title: Aspects of dental health in adult rural population in Poland.
abstract: Using the literature on the subject, an assessment was made of the state of the oral health in rural population: dental state, periodontal diseases, state and needs for prosthetic rehabilitation. The articles presents possible causes of this state of things.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paedodontics, Medical Academy, Staszica 11, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szymańska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fetkowska-Mielnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016854:Dental Anxiety; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017266:Dental Prosthesis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation