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Transcultural Oral Health Care: 6. The Oral Health of Minority Ethnic Groups in the United Kingdom – A Review

From Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2001 | Pages 30-34

Authors

Niharika Dhawan

BDS, DDPHRCS, MSc

Research Fellow, WHO Collaborating Centre for Disability, Culture and Oral Health, National Centre for Transcultural Oral Health, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London

Articles by Niharika Dhawan

Raman Bedi

BDS, MSc, DDS, FDS RCS

Professor and Head, WHO Collaborative Centre for Disability, Culture and Oral Health, National Centre for Transcultural Oral Health, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University of London

Articles by Raman Bedi

Abstract

The 1991 census of England and Wales estimated that the minority ethnic population was almost 2.95 million, or 6% of the total population of the UK. The aim of this paper is broadly to describe the oral health status and trends among minority ethnic groups to enable a clearer formulation of strategies to improve their oral health.

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