Journal of Disability and Oral Health
- Cover Date:
- October 2001
- Print ISSN:
- 1470-8558
- Electronic ISSN:
- 1754-2758
- Vol:
- 2
- Issue:
- 2
Editorial
On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the original foundation of the British Society for Disability and Oral Health it is a privilege to be able to congratulate those who have nurtured the organisation to its present influential position. The opportunity has arisen also to reflect on the origins of the Society and the progress in its aims which have accrued in the intervening years. In 1968 a small Study Group was set up in Birmingham by the writer under the heading “ Principles and Practice of Dental Care for Patients with Chronic Disease and Disability”. It met annually until 1971. The purpose was to bring together a compact multi-disciplinary group of specialists representing dentistry, medicine, associated professions and social welfare whose common purpose was to improve the health care of disadvantaged patients and who had demonstrated a practical commitment. Of course dentistry has a place in these concerns for the impact of an oral disorder, the way it is approached and rectified has to be judg ed on the type of patient who needs help. These matters are well known to readers of this Journal.
- Article Price
- £15.00
- Institution Article Price
- £15.00
- Page Start
- 50
- Page End
- 50
- Authors
- Arnold Franks
Articles from this issue
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- The effect of topical metronidazole therapy and controlled oral hygiene procedures on periodontal disease in patients with Down syndrome – a clinical interventional study
- 54
- 62
- Day stay service for special needs patients requiring restorative dentistry – an audit of non attendance
- 63
- 65
- The oral health and treatment needs of adults with a learning disability living in private households in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, London
- 78
- 82