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Health Education Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, 307-313, 1986
© 1986 Oxford University Press

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Some challenges facing dental health education

Elizabeth J. Kay1 and Anthony S. Blinkhorn2

1Department of Community Medicine, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12
2Community Dental Research Group, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ UK

This paper examines the impact of the decline in dental caries rates in the developed countries and its implications on dental health education research. The design and implementation of health education programmes in developing nations are investigated. Health education is then discussed in terms of the dental profession, the developments in professional advertising, advances in clinical dentistry, mass media and the limited success of water fluoridation projects. It is argued in the conclusions that dentists, other health professionals and behavioural scientists must collaborate on research so as to give dental health education greater academic credibility and thereby aid its contribution to community dental health.


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