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Oral health in Libya: addressing the future challenges

Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current state of oral health care in Libya and to explore the present trends and future challenges. Libyan health system, o...

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Autores principales: Peeran, Syed Wali, Altaher, Omar Basheer, Peeran, Syed Ali, Alsaid, Fatma Mojtaba, Mugrabi, Marei Hamed, Ahmed, Aisha Mojtaba, Grain, Abdulgader
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3965712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24666627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v9.23564
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author Peeran, Syed Wali
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description Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current state of oral health care in Libya and to explore the present trends and future challenges. Libyan health system, oral health care, and human resources with the present status of dental education are reviewed comprehensively. A bibliographic study of oral health research and publications has been carried out. The results point toward a common indicator that oral health–related research is low. Strategies have to be developed to educate the medical and dental professionals, to update the current curriculum and enable the system to be competent in all aspects of oral health care management.
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spelling pubmed-39657122014-04-24 Oral health in Libya: addressing the future challenges Peeran, Syed Wali Altaher, Omar Basheer Peeran, Syed Ali Alsaid, Fatma Mojtaba Mugrabi, Marei Hamed Ahmed, Aisha Mojtaba Grain, Abdulgader Libyan J Med Special Article Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current state of oral health care in Libya and to explore the present trends and future challenges. Libyan health system, oral health care, and human resources with the present status of dental education are reviewed comprehensively. A bibliographic study of oral health research and publications has been carried out. The results point toward a common indicator that oral health–related research is low. Strategies have to be developed to educate the medical and dental professionals, to update the current curriculum and enable the system to be competent in all aspects of oral health care management. Co-Action Publishing 2014-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3965712/ /pubmed/24666627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v9.23564 Text en © 2014 Syed Wali Peeran et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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