Impacting oral health to address the multifactorial nature of oral disease will require which of the following?
A) Research
B) Cost to benefit ratio
C) Interprofessional collaboration
D) Closer relationships with third-party carriers of insurance

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Impacting oral health will require greater interprofessional collaboration to address the multifactorial nature of oral diseases. Developing alliances with other health care professionals can influence oral health in two ways. Dental professionals can impact the lives of these patients from a total health perspective. In addition, other health care professionals can become aware of the effect of oral health on the systemic conditions they are treating, and vice versa. Interprofessional partnerships have the potential to change the perception of oral health and overcome barriers to optimize preventive care. Research is one aspect of addressing the problems, as is understanding the cost to benefit ratio of programs. Closer relationships with third-party insurance carriers are not likely to impact the multifactorial nature of oral disease.

Impacting Oral Health to Address the Multifactorial Nature of Oral