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Concepts of health and disease and caries prediction: a literature review
Author(s) -
ERIKSEN HARALD M.,
BJERTNESS ESPEN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1991.tb01057.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , disease , bridge (graph theory) , oral health , dental health , incidence (geometry) , dentistry , family medicine , psychiatry , pathology , social science , physics , sociology , optics
— Biomedical determinants of dental caries have been more extensively investigated than psychosocial factors and their impact on caries prevalence and incidence seems to be greater. However, a majority of these investigations relate to children and adolescents. An implementation of social and psychologic variables may be more relevant regarding dental caries in adults. In addition, a multidisciplinary approach might improve our understanding of dental caries as a multifactorial disease and bridge the gap between a biomedical concept and a more holistic approach to dental health.