Title: ORAL HEALTH IN AMERICA, 2000 TO PRESENT: PROGRESS MADE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN.
Authors: Murthy, Vivek H.
Abstract: The article discusses the challenges that remain in the area of oral health in the U.S. despite its progress since 2000. Topics include the improvements in oral health among Americans since the May 25, 2000 report of then U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, "Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General," research showing how oral health links to conditions such as diabetes, and the Oral Health Strategic Framework, 2014-2017, of the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department.
Subjects: UNITED States; ORAL hygiene
Publication: Public Health Reports, 2016, Vol 131, Issue 2, p224
ISSN: 0033-3549
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100202

ORAL HEALTH IN AMERICA, 2000 TO PRESENT: PROGRESS MADE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN.

Murthy, Vivek H.