Interaction between salt fluoridation and comprehensive oral health promotion.
Health or disease status is the result of biological, behavioural, and social determinants. The components of health promotion focus specifically on these determinants. How the dissemination of fluoridated salt--a biological component of oral health promotion--interacts with both the determinants of health and the non-biological components of oral health promotion is discussed with respect to individual health behaviour, socio-economic health disparities, the physical and social environment, and the health education curriculum.
Magri
Felix
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Foundation for Oral Health Workers, Clinic for Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Dental Center, University of Zurich, Switzerland. magri@zui.unizh.ch
D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary
D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D005459:Fluorides