Ten years of a national oral health policy in Brazil: Innovation, boldness, and numerous challenges

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1333-1337

  Pucca, G A ^a,b   Gabriel, M ^c,d   De Araujo, M E D ^c,d   De Almeida, F C S ^c,d  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Observatory for Oral Health Human Resources   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community dentistry; Community health services; Delivery of health care; Dental public health; Epidemiology; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84951748305     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034515599979     Document Type: Article

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