Women in Oral Health Promotion: 2021

We are delighted to present the inaugural Frontiers in Oral Health 'Women in Oral Health Promotion" article collection. At present, less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes are discouraging girls and women away from science-related fields. Science and gender equality are, however, essential to ensure sustainable development as highlighted by UNESCO. In order to change traditional mindsets, gender equality must be promoted, stereotypes defeated, and girls and women should be equally represented in the proportion of researchers worldwide.

Therefore, Frontiers in Oral Health is proud to offer this platform to promote the work of women researchers, across all fields of Oral Health Promotion.

The work presented here highlights the diversity of research performed across the entire breadth of Oral Health Promotion research and presents advances in theory, experiment, and methodology with applications to compelling problems.

Please note: to be considered for this collection, the first or last author should be a researcher who identifies as a woman.

Keywords: older adults, early detection, lifestyle factors, oral health promotion, access to oral healthcare, disparities in oral health, oral health of special populations

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.