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Physicians' awareness of oral-systemic links and its association with physician-reported patient referral to dentists.

Fatimah Al-HabibFatimah Al AbdulbaqiHala AlibrahimYasmin AlhamdanMuhammad Ashraf NazirJehan AlHumaid
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Most physicians in the study were aware of the oral-systemic disease links. Increased awareness of the oral-systemic disease links was significantly associated with the referral of patients to dentists and belief in improved patients' access to oral care services.
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