%0 Journal Article %T PROMOCI¨®N DE LA SALUD BUCAL DE LAS PERSONAS PRIVADAS DE LA LIBERTAD: UNA OBSERVACI¨®N ACAD¨¦MICA %A Rocha Buelvas %A Anderson %A Alfonso Pati£¿o %A ¨¢lvaro %A Narva¨¦z %A Mary Sol %J Biosalud %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X a lo anterior se le suma evidencia jur¨ªdica de la deficiente infraestructura humana y f¨ªsica de las c¨¢rceles, la falta de reconocimiento de los problemas de salud bucal y la problem¨¢tica manifiesta del estado de la salud bucal de esta poblaci¨®n en pa¨ªses en v¨ªas de desarrollo. cabe destacar que la responsabilidad estatal respecto al derecho a la salud se ve maximizada en esta poblaci¨®n al ser considerada como vulnerable y subordinada a este. el presente art¨ªculo pretende, desde una perspectiva acad¨¦mica, valorar la promoci¨®n de la salud bucal en personas privadas de la libertad. this article emphasizes, through empowerment, the possibility to exercise the right to health in people deprived of their freedom. from the standpoint of quality of life as a fundamental component of health, it is presumed that in colombia there exists a serious deterioration specifically in oral health and its promotion in people deprived of freedom. to what was said above it can be added the legal evidence of the poor human and physical infrastructure of prisons, the lack of recognition of oral health problems and the problems evidenced in the oral health status of this population in underdeveloped countries. it is important to highlight that the state responsibility regarding the right to health is maximized in this population when it is considered as vulnerable and subordinated to it. this article aims to assess the promotion of oral health in people deprived from freedom from an academic perspective. %K right to health %K prisoners %K health promotion %K colombia. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-95502010000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en