Are Oral Health Disparities Merely Unfortunate or Also Unfair?: An Introduction to the Book.

Jos Welie

Are Oral Health Disparities Merely Unfortunate or Also Unfair? An Introduction to the Book.

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Oral health is an intrinsic part of overall health. The mouth is part of the digestive and respiratory systems; it is essential to spoken communication and facial expression; in fact, toothaches are among the most severe and hence debilitating kinds of pain that a person can suffer. The economic cost of dental disease is staggering, equaling an annual loss of some 20 million days of work in the US alone. But far more disastrous is the personal cost for those suffering from these conditions. More than 100 million US citizens lack dental insurance. There is widespread consensus that the result in

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Justice in oral Health Care.
Subtitle of host publication	Ethical and Educational Perspectives.
Editors	Jos Welie
Place of Publication	Milwaukee
Publisher	Marquette University Press
Pages	7-14
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	0874629349, 1435610741, 9780874629347, 9781435610743
ISBN (Print)	9780874626704, 0874626706
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Are Oral Health Disparities Merely Unfortunate or Also Unfair? An Introduction to the Book.

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