title: Prevention as a treatment of excellence--a view from Mexico City.
abstract: Using survey data from Mexico City recorded in 1982 and 1989, the results of this paper suggest that practice-based, disease-orientated, one-to-one technical dentistry is failing to solve the problems of oral health. Prevention constitutes a much better alternative as it can be provided for a greater number of people, more easily and more cheaply. Recommendations are made on how dental practitioners can adopt measures to change professional behaviour in order to institute preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lopez-Cámara
mesh_terms: D003149:Community Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*