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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Community based schoolchildren's oral health programmes, Kuwait 1985--1998
R E Morris1, F Al Za'abi, J Behbehani
1morriskwt@yahoo.com
Aim:
To describe the development of children's oral health programmes in Kuwait and present selected results and expected outcomes based on specific markers. To provide a basis for choosing best outcomes to develop public health policy and implement future programmes.
Method:
Assessment of the health, structural, cost and benefit changes in the oral health sector that resulted from policy decisions and implementation through different approaches in the period 1986--1998.
Results:
Analysis has provided a basis for selection of appropriate methodologies to be implemented in the country.
Conclusions:
The regional programme consisting of full immediate prevention coverage with fluoride lozenges, periodic fluoride rinses, multi-operator care teams, flexible and moveable equipment appears to have provided the best potential within the Kuwait context during this period.
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