Oral Health in Portugal: Small Steps in the Right Direction

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Bernardete Machado Carlos Albuquerque

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Carlos Albuquerque
USF Infante D. Henrique, ACeS Dão Lafões

A B S T R A C T

Oral diseases remain a major public health problem, due to its high prevalence and consequences, however, in Portugal, oral health indicators have been improving over the last few years. This is associated with the implementation of various strategies in health promotion, prevention and early treatment of oral diseases, with an important reinforcement of public sector intervention. It is important to revisit what measures have been implemented, how effective they are and how to improve them.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Fri 01, Nov 2019
Accepted: Fri 15, Nov 2019
Published: Fri 29, Nov 2019

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© 2023 Carlos Albuquerque. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2019.05.03