title: Primary Oral Health Care in India: Vision or Dream?
abstract: The contemporary approach to dental caries management in children focuses on prevention than treatment. Pediatricians, general dentists and pediatric dentists must be involved in a detailed preventive program, which includes prenatal counselling, treatment of expectant mothers at risk for dental caries, infant oral health care and the establishment of the dental home, so that dental disease can be prevented in infants, starting at a young age. Various health care system and organizations in India must join together to promote oral health care for all the children and specially focused toward children from disadvantaged background and children with special health care needs.
  Suresh KS, Kumar P, Javanaiah N, Shantappa S, Srivastava P. Primary Oral Health Care in India: Vision or Dream? Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(3):228-232.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kotumachagi S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Pravin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Lecturer and Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nagarathna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Javanaiah
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shantappa
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Srivastava
keywords: Dental home; Early childhood caries; Primary prevention.