About this Research Topic
The issue of oral health persistently has been in the center for policy makers, scholars, dental practitioners and specialists involved, yet still the most widespread, noncommunicable diseases arise globally. Country socio-economic status and prospects are recognized as a core component in public, dental and oral health, consequently enhancing a quality of life of citizens through prevention of oral diseases and promoting community oral health. However, predominantly preventable oral diseases, such as untreated tooth decay (caries), gum (periodontal) disease, and oral cancer are aggravating chronic conditions causing a variety of inter-related problems at global, regional and national levels.
The latest WHO report, featured on 18 November 2022, Global Burden of Diseases (2017) and International Agency for Research on Cancer reports (2020), in addition to, series of Lancet papers (2019) on oral health challenges and radical actions, confirms of a necessity in holistic approaches in paradigms of oral health improvement. Nonetheless, availability of scholarly presented data sources and publications on chronic oral diseases are largely linked to countries belonging to developed countries and its numbers progressively heightened rather than to countries with economies in transition and developing economies. Therefore, the lack of data sources from developing countries to delineate the nature of oral health in a full scope are in demand to tackle the oral health burden regionally, subsequently globally.
In this Research Topic, for analytical purposes, we aim to summarize and discuss the policies, interventions and actions on chronic oral diseases explicitly targeting developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
The latest WHO report, featured on 18 November 2022, Global Burden of Diseases (2017) and International Agency for Research on Cancer reports (2020), in addition to, series of Lancet papers (2019) on oral health challenges and radical actions, confirms of a necessity in holistic approaches in paradigms of oral health improvement. Nonetheless, availability of scholarly presented data sources and publications on chronic oral diseases are largely linked to countries belonging to developed countries and its numbers progressively heightened rather than to countries with economies in transition and developing economies. Therefore, the lack of data sources from developing countries to delineate the nature of oral health in a full scope are in demand to tackle the oral health burden regionally, subsequently globally.
In this Research Topic, for analytical purposes, we aim to summarize and discuss the policies, interventions and actions on chronic oral diseases explicitly targeting developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
Keywords: Policy, Management, Intervention, Developing Countries, Chronic Diseases, Oral Health
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