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Achieving Oral Health by the Year 2000

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The purpose of this chapter is to examine the contrasting trends in oral health between the technically developed and developing countries in the context of WHO/FDI’s oral health goals,1 discuss the reasons for these trends, and make suggestions on practical strategies to achieve an acceptable standard of oral health by the year 2000.

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  1. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    S. Prince Akpabio (Consultant, Oral Health, Clinical Lecturer)

  2. University College Hospital Dental School, University of London, London, England

    S. Prince Akpabio (Consultant, Oral Health, Clinical Lecturer)

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  1. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Thomas A. Lambo (Deputy Director General (Retired) (Deputy Director General (Retired)

  2. World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Community-Based Education for Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Stacey B. Day (Founding Professor and Director) (Founding Professor and Director)

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Akpabio, S.P. (1990). Achieving Oral Health by the Year 2000. In: Lambo, T.A., Day, S.B. (eds) Issues in Contemporary International Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3713-1_11

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