Promoting Oral Health

In many countries of the Americas, the high prevalence of dental caries in the population (more than 90% of schoolchildren may be affected) reflects the absence of an oral health strategy targeting the disease. And yet, the scope of this public health problem runs counter to advances many of these countries already have attained in other social indicators and in other aspects of public health. In 1994, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) drafted an initial strategy to implement caries pr