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A Symposium on Building a Coalition To Improve the Public's Oral Health: The Public's Oral Health and the Dental Research Community—Participant or Observer?
Author(s) -
Newbrun Ernest
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1985.tb01146.x
Subject(s) - public health , dental public health , oral health , public relations , political science , medicine , business , dentistry , nursing
Dental researchers may sometimes find themselves called upon to enter the public arena to promote or defend measures to improve the public's oral health. It is important, therefore, to keep up‐to‐date information at hand to supply to news media, public officials, and others, and to be aware of the opportunities and the pitfalls involved in communicating with the public.