Surgeon general's report on oral health
Surgeon general's report on oral health
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DOI:
10.1093/phr/115.5.489
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发表时间:
2000-09-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Satcher, DS
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作者:
Satcher, DS
I recently issued the first-ever Surgeon General's report on oral health. This is the 51st Surgeon General's report issued since 1964, when Luther Terry issued his landmark report on tobacco and health. These reports have helped frame the sci-ence on vital health issues in a way that has helped educate, motivate, and mobilize the public to more effectively deal with these issues. It is my hope that this report will have a similar impact.When we speak of oral health, we are talking about more than healthy teeth. We are talking about all of the mouth, including the gums, the hard and soft palates, the tongue, the lips, the chewing muscles, the jaws-in short, all of the oral tissues and structures that allow us to speak and smile, to smell, taste, touch, chew and swallow, and to convey a world of feelings through facial