Human Mouth

Human mouth is the most sensitive biological indicator of the health status. Right from birth, mouth plays an important role, Besides communication with the external world, the vociferous cry of a child announcing its birth is through the mouth, The demand for food, nutrition and attention is expressed through the medium of the mouth, Sucking of the mothers milk is through the mouth, And psychological pleasures of sucking, be it thumb, nipple or soothers, are also through the mouth. Expressions of joy, sorrow, anger or anguish are portrayed through the mouth. With the passage of time, mastication and speech become the essential functions of this all important cavity - the mouth.

Unfortunately, the human race has taken this cavity for granted and has subjected it to a variety of insults and abuses. Smoking, tobacco, betel nut and pan, alcohol, condiments - all cast their affect on this highly sensitive cavity. The Tobacco Intervention Initiative and Spot Centers are preventive mechanisms aimed at improving oral health. Nutritional deficiencies, hormonal disturbances, blood disorders, allergies and emotional anxities and tensions of modern living, all leave their imprint on oral cavity. The delicate tissues of the oral cavity react and react violently, to these different insults leading to range of diseases afflicting the mouth

Source Oral Health, Mumbai February 2014 Issue