World Health Organization global oral health strategies for oral health promotion and disease prevention in the twenty-first century
Petersen, P.; Kwan, S. · Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung · 2009 · Heft 4 · S. 100 bis 104
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Zusammenfassung
Despite great improvements in oral health in the past decades, oral disease remains a major public health problem worldwide. The burden of oral disease is particularly high among the disadvantaged population groups in both developing and developed countries. The pattern of oral disease reflects distinct risk profiles across countries that are related to living conditions, lifestyles, environmental factors, and the availability and accessibility of oral health services. In several developing countries, people at large do not benefit from preventive oral health programmes. It is expected that the incidence of dent…