About this resource:
Source: Office of the Surgeon General
Last Reviewed: 2000
Workgroups: Access to Health Services Workgroup, Oral Health Workgroup
This report highlights deep, important disparities in the oral health of Americans. Reasons for such disparities are complex and can include:
- Social and economic factors
- Lack of community programs
- Lack of fluoridated water
- Lack of transportation to a clinic
- Inability to get time off from work
- Physical disability or other illness
- Lack of resources to pay for care
- Lack of dental insurance
- Limited public awareness that oral health is important
The report explains that health risk factors, like tobacco use and poor dietary practices, also affect oral health.
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Suggested Citation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Oral health in America: A report of the Surgeon General. Retrieved from https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2017-10/hck1ocv.%40www.surgeon.fullrpt.pdf
