Background: Leading Health Indicators (LHI) are a subset of Healthy People 2020 objectives, selected to communicate at- risk health issues and actions that can be taken to address them. The number of children, adolescents, and adults who visited the dentist in the past year has decreased nationally, suggesting that oral health continues to be a problem caused by barriers preventing access to oral services. Methods: Preliminary research was conducted on the LHI via the Healthy People 2020 website. Health-related peer reviewed articles were selected and reviewed. Results: Evidenced-based literature shows that economic, educational, and personal barriers prevent access to oral services. However, through health promotion and new intervention me...
Increasingly more responsive and accountable health care systems are demanded, which is characterize...
Item does not contain fulltextIntroduction: Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have ...
The growing proportion of older adults in the U.S. population, as well as escalating dental expendit...
Background: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), a subset of objectives for Healthy People 2020, were s...
Background: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), a subset of objectives for Healthy People 2020, were s...
Dental decay is one of the most common, yet preventable, chronic pediatric diseases in the United St...
UNLABELLED: Improving health is part of the Government's wider public health agenda and central to t...
During the 74th World Health Assembly, a resolution was passed aiming to achieve better oral health ...
Tooth decay and gum disease are two of the most common chronic health conditions in the United State...
Introduction: Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have a negative impact on both the...
Since the landmark report Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General 2000, the dental p...
Dental caries, periodontal diseases, tooth loss and oral cancers have significant burden of disease ...
The authors present data describing the level and extent of the general public's knowledge of oral d...
Background: Poor oral health can negatively affect the rest of the body, not just the mouth. To achi...
Despite vast improvement in global oral health, problems persist in many populations and communities...
Increasingly more responsive and accountable health care systems are demanded, which is characterize...
Item does not contain fulltextIntroduction: Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have ...
The growing proportion of older adults in the U.S. population, as well as escalating dental expendit...
Background: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), a subset of objectives for Healthy People 2020, were s...
Background: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), a subset of objectives for Healthy People 2020, were s...
Dental decay is one of the most common, yet preventable, chronic pediatric diseases in the United St...
UNLABELLED: Improving health is part of the Government's wider public health agenda and central to t...
During the 74th World Health Assembly, a resolution was passed aiming to achieve better oral health ...
Tooth decay and gum disease are two of the most common chronic health conditions in the United State...
Introduction: Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have a negative impact on both the...
Since the landmark report Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General 2000, the dental p...
Dental caries, periodontal diseases, tooth loss and oral cancers have significant burden of disease ...
The authors present data describing the level and extent of the general public's knowledge of oral d...
Background: Poor oral health can negatively affect the rest of the body, not just the mouth. To achi...
Despite vast improvement in global oral health, problems persist in many populations and communities...
Increasingly more responsive and accountable health care systems are demanded, which is characterize...
Item does not contain fulltextIntroduction: Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have ...
The growing proportion of older adults in the U.S. population, as well as escalating dental expendit...