Teeth : the story of beauty, inequality, and the struggle for oral health in America /
This book takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health. The book's subjects inc...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
The New Press,
[2017]
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1701649 |
Sommario:
- Bad teeth. Beauty ; Suffering ; Emergencies ; The world beneath our noses
- The dental art. The birth of American dentistry ; Separate lives ; Adventurers and auxiliaries ; The system ; Color lines
- A sentinel event. Deamonte's world ; Riding into the epidemic ; Sons and daughters of Chapin Harris.