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Oral diseases, while largely preventable, pose a major health burden for many countries and affect people throughout their lifetime, causing pain, discomfort, disfigurement and even death. It is estimated that oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people. Untreated dental caries (tooth decay) in permanent teeth is the most common health ...
Oral health is a key indicator of overall health, well-being and quality of life. It encompasses a range of diseases and conditions that include dental caries, Periodontal disease, Tooth loss, Oral cancer, Oral manifestations of HIV infection, Oro-dental trauma, Noma and birth defects such as cleft lip and palate. The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 estimated that oral diseases affect 3.5 ...
WHO’s Global oral health status report (GOHSR) provides the first-ever comprehensive picture of oral disease burden and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. This includes introducing oral health profiles of countries based on the latest available data from the Global Burden ...
Dental caries develops when bacteria in the mouth metabolize sugars to produce acid that demineralizes the hard tissues of the teeth (enamel and dentine). It affects general health and often causes pain and infection, which may result in tooth extraction. Dental caries is a major public health problem globally and is the most widespread noncommunicable disease (NCD). Everyone is at risk of ...
The report shows that almost half of the world’s population (45% or 3.5 billion people) suffer from oral diseases, with 3 out of every 4 affected people living in low- and middle-income countries. Global cases of oral diseases have increased by 1 billion over the last 30 years—a clear indication that many people do not have access to ...
The Global Oral Health Status Report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors, health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The Report also includes the first-ever country oral health profiles with key oral health information for each WHO Member State. The Report’s clear conclusion is that the status of ...
The World Health Assembly approved a .pdf">Resolution on oral health</a> in 2021, which affirms that oral health should be firmly embedded within the NCD agenda and that oral health-care interventions should be included in universal health coverage programs. This resolution on oral health requested WHO to translate the Global Strategy on Oral Health A75/10 Add.1 into an action ...
More than 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases. Untreated dental caries (tooth decay) in permanent teeth is the most common. Severe periodontal (gum) disease affects almost 10% of the global population and more than 530 million children suffer from dental caries of primary teeth. Oral diseases disproportionally affect the poor and socially-disadvantaged populations. Most oral diseases ...
The WHO Global oral health status report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors, health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The report’s clear conclusion is that the status of global oral health is alarming and requires urgent action. The report will serve as a reference for policy-makers and an orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across ...
This indicator belongs to a set of indicators whose purpose is to measure the dental caries situation/status. Oral health is essential to general health and quality of life. Oral diseases including dental caries (tooth cavity) limit an individual’s capacity to bite, chew, smile and speak, and affect psychosocial wellbeing.