Oral Health: Lecture 5- Primary Oral Health Care Strategies

Question 1

The primary health care activities that are most relevant to oral health are: (3)

Answer 1

Education

Promotion of lifestyles that stress a healthy diet and life

Prevention through daily self care and regular check-ups

Question 2

By integrating primary care and oral health, several issues can be addressed, such as: (5)

Answer 2

Decreasing emergency room visits for preventable dental conditions

Improve chronic disease management and prevention.

Address significant oral health care access issues by expanding entry points into the dental care system, especially for underserved and at-risk populations.

Ease patient apprehension and anxiety about visiting the dentist by facilitating the use of interdisciplinary techniques to overcome those fears.

Provide significant cost savings to the health care system by controlling for and reducing risk factors common to dental diseases and various chronic diseases such as diabetes