATION EXPLOSION & ORAL
HEALTH CARE PRACTICES IN INDIA
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3. An Overview
Indian Population
 Population of over 1.2 billion,
 currently over 1,80,000 dentists,
 include 35,000 specialists practicing in different
disciplines.
 Dentist: population ratio-1:9,000 dentists in metros
/ urban and semi urban areas and 1:2,00,000
dentists in the rural area.
 Number of dentists is expected to grow to 300,000
by 2018 and the dental specialists to 50,000.
 More than 24500 dental graduates are added to
the list every year.
3Ref: Text book of public health & preventive dentistry- Soben peter’

4. India in world population
•1210.2 million(INDIA ALONE) & World population 7.4 billion.
•Almost equal to combined population of U.S.A, Indonesia,
Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Japan put together the
population of these 6 countries totals 1214.3 million!
•Population of India in increased by more the 181 million
during decade 2001-2011.
•Absolute addition is slightly lower than population of
Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.
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Ref: www. censusindia.gov.in/
•6 countries totals
1214.3 million!

5. Population explosion
Barrier to oral health care delivery system in
India
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Population explosion leads to Barrier in Oral healthcare practices
•Affordability
•because of inadequate financial status & High cost.
• accessibility
• because of geographic barrier.
• Age, Gender & occupation barrier.
• Poverty
• the biggest barrier.
• Social & cultural barrier.
• lack of information about dental beneficiary .
• Sustainability
• workforce barrier & barrier with in dental
professional.

7. First Steps to overcome that barrier
National oral health policy
formulated by the DCI through input
of 2 national workshop organized in
1991 & 1994 at Delhi & Mysore
respectively.
Headed by Padmashri Dr. L.K.
Gandhi Sir.
Point of focus:
Promotion of preventive dentistry.
7Ref: Book on ‘National oral health policy’/idst library

8. Oral HealthCare Practices &
Dental Industry in India 8

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What we expect!
Indian oral Healthcare Practices Should Be:

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But What we are! Mostly we are like this

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Basically what we are trying to say
Our
Practice
Affected!
Overpopulation

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FACT RELATED TO ORAL HEALTH
PRACTICES IN INDIA
Oral health care services are
very less in rural area.
1:2,00,000 dentists in the rural
area.
Because people residing in
rural area are unable to pay for
healthcare service provided to
them.
Unfortunately, Periodontal
conditions usually increase with
age and are found more in rural
areas. Ref: www.who.int/oralhealth

13. Health care delivery system.
Socio-demographic profile of the population.
a). Socio-economic status
b). Literacy rate
c). Health indicators e.g. maternal and infant mortality rate, life
expectancy etc.
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Health of a population depends on

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Foundation of Rural Health Care System

15. “Health for
All”:A need!
74% of population reside in rural
area, with only 20% of health
professional to serve them.
currently most of healthcare
facilities including oral health are
oriented towards treatment or
curative aspect rather than
prevention or health promotion, as
needed by national oral health policy.
Only 15 – 20% of people in India are
able to get dental services through
national schemes.
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INDIAN DENTISTRY NEED!
Balance between population and dental economy of India
Indian Dental industry: Motherland of world
dental economy

17. Dental Industry in India
Total Indian healthcare market 60 billion US$.
 Industry is expected to grow to 150 billion US$ by
2017.
largest services sectors, contributing 2% to the
country's GDP.
80-85% of people are spending money from their
pocket.
17Ref: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1266161/industry_insight_indian_dental_market

18.  Surprisingly, only 1% of the total
GDP is allocated for public
healthcare moreover, there is no
specific separate allocation for oral
health-care.
whereas other smaller Southeast
Asian countries with smaller
population allocate nearly the same
amount or more for health related
activities.
 Even Maldives is spending 7.1% of
its GDP on health-related activities.
Financial Support By Indian Government
To The Health System of India
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19. Conclusion
Major missing link is the absence of a primary health
care approach due to Overpopulation.
Also At present, in rural India one dentist is serving 2.5
lakhs of people whereas; the overall ratio of dentists to
population in India is 1: 10,000.
There is no specific budget by Govt. of India For oral
healthcare system of India, which is now the urgent
need.
About more than one million unqualified dental
health-care providers, or 'quacks', in India.
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1. Population control and prevention to
reduce the quantum of treatment
requirements.

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2. Increase the employment of dentists
in public sector.

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3. Remaining vacancies should be
filled by the concerned authorities.

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4. Increase public
awareness by dental
health camps and use of
mass media.

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5. Control the dentists: population ratio

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6. Revaluate the national oral health policy.

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7. Educate the public about family
planning.

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