Public Policy on Oral Health and Old Age: a Global View
This paper reviews major trends in the global demography and oral health status of populations, the challenges faced in ensuring successful aging because of these trends, and basic principles to guide public policy responses. Virtually all populations in which the dental caries prevalence reached...
| Main Author: | David E. Barmes, BDSc, DDSc |
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| Format: | Koleksi Audio Visual |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
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Blackwell Synergy
2000
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
This paper reviews major trends in the global demography and oral health
status of populations, the challenges faced in ensuring successful aging because
of these trends, and basic principles to guide public policy responses. Virtually all
populations in which the dental caries prevalence reached high levels in the first
half of the 20th century have experienced large reductions. A feared increase of
the disease in the developing world has been far less than expected. Some
countries that did suffer large increases dating from the 1960s already have
managed to return to their former low levels because of timely use of preventive
measures. Improving oral hygiene and a consequent reduction in the Occurrence
and severity of periodontal diseases further bolster the mainly positive trend in
global oral health. Only in the former socialist economies is oral health status
worsening. These positive changes have brought the expectation that an intact
and well-functioning dentition should last for life, no matter how extended the
lifespan becomes. |
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