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. 2022 Jan 8;399(10320):127-128.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02842-7. Epub 2021 Dec 21.

Oral health problems are global and need to be addressed in the USA

Bruce A Dye  1 , Judith Albino  2 , Rena N D'Souza  3
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Oral health problems are global and need to be addressed in the USA

Bruce A Dye et al. Lancet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Financial support for the Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges was provided by NIH. BAD and JA served as lead editors for Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges and were involved in the writing of the executive summary, introduction, and conclusions sections of the reports and also in the review and editing of each of the report's six sections. RNDS is director of the NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and coordinated the preparation, review, and publication of the Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges report. We declare no other competing interests.

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