Preventive dentistry: guidelines for the family physician
Davies, G.N.
Australian Family Physician 6(10): 1213-1218
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 588136 Document Number: 120828
The two major strategies of prevention are to decrease the intensity of attacking agents and to increase the resistance of the host tissues. The manner in which these principles can be applied to dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral mucosal diseases, oral cancer and traumatic injuries to the teeth is described.