India is the second biggest country in the world with a population of
approximately 1-00 billion; India is providing 7000 dentists per annum. Yet the
dentist: population ratio is 1:30,000. India cannot afford to spend on the highly
expensive dental restorative treatment. In order to bring down the disease
prevalence and severity, the only alternative is to implement organized and Oral
Health preventive programme. Considering the problem of delivery of oral care to
such a populous country, the ART approach, which does not require sophisticated
and expensive dental equipment, might be appropriate for the management of dental
caries in India.