Last few decades research has paved way for advancement in mans understanding of light and rays and has changed out lives.Globally we have passed through industrialization with even developing countries having transitioned from agrarian economies to industrialized economies, which gave rise to the concept of world trade. Todays world is characterized and enabled by communication and technology age which can be called aptly as electronic age. A societys development is not measured only by its materialistic achievements and wealth accumulation. Besides socio economic development, other factors such as health, education, moral values as well as religious considerations do form a part of all round development. Advancement in technology has yielded a lot of benefit in terms of research and development of treatments for quite a few major diseases affecting the society and also has brought to light a lot of new diseases too.Today lifestyle diseases as well as genetic predispos ition to certain fatal diseases like cancer can be detected early and treated with multi pronged course of treatment that has been enabled by technology that has helped us invent advanced diagnostic equipements. Statistics reveal an interesting fact that the instance of dental diseases is on the rise in developed societies that have advanced due to industrialization and advancement of technology . Of course all along it has been believed that dental diseases were not limited to any particular strata of society. However further research has now shown that with increasing income levels and development of economy, the dental diseases are increasing amongst the affluent people. It can be deduced that generally oral hygiene and habits could be poor amongst the people with lower income. Because of poor oral hygiene they frequently fall prey to dental diseases and problems. It is surprising to hear of higher income groups and developed societies reporting higher dental problems. R esearch has been able to relate the effect of industrialization to the availability of more and more ready-made eatables with sugar in the markets, which are consumed widely by the people who can afford to buy. With juices, junk food and soft drinks etc, the amount of sugar going into our system is also increasing. Even in the developing economies, the development of rural markets, availability of better means of transportation has made available various products like chocolates and other sugary sweets to a wider population including rural society. This is in turn affecting the dental hygiene and related dental diseases. In 1979, the World Health Assembly passed resolution to move towards Health for all by 2000, following which FDI established specific oral health campaign designed to eradicate dental caries in children between ages five to six years. It is only with building awareness regarding dental diseases and training on preventive dental care that the dental health can be improved. The awareness building exercise needs to be run at national and international levels by Countries Governments. We too can do our bit by familiarizing ourselves with dental care and oral hygiene habits, practice them and train each of our family members to practice and maintain oral hygiene too.
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