The purpose of Dental Health Economics is to apply principles of economics to practical problems of rationing the use of resources for effective dental health care services in response to the needs and demands of the patients. Cost of oral health care is rising rapidly due to heavy disease burden and technological changes and becoming unaffordable for many people around the world. Therefore, the economic aspect of dental health care is currently a matter of utmost importance.

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Dr. Dipayan Datta completed his MDS in Public Health Dentistry from the prestigious Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India. He has multiple publications and editorial board memberships in various national and international journals. Besides his academic career, he is actively involved in the consultancy of Biostatistics.