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Review
. 2014 Sep;8(9):ZE10-1.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9330.4900. Epub 2014 Sep 20.

Social capital and oral health

Manu Batra  1 , Pradeep Tangade  2 , Yogesh Chand Rajwar  3 , Subha Soumya Dany  4 , Prashant Rajput  4
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Review

Social capital and oral health

Manu Batra et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Social determinants have always been an important element of the oral health. It has been seen that social aspects like the organizations and relations influence the health of population. A new domain named social capital has come up into limelight which refers to "features of social organization, such as trust, norms and networks that can improve the efficacy of society by facilitating coordinated actions". The bonds between individuals, both in intimate relationships and in voluntary associations have been claimed to have health promoting effects. Oral health can never be segregated from general health as they are bidirectional in their relationship. Therefore determinants of general health and its promotion are interlinked with that of oral health. So, this review tries to figure out the effects of social capital on various aspects of oral health.

Keywords: Community; Population; Social determinants.

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