TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Oral Health
A1  - Gonsalves, Wanda C.
A2  - South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2  - Matheny, Samuel C.
A2  - Lewis, Evelyn L.
Y1  - 2020
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e
AB  - Although  the  nation’s  oral  health  is  believed  to  be  the  best  it  has  ever  been,  oral  diseases  remain  common  in  the  United  States.  In  May  2000,  the  first  report  on  oral  health  from  the  US  Surgeon  General,  Oral  Health  in  America:  A  Report  of  the  Surgeon  General,  called  attention  to  a  largely  overlooked  epidemic  of  oral  diseases  that  is  disproportionately  shared  by  Americans.  This  epidemic  strikes,  in  particular,  the  poor,  young,  and  elderly.  The  report  stated  that  although  there  are  safe  and  effective  measures  for  preventing  oral  diseases,  these  measures  are  underused.  The  report  called  for  improved  education  about  oral  health,  for  a  renewed  understanding  of  the  relationship  between  oral  health  and  overall  health,  and  for  an  interdisciplinary  approach  to  oral  health  that  would  involve  primary  care  providers.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1173717711
ER  -