Oral Health and Dental Management

A project/ study on the oral health status of geriatric Parsees

5^th American Dental Congress

October 05-07, 2015 Philadelphia, USA

Arnavaz M Havaewalaa

Uttaranchal Dental and Medical Research Institute, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

The Parsee community has, though very small in number, played a significant role in the development of independent India. Numerous studies have been done on the Geriatric Parsee population, chiefly to determine what is responsible for the longevity in lifespan of this particular community. However, no studies have been attempted/ done, on the oral health status of Geriatric Parsees .This author has, because of being closely associated with the Parsees, in fact belonging to this community, undertaken this study, with a view to gather and compile data on this unique community, which has an existing population of less than 70,000 in the world. The data collected and collated, will serve as an invaluable point of reference for all future studies.

Biography :

Arnavaz M Havaewalaa has obtained a Post-graduate degree in Oral Pathology & Microbiology under the guidance of Dr. H M Dholakia. She is a Professor and Head in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology with the Uttaranchal Dental and Medical Research Institute, India. She has presented many papers, chief among them being a case report on “Oncocytic Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland” at the International Congress on Oral Pathology & Medicine at Istanbu. She is a reviewer for the “International Journal of Oral Pathology” and Editor of the “Dental Voice”, a journal of the Indian Dental Association.

Email: arnavaz_h@hotmail.com