Global policy for improvement of oral health in the 21st century – implications to oral health research of World Health Assembly 2007, World Health Organization

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Programme has worked hard over the past 5 years to increase the awareness of oral health worldwide as oral health is important component of general health and quality of life. Meanwhile, oral disease is still a major public health problem in high income countries and the burden of oral disease is growing in many low- and middle income countries. In the World Oral Health Report 2003, the WHO Global Oral Health Programme formulated the policies and necessary actions to the continuous improvement of oral health. The strategy is that oral disease prevention and the promotion of oral health needs to be integrated with chronic disease prevention and general health promotion as the risks to health are linked. The World Health Assembly (WHA) and the Executive Board (EB) are supreme governance bodies of WHO and for the first time in 25 years oral health was subject to discussion by those bodies in 2007. At the EB120 and WHA60, the Member States agreed on an action plan for oral health and integrated disease prevention, thereby confirming the approach of the Oral Health Programme. The policy forms the basis for future development or adjustment of oral health programmes at national level. Clinical and public health research has shown that a number of individual, professional and community preventive measures are effective in preventing most oral diseases. However, advances in oral health science have not yet benefited the poor and disadvantaged populations worldwide. The major challenges of the future will be to translate knowledge and experiences in oral disease prevention and health promotion into action programmes. The WHO Global Oral Health Programme invites the international oral health research community to engage further in research capacity building in developing countries, and in strengthening the work so that research is recognized as the foundation of oral heath policy at global level.

Oral hygiene status in a general population of Iran, 2011: a key lifestyle marker in relation to common risk factors of non-communicable diseases

“…Globally, the greatest burden of oral diseases is on the socially marginalized and poor people (23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33). To tackle this public health issue in favor of human's life OH should be taken into consideration (34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39). Although STEPS suggests measuring OH as an optional module, it has only been included in the latest (sixth) round of the study in Iran.…”

Consumo de dentifrício e fatores associados em um grupo populacional brasileiro

“…O uso efetivo do flúor, recomendação prioritária da OMS para controle da cárie dentária 6 , deve ser foco de atenção da Odontologia. Dentre os aspectos que deveriam ser mais estudados é o aumento gradativo no consumo, verificado nos últimos anos.…”

“…Entre eles, destacam-se a expansão da fluoretação das águas de consumo humano, os diversos tipos de programas preventivos existentes e particularmente a disseminação do consumo de dentifrícios fluoretados. Isso fez que dentre as principais recomendações da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) para melhoria da saúde bucal na população mundial esteja o uso efetivo do flúor 6 . Quando análises de diferentes populações são realizadas em relação ao declínio da cá-rie, somente um método de prevenção é comum a todos os países: dentifrício fluoretado.…”

Uzman Tip Heki̇mleri̇ni̇n Peri̇odontal Durum Ve Si̇stemi̇k Hastalik Arasindaki̇ İli̇şki̇ İle İlgi̇li̇ Farkindalik Ve Yaklaşimlarinin Değerlendi̇ri̇lmesi̇

“…1 Dünya sağlık örgütü, periodontal hastalığın da içerisinde olduğu oral hastalıkların, ciddi sağlık problemi olduklarını ve dünya genelinde ağız sağlığı farkındalığının, genel sağlık ve yaĢam kalitesi için önemli bir durum olarak dikkate alınması gerektiğini belirtmiĢtir. 2 Güncel sistematik derlemelerde periodontal hastalık varlığının diyabet, erken doğum, düĢük doğum ağırlıklı bebek ve aterosklerotik kardiyovasküler hastalık için artmıĢ risk oluĢturduğuna dair bulgular rapor edilmiĢtir. [3][4][5][6] Dünya DiĢ Hekimleri Birliği ve Uluslararası Diyabet Federasyonu birlikte 2007 yılında, diyabet ve ağız sağlığı arasındaki çift yönlü bağlantıya iliĢkin, sağlık çalıĢanlarının farkındalığının geliĢtirilmesinin önemini vurgulamıĢlardır.…”