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World Dental 2019 Journal of Clinical Dentistry and Oral Health | Volume 3
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OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
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December 11-12, 2019 | Dubai, UAE
DENTISTRY AND
DENTAL MATERIALS
4th World Congress on
RURAL ORAL HEALTH: CHALLENGES
AND PIT FALLS-TIME TO RECOVER AND
REBUILD THE PATHWAY
Oral Health is a one of the major indicators of life that is affecting qual-
ity of life. Population residing in urban areas are benefited but popu-
lation living in rural areas face issues. As health professionals it gets a chal-
lenging to motivate and educate the population regarding maintenance
of oral hygiene as it is a major part of general hygiene as well. Lifestyle,
literacy rate, socio-economic status and also commuting are some fac-
tors that make oral health promotion a challenge. But building a pathway
towards healthy oral health is important as common oral health diseases
like dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral cancer and dental fluorosis
play major role is affecting quality of life. Meerut, a city of Uttar Pradesh,
India, is a city located in the western part of the state. The city is neigh-
bouring to the capital of India, but the major population is semi-urban
and rural. Promoting oral health is a challenge in this field as myths and
quacks still ruin the population in name of oral health. The present pre-
sentation aims to highlights the challenges author face and the pathway
they have developed to serve the population and promote oral health in
the district of Meerut.
Shivanjali Grover, J Clin Dentistry Oral Health 2019, Volume 3
Shivanjali Grover is MDS in Public Health Den-
tistry from Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental
Sciences, Lucknow and a graduate from Subhar-
ti Dental College and Hospital, Meerut. She has
done more than 200 outreach programmes to
promote oral health. She has also served in proj-
ects of Lifeline Express“The first hospital on train”
in world that was started in India by Impact India
Foundation. She has various publications to her
credit. She has also won awards in National and
International Platforms. She is a Life Member of
Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry.
Shivanjali Grover
Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, India
BIOGRAPHY
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