Main Themes | Sub-themes | References |
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Individual Factors | Fear & anxiety | |
Cultural and personal beliefs | [2, 7, 8, 11, 17, 21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 34, 37, 40, 42, 52, 55, 57, 63,64,65, 67, 69, 73, 75,76,77,78,79,80,81] | |
Preference for alternative medicine | ||
Time pressures | ||
Lack of awareness | [2, 7, 11, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 31, 36, 37, 40,41,42,43,44, 51,52,53, 57, 63,64,65,66,67, 70, 73, 75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82] | |
Higher risk for oral cancer and periodontal disease | ||
Patient Perception | [57] | |
Misc. Personal Barriers | ||
Socio-demographic Factors | Age [Infants (0–5 yrs.),Children (6–18 yrs.), Adults (Above 18 yrs.), Geriatric Patients] | |
Gender (Females, Transgender’s) | ||
Geographic Distribution (Rural, Urban) | [14, 16, 19, 21, 30, 31, 39, 44, 55, 57, 62, 64, 66, 68, 73, 81] | |
Underserved Areas (Resettlement Colonies, Urban Slums, Tribal People, Immigrants, Socially isolated) | [12, 14, 16, 21, 36, 40, 44, 54, 63, 64, 66, 69, 76, 80, 81] | |
Disadvantaged High Needs Group | ||
Socioeconomic Factors | [10, 14,15,16,17, 21, 30, 31, 44, 55, 62, 64,65,66, 68, 71, 78,79,80,81,82] | |
 | Deprivation | [14] |
Access Barriers & Facilitators | Inability to travel | |
Unable to afford the cost of care | [2, 7, 17, 19, 21, 24, 25, 34, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 52, 53, 55, 57, 67, 76, 77, 80] | |
Lack of public dental care | ||
High cost of private dental care | ||
Facilitators of oral health | [13,14,15, 17, 22, 30, 31, 55, 61,62,63,64,65,66, 68, 73, 79, 81, 82] | |
Deficiencies in Human Resources for Oral Health | Dental education and training | |
Human Resource planning and distribution | [2, 18,19,20,21, 23, 24, 31, 34, 36,37,38,39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55, 74] | |
Under and non-utilization of dental auxiliaries | ||
Shortcomings of Dental Service Provisions | Limitations of Public set-ups | [2, 11, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 36, 37, 39,40,41,42,43, 46, 52, 55,56,57, 67, 77, 78, 82] |
Dentist related factors | ||
Policy related issues | [2, 18, 19, 21, 23,24,25, 34, 36,37,38,39, 43, 46, 48, 50,51,52,53, 55, 80] | |
Restructuring of dental workforce development strategies | Dental education and training reforms | [7, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 23,24,25, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41,42,43,44,45, 48, 50, 51, 55, 56, 66, 70, 72, 74, 86] |
Dental workforce related reforms | [18,19,20, 22,23,24,25, 30, 31, 36,37,38,39, 42,43,44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 74, 86] | |
Modifications in oral health policies and practices | Public Health related reforms | [2, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20,21,22,23,24,25, 30,31,32, 34, 36, 37, 41,42,43,44,45,46, 48, 51,52,53, 62, 66,67,68, 73, 74, 82, 83, 86] |
Oral Health Promotion related reforms | [2, 11, 12, 14,15,16,17, 21,22,23,24, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40,41,42,43,44,45, 48, 50,51,52, 55, 56, 62, 65, 67,68,69,70, 73, 77, 82, 83] | |
Policy related reforms | [2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18,19,20,21,22, 25, 30, 31, 34, 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44, 46,47,48, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57, 62, 63, 65, 74, 84] | |
Infrastructure Reforms | [2, 19, 21, 22, 24, 34, 36,37,38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 56] |