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. 2022 Sep 14;3:971223. doi: 10.3389/froh.2022.971223

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Model for holistic health through the oral cavity. The figure shows the interdependent relationships between general health and oral health integrated in a model of “layers” in which the factors/determinants that compose it interact, directly or indirectly, within and between the different levels of the organization. The first layer in orange are the bio-psychological determinants and diseases related to oral pathologies; the second layer in blue are the behavioral determinants, and finally the third layer in yellow are the socio-environmental determinants. In addition, the model includes in green the relationship between the different oral diseases and its natural history of the disease which are heritable through epigenetics mechanisms, and the relationship of the stomatognathic system with the musculoskeletal system.