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What do dentists mean by ‘oral health’?

It’s important to remember that oral health is just a part of general health and we cannot call ourselves ‘healthy’ without good oral health as well. The Department of Health in 1994 came up with the following definition of oral health, as ‘a standard of health of the oral and related tissues which enables an individual to eat, speak and socialise without active disease, discomfort or embarrassment and which contributes to a general well-being’.

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