title: Family matters: Influence of biology and behavior on oral health.
abstract: The family influences the oral health of other family members through biologic and behavioral factors and their interactions over the lifespan. Community and environmental factors also influence oral health. These factors are described and examples are provided. Ways are suggested to translate some of the research findings and incorporate family and contextual factors beyond what the individual in the dental chair presents into dental practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D005195:Family Relations; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans