PDF: The Oral Health Atlas - FDI
The first edition of the Oral Health Atlas, pub - lished in 2009, aimed at ‘mapping a neglected global health issue’. The extent of neglect has not changed in the intervening period, yet there are new and encouraging opportunities for action addressing oral diseases on a global scale.
Recognizing these opportunities, the
title of this second edition has been changed
to The Challenge of Oral Disease – A call for
global action.
This completely rewritten text is explicitly
directed at policy makers and key opinion
leaders.
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It has the clear purpose of acting as
an advocacy resource for all oral healthcare
professionals and those concerned about the
unacceptable global burden of oral disease.
The book brings together information, data and
facts on a broad range of topics related to oral
health.
It looks at the state of global oral health
through a public-health and population-fo
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cused lens, and clearly aims at supporting ad
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vocacy and action.
As this book shows, there are serious gaps in
recent epidemiological data on the major oral
diseases, particularly in low- and middle-in
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come countries. Thus, general awareness of oral
diseases among policy makers, health planners
and the health community at large remains
low.
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Existing interventions to prevent and con
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trol oral diseases are too often regarded as an
expendable luxury, rather than as a fundamen
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tal human right for everyone. Consequently, a
large proportion of the global burden of oral
disease remains unattended, and oral diseases
receive only a low allocation of resources for
surveillance, prevention, care and research.
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