PMID: 7546143Jul 1, 1995Paper

The public's oral health: the gaps between what we know and what we practice

Advances in Dental Research
Alice M Horowitz

Abstract

Health for All by the Year 2000 is a theme developed in 1979 by the World Health Organization. The theme includes oral health and is being promoted throughout the world. The advances in dental research make it possible to improve oral health and, concomitantly, general health. With the appropriate use of science-based, preventive regimens, dental caries and periodontal diseases can be prevented or controlled. Further, major risk factors for oral and lip cancer are known; thus, it is possible to reduce the incidence of these diseases. Available technologies, however, are useful only when they are used by appropriate user groups as recommended. The gaps between what is known about preventing oral diseases and what is practiced are often extensive. This presentation explores differences between scientific knowledge about risk factors for oral diseases and preventive regimens and procedures, public and professional knowledge and practices, and professional support for improved oral health through the application of primary preventive procedures, often referred to as "science transfer". Barriers to the adoption of preventive regimens and practices are discussed. Strategies using health education and health promotion for narrowing th...Continue Reading

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