Dr Srinivas Sulugodu Ramachandra, Senior Lecturer at Kanti Devi Dental College, Dr Srikrishna Sulgodu Ramachandra, Assistant Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India, and Dr Mala Rao, Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health, argue that oral health is being neglected in the world’s second most populous country
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