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_KEY POINTS_ * Resources are scarce. To get the most out of the available resources, we need to make choices. * Bad choices about investments in preventing versus treating oral diseases
means that we do not achieve the highest level of oral health that would be attainable with the available resources. * The cost of inaction on strengthening oral disease prevention is
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customer support REFERENCES * Listl S, Grytten J I, Birch S. What is health economics? _Community Dent Health_ 2019; 36: 262-274. * Watt R G, Daly B, Allison P _et al._ Ending the neglect of
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coverage. _Bull World Health Organ_ 2021; 99: 407. Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Professor of Translational Health Economics; Oral Health Section,
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Germany Stefan Listl Authors * Stefan Listl View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
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