Slavkin H C
School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-0641, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2001 Dec;65(12):1323-34.
The Surgeon General's Report, Oral Health in America, is the first comprehensive assessment of oral, dental, and craniofacial health in the history of our nation. The intent of this report is to alert all Americans to the full meaning of oral health and its importance to general health and well-being across the life span. Moreover, the report has been released at a time of enormous changes in human history as well as opportunities. The convergence of public health policies, "quality of life" expectations, global informatics, a new century of biotechnology, the advent of nanotechnology, the completion of the human genome project, changes in the management of health care, and the acknowledgment of enormous health disparities heralds a call to action. These changes affect children and their caregivers and the elderly. They also affect the social, economic, and health issues associated with special patients, including those with developmental disabilities. This paper highlights dentistry's future and how oral health is broadening the impact on patient and community health and dental practice, with a focus on children's oral health. The paper provides recommendations and suggests a call to action.
美国卫生局局长报告《美国口腔健康》是我国历史上第一份对口腔、牙齿和颅面健康的全面评估。本报告的目的是提醒所有美国人注意口腔健康的全部意义及其对一生总体健康和幸福的重要性。此外，该报告发布之时正值人类历史发生巨大变化以及出现诸多机遇之际。公共卫生政策、“生活质量”期望、全球信息学、新世纪的生物技术、纳米技术的问世、人类基因组计划的完成、医疗保健管理的变化以及对巨大健康差距的认识等因素交织在一起，预示着需要采取行动。这些变化影响着儿童及其照料者以及老年人。它们还影响与特殊患者（包括发育障碍患者）相关的社会、经济和健康问题。本文着重介绍牙科的未来以及口腔健康如何正在扩大对患者和社区健康以及牙科实践的影响，重点关注儿童口腔健康。本文提出了建议并呼吁采取行动。
