Oral health policies in Brazil
Braz. oral res
;
23(supl.1): 9-16, 2009. graf, tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-528424
ABSTRACT
Since Oral Health policies in Brazil have been constructed according to circumstances and possibilities, they should be understood within a given context. The present analysis contextualizes several issues of the Brazilian Oral Health Policy, called "Smiling Brazil", and describes its present stage of development. Today it involves re-organizing basic oral health care by deploying Oral Health Teams within the Family Health strategy, setting up Centers of Dental Specialists within an Oral Health network as a secondary care measure, setting up Regional Laboratories of Dental Prosthesis and a more extensive fluoridation of the public water supply.
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Main subject:
Oral Health
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Family Health
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Dental Health Services
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Health Policy
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Health Promotion
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. oral res
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ministry of Health/BR
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Pan American Health Organization/BR
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World Health Organization/BR
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