DENTAL MANPOWER OF INDIA

India is the most populous nation in the world with a 1.4 billion population due to its enormous population, to meet its demands for oral health, India needs more dental manpower.A dental auxiliary is a person who is given responsibility by the dentist so that he or she can help the dentist render dental care, but who is not qualified with a dental degree. in developing countries like India, the oral health promotion guidelines demonstrate ways to extend resources to meet a boarder base of needs.Workforce planning is an essential element in planning future health service provisions. Factors of supply and demand for dental services are changing, making it all the more important for workforce planning to prevent future projected shortages or surpluses. In a society that steadily increases its consumption of health services, a correspondingly increasing the workforce is needed.