DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2017.v04i03.008

Pages: 121-124

Oral health of children living in developed countries has improved remarkably over the last few decades; many children especially in the developing countries still continue to suffer from oral diseases such as dental caries, gingivitis & dental malocclusion. There are many reports and studies which report risk factors associated with the development of oral disease in children but none of them provide a strategy to determine accurately which infant at birth will develop oral diseases later in its life course. To develop such strategy there is need for early identification & management of risk factors at the earliest in the life course ( within 1st year of infant life), which can be achieved only by the CONCEPT OF PREVENTION of oral diseases. The answer for implementing concept of prevention lies in seeking professional counseling and services as early as possible. Keeping this idea in mind this paper tries to discuss the concept of Dental Home and its various strategies that can be employed by the developing countries like India to take a step forward for better oral health of the entire nation starting from childhood.