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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 67 No. 3, 2013.

Review article

PREVENTION OF ORAL DISEASES

Marin Vodanović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1935-8657 ; University of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Dental Anthropology, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Oral health is essential to general health and quality of life. Ever more people are affected with oral diseases. Dental caries, gingivitis and periodontitis are the most common oral diseases and they can be prevented. Oral health promotion and oral disease prevention programs should be incorporated in national health strategies. Inability to understand health information can be a profound disadvantage to patients when asked to take responsibility for their health. Increasing the level of oral health literacy and improvement of communication between patients and dentists by avoiding the usage of professional dental terminology should be included in each oral prevention program.

Keywords

oral health; prevention; oral health literacy

Hrčak ID:

113385

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/113385

Publication date:

14.1.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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