The effect of changes in caries prevalence on oral health promotion--the United Kingdom experience.
Caries reductions have occurred in the majority of industrialised nations but the impact of these changes in dental disease on oral health promotion activity is not clear. A pilot study recorded the views of members of the Oral Health Promotion Research Group on how they had modified their approach to the task of providing appropriate oral health promotion. Two thirds stated that the caries reductions were not evident in the populations they served and the remainder were able to target interventions more accurately following the decline in caries. This pilot study has highlighted the fact that caries reductions are not universal and the reasons why some groups in society have not achieved a 'dental health gain' requires further investigation.
Blinkhorn
A S
AS
Department of Oral Health and Development, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, UK.
D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003256:Community Participation; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003752:Dental Health Services; D005006:Ethnicity; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D011640:Public Policy; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology