Functional Oral Health Literacy To War Against Periodontal Diseases
The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions is what we call Health Literacy. In connection with oral health, health literacy is a relatively new concept, Oral health requires a close partnership among individual, professional and community services. Oral health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate oral health decisions. The focus here is on functional oral health literacy. A call for a focus and study of oral health literacy is urgent to everyone to fight periodontal disease and other oral health problems, otherwise to promote superior oral hygiene. While there has been a modest amount of research regarding health literacy and medicine, especially concerning chronic diseases or conditions, to date little research has been conducted on the impact of health literacy on oral health.
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