Oral health in primary care medicine: Practice and policy challenges

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2074-2076

  Casamassimo, Paul S ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10244242527     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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