Resumen

DIAZ CARDENAS, Shyrley; TIRADO AMADOR, Lesbia Rosa  y  VIDAL MADERA ANAYA, Meisser. Family health-focused dentistry. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.3, pp. 397-405. ISSN 0864-3466.

The objective of this article was to put forward the articulation of the family health with the dental practice in order to provide a more integrated health care model that encourages good oral health of patients and at the same time detects potential risk factors in lifestyles at the dentist's. The above-mentioned will allow the patients to finish his/her dental treatment with higher self-esteem, risk factors under control or eliminated, and increased health protection. In this way, it is possible to change a reductionist care into a systemic holistic care and to contribute to the formation of an integral dentist with humanistic qualities.

Palabras clave : family and community medicine; public health dentistry; preventive dentistry.

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