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Sir, we read with interest the letter by Dr Stevens on children's oral health (BDJ 225: 96) in particular in relation to parents and their children in many developing and underdeveloped countries through mobile apps for oral hygiene and oral health information from dentists and oral health professionals.
In developing countries like India, large numbers of infants and children living in rural areas and also in urban areas (in lower socioeconomic groups) have no access to dental care. Oral health is often neglected and so prevention and public health promotion programmes can be effective in preventing dental caries and gingivitis in children under five years of age.1
At present mobile phones are used by the majority of people, in lower socio-economic groups also, even in rural areas and as suggested by Dr Stevens, mobile apps can be of great help in promoting oral health where dentists are not readily available.
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Math, M., Kattimani, Y., Khadkikar, R. et al. Technology in dental care: Oral health by mobile phone. Br Dent J 225, 796 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.987
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