Acculturation and Oral Health: A Review.

Darshana Bennadi, Sibyl S,

Abstract

With the swelling number of immigrants around the world, there has been a growing concern about the gradual process of acculturation; Acculturation which leads health and oral health disparities. Now a days it is one of the major public health challenge which require development of measures that captures its positive and negative effects on individuals and community at large. This review has focused on its measurement and impacts on oral health.