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Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action.
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Oral diseases affect over 3.5 billion people globally and oral health systems require radical reform, with dentistry needing greater integration with primary care and broader health systems.
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“Dentistry however has failed to tackle this problem.”
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“Such an approach has failed to tackle the global burden of oral disease; radical reform of dental care systems is now urgently needed.”
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“Twenty-first century dentistry has largely failed to combat the global challenge of oral diseases.1,10,11”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Abstract
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [1] 1. Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, et al. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990-2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. J Dent Res 2017;96:380-387. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports that oral health did not improve from 1990 to 2015 and calls for greater efforts and possibly a different strategy. The Conclusion says the growing absolute burden of untreated conditions was driven by population growth and aging. These findings support that the global problem remains unresolved, but the paper does not establish that dentistry itself caused or is solely responsible for that failure. (LLM, conf=0.83)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [10] 10. Cohen L, Dahlen G, Escobar A, Fejerskov O, Johnson N, Manji F. Dentistry in crisis: time to change. La Cascada Declaration. Aust Dent J 2017;62:258-260. source
- Not matchedcites [11] 11. Vujicic M. Our dental care system is stuck. J Am Dent Assoc 2018;149:167-169.
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“Problems in dental training and the mismatch between need and provision of care are compounded by the expansion of specialist practices in dentistry.44”
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What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [44] 44. Glick M, Monteiro O, Seeberger GK, et al. FDI Vision 2020 : shaping the future of oral health. Int Dent J 2012;62:278-291. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The sections “Shape a responsive educational model” and “Meet the increasing need and demand for oral healthcare” describe shortcomings in dental training and a mismatch between care offered and population needs (page numbers unavailable). The copy does not say that an expansion of specialist dental practices compounds those problems. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Households in LMIC face a significantly higher risk of impoverishment or even falling below the poverty line, if they have incurred excessive out-of-pocket payments for dental care.4”
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What the sources say
- Supportedcites [4] 4. Bernabé E, Masood M, Vujicic M. The impact of out-of-pocket payments for dental care on household finances in low and middle income countries. BMC Public Health 2017;17:109. source
The Abstract’s Results report that households paying for dental care had 1.65 times greater adjusted odds of impoverishment. The Abstract’s Conclusion says households with recent dental spending were more likely to fall below the poverty line, and the Discussion identifies a particularly strong impact in lower-middle-income countries. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Recently, Chalkley and Listl identified significant increases in the provision of potentially harmful dental radiographs when dentists received fee-for-service rather than salary payments.34”
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- Supportedcites [34] 34. Chalkley M, Listl S. First do no harm -The impact of financial incentives on dental X-rays. J Health Econ 2018;58:1-9. source
The Abstract states that dental X-rays are potentially harmful and reports significant increases in their use when dentists receive fee-for-service rather than salary payments. It does not claim that the additional X-rays caused harm, and neither does the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Payment and remuneration concepts favouring health outcomes, such as Pay-for-Performance systems, have shown some potential to improve quality and outcomes of care.[84][85][86]”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Rethinking oral health care and improving population outcomes
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- Not matchedcites [84] 84. The World Bank. Project Appraisal Document: Brazil Bolsa Familia Project. Report No. 28544-BR. Washington DC; 2004. Available from: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792901468770374532/Brazil-Bolsa-Familia-Project (accessed Nov 05, 2018).
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- Not matchedcites [85] 85. Eichler R. Can "Pay for Performance" Increase Utilization by the Poor and Improve the Quality of Health Services? Washington DC: Center for Global Development; 2009.
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- Could not verifycites [86] 86. Ramji S, Quiñonez C. Public preferences for government spending in Canada. Int J Equity Health 2012;11:64. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction discusses public funding and priority setting, while the Discussion addresses Canadians’ spending preferences; neither reports effects of pay-for-performance on care quality or outcomes. Searches for pay-for-performance and for payment incentives improving care found no relevant passage in our copy. Page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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“Unlike in medicine, in dentistry there is a only limited use of a wider professional team to deliver care.44”
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- Partly supportedcites [44] 44. Glick M, Monteiro O, Seeberger GK, et al. FDI Vision 2020 : shaping the future of oral health. Int Dent J 2012;62:278-291. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In “The way forward” (page unavailable), the paper calls for a new team-based model of oral healthcare and greater delegation to other health workers, which supports the idea that wider teams could be used more. It does not establish that their current use is limited relative to medicine. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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“Many dental schools around the world continue to produce dentists who are trained to treat and work in isolation rather than training a wider range of dental care professionals with different and complementary skills to address the oral care needs of their patients and local populations.43,44”
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- Partly supportedcites [43] 43. Frenk J, Chen L, Bhutta Z a., et al. Health professionals for a new century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world. Lancet 2010;376:1923-1958. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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- Partly supportedcites [44] 44. Glick M, Monteiro O, Seeberger GK, et al. FDI Vision 2020 : shaping the future of oral health. Int Dent J 2012;62:278-291. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The “Shape a responsive educational model” section says traditional dental education has not adequately addressed oral-health disparities and calls for more team management and interprofessional education. “The way forward” advocates training different members of the oral-health workforce. The paper does not establish that many dental schools currently train dentists to work in isolation instead of training other dental-care professionals. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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“The evidence, however, shows that such approaches are effective only in the short term 72,73,90,91 and may increase, rather than decrease socioeconomic inequalities in oral health.[92][93][94]”
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- Not matchedcites [92] 92. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Behaviour Change at Population, Community and Individual Levels. NICE Public Health Guidance 6.. London; NICE. 2007.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [93] 93. Qadri G, Alkilzy M, Franze M, Hoffmann W, Splieth C. School-based oral health education increases caries inequalities. Community Dent Health 2018;35:153-159. source
- Could not verifycites [94] 94. Te Morenga L, Mallard S, Mann J. Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta- analyses of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies. BMJ 2012;346:e7492. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The intervention-study table (What this study adds; page not given) includes nutrition education and behavioural interventions, but reports sugar intake and body-weight outcomes, not inequalities in oral health. A search for socioeconomic inequalities and oral-health effects found no passage in our copy addressing whether these measures widen such inequalities. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“A recently completed UK trial demonstrated no clinical benefit in providing either 6 or 12 monthly scale and polishes.68”
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- Partly supportedcites [68] 68. Clarkson JE, Ramsay CR, Averley P, et al. IQuaD dental trial; improving the quality of dentistry: a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing oral hygiene advice and periodontal instrumentation for the prevention and management of periodontal disease in dentate adults attending dental pri. BMC Oral Health 2013;13:58. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Methods/Design section describes a UK trial comparing no periodontal instrumentation with six- and twelve-monthly instrumentation. But it describes planned interventions and future outcome measurement, not a completed trial, and reports no finding that either schedule lacked clinical benefit. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“The positive outcomes resulting from the pricing policies have particularly benefitted low-income groups who generally consume higher quantities of SSBs.105”
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The paper’s discussion of WHO policy interventions mentions tobacco tax increases, but not pricing policies for sugar-sweetened beverages (Abstract > Conclusion; page unavailable). Searches for pricing policies, sugar-sweetened beverages, and benefits to low-income consumers found no passage addressing the claimed outcomes or consumption pattern. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Oral diseases are a major global public health problem affecting over 3.5 billion people.”
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“oral diseases affect over 3.5 billion people across the world”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Abstract
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [1] 1. Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, et al. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990-2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. J Dent Res 2017;96:380-387. source
The Discussion reports that 3.5 billion people worldwide had untreated oral conditions in 2015, and the Conclusion calls oral conditions a major global public health challenge. The claim conveys that scale, although the paper says “3.5 billion” rather than explicitly “over 3.5 billion.” (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“The rapid increases in dentist-to-population ratios particularly seen in certain HMIC are likely to lead to an over-supply of dentists, risk of iatrogenic over-treatment and increasing rates of unemployment amongst dentists.44”
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What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [44] 44. Glick M, Monteiro O, Seeberger GK, et al. FDI Vision 2020 : shaping the future of oral health. Int Dent J 2012;62:278-291. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The section “Meet the increasing need and demand for oral healthcare” (page unavailable) reports an over-supply of dentists in some wealthy urban areas. It does not attribute that over-supply to rapid increases in dentist-to-population ratios in certain HMIC, or predict iatrogenic over-treatment or rising unemployment among dentists. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Despite significant scientific developments in our understanding of the pathogenesis and aetiology of oral diseases over recent decades, the global burden of oral conditions has persisted, and is indeed likely to worsen. 1”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [1] 1. Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, et al. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990-2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. J Dent Res 2017;96:380-387. source
The Conclusion says oral health had not improved over 25 years and that oral conditions remained a major, growing global challenge. The Discussion adds that the number of people with untreated oral conditions is likely to keep increasing as populations grow and age. No page numbers are provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“In low-income countries the current situation is most bleak.Although the overall disease burden is still comparatively low, there are indications that oral diseases are increasing in prevalence. 1”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [1] 1. Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, et al. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990-2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. J Dent Res 2017;96:380-387. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (page not available) report increasing oral-condition prevalence and DALYs in 19 of 21 regions, including large DALY increases in several African regions. This supports an indication of rising oral disease, but the cited passages do not establish that prevalence is increasing specifically in low-income countries or that their overall burden is comparatively low. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“with untreated dental caries being the most prevalent health condition globally.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [1] 1. Kassebaum NJ, Smith AGC, Bernabé E, et al. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990-2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. J Dent Res 2017;96:380-387. source
The Results state that untreated caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition in GBD 2015, affecting 2.5 billion people worldwide. This supports the citing sentence’s global prevalence claim; the paper specifies permanent teeth. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Even though dentist-population ratios are only a crude measure of oral health care service availability and there is no correlation to disease levels, the numbers of dental personnel show stark variations across countries, as well as within countries.35,36”
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- Not matchedcites [35] 35. FDI World Dental Federation. The Challenge of Oral Diseases -a Call for Global Action. The Oral Health Atlas 2nd Edition. Geneva; FDI. 2015.
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Partly supportedcites [36] 36. Pereira F, de Mendonça I, Werneck R, Moysés S, Gabardo M, Moysés S. Human Development Index, Ratio of Dentists and Inhabitants, and the Decayed, Missing or Filled Teeth Index in Large Cities. J Contemp Dent Pract 2018;19:1363-1369. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“This is particularly the case in low-income countries where the 'western' model of dentistry is unaffordable, unsustainable and inappropriate.[6][7][8]”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites [6] 6. Yee R, Sheiham A. The burden of restorative dental treatment for children in Third World countries. Int Dent J 2002;52:1-9. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract (page unavailable) concludes that traditional restorative treatment of children's caries is beyond the financial capabilities of most low-income nations and says prescribing unaffordable treatment where resources are unlikely to become available is unethical. That supports the affordability and appropriateness concerns, but the paper assesses conventional restorative care for children, not the entire ‘western’ model of dentistry or its sustainability in general. (LLM, conf=0.85)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [7] 7. Baelum V, Van Palestein Helderman W, Hugoson A, Yee R, Fejerskov O. A global perspective on changes in the burden of caries and periodontitis: implications for dentistry. J Oral Rehabil 2007;34:872-906. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [8] 8. van Palenstein Helderman WH, Groeneveld A, van der Heijden GJ, van Loveren C, Holmgren CJ, Benzian H. Adequate evidence to challenge the paradigm of dental caries prevention in early age? Am J Public Health 2015;105:e5-6. source
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“the costs of dental treatment can have a major impact on household budgets 4 and wider health care systems.5”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [4] 4. Bernabé E, Masood M, Vujicic M. The impact of out-of-pocket payments for dental care on household finances in low and middle income countries. BMC Public Health 2017;17:109. source
Citation 4 is attached to the claim about household budgets, not the separate claim about wider health care systems attached to citation 5. The Discussion says out-of-pocket dental payments can place a considerable burden on households in low- and middle-income countries, even preventing spending on basic necessities and pushing families into poverty. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [5] 5. Birch S, Listl S. The Economics of Oral Health and Health Care. Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-2015. 2015. Available from: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2611060 (accessed Oct 20, 2018). source
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“Some countries have recently seen significant increases in numbers of dental schools e.g. the USA 37 , Chile 38,39 , India 40 , Brazil 41 and Colombia 42 , many of which are private, for-profit institutions responding to competition and demand for dental courses, with no reflection on the needs of their local populations.43”
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- Not matchedcites [37] 37. American Dental Education Association. Snapshot of Dental Education 2017-2018. Washington DC; ADA. 2017.
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- Partly supportedcites [38] 38. Venturelli Garay RE, Watt RG. Review and analysis of Chilean dental undergraduate education: curriculum composition and profiles of first year dental students. Hum Resour Health 2018;16:48. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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- Partly supportedcites [39] 39. Cartes-Velásquez RA. Exponential growth of dental schools in Chile: effects on academic, economic and workforce issues. Braz Oral Res 2013;27:471-477. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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- Supportedcites [40] 40. Jaiswal AK, Srinivas P, Suresh S. Dental manpower in India: changing trends since 1920. Int Dent J 2014;64:213-218. source
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“These commercial, forprofit, organisations can provide high-quality care, but also need to ensure adequate returns on their investments for their shareholders, and therefore have a tendency for promoting excessive diagnostic testing and over-provision of treatment.10,15,16”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [10] 10. Cohen L, Dahlen G, Escobar A, Fejerskov O, Johnson N, Manji F. Dentistry in crisis: time to change. La Cascada Declaration. Aust Dent J 2017;62:258-260. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] 15. Bader JD, Shugars DA. What do we know about how dentists make caries-related treatment decisions? Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1997;25:97-103. source
- Partly supportedcites [16] 16. Hayashi M, Haapasalo M, Imazato S, et al. Dentistry in the 21st century: challenges of a globalising world. Int Dent J 2014;64:333-342. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“Public oral health care is often the first service to suffer as it is considered to be expensive and not essential, resulting in increased unmet oral health care needs.[75][76][77]”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Rethinking oral health care and improving population outcomes
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- Partly supportedcites [75] 75. Masters R, Anwar E, Collins B, Cookson R, Capewell S. Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 2017;71:827-834. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction says public health is often a politically soft target for budget cuts, supporting the broad point that services may lose funding. It does not identify oral health care as the first service cut, say it is considered expensive or nonessential, or link cuts to unmet oral health care needs (no page number is available in our copy). (LLM, conf=0.78)
- Partly supportedcites [76] 76. Zavras D, Zavras AI, Kyriopoulos I-I, Kyriopoulos J. Economic crisis, austerity and unmet healthcare needs: the case of Greece. BMC Health Serv Res 2016;16:309. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that unmet healthcare needs increased after austerity measures in Greece, mainly because patients struggled to pay for medical care. It does not address public oral healthcare, say that it is the first service to suffer, or attribute cuts to its being considered expensive and nonessential. (LLM, conf=0.85)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [77] 77. Calzón Fernández S, Fernández Ajuria A, Martín JJ, Murphy MJ. The impact of the economic crisis on unmet dental care needs in Spain. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015;69:880-885. source
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“Indeed, since 2017 dental amalgam, the filling material central to this restorative approach is being phased down as part of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury.63”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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- Partly supportedcites [63] 63. Fisher J, Varenne B, Narvaez D, Vickers C. The Minamata Convention and the phase down of dental amalgam. Bull World Health Organ 2018;96:436-438. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“Within countries, the poorest quintiles have the lowest coverage ratesin Lao, in south-east Asia coverage of the richest quintile is more than 8-times higher than for the poorest.29”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [29] 29. Hosseinpoor AR, Itani L, Petersen PE. Socio-economic Inequality in Oral Healthcare Coverage. J Dent Res 2012;91:275-281. source
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“Even though concepts for integrating basic oral health care in primary health care exist, they have failed to gain widespread traction, which further contributes to making access to even basic oral health care a major problem.[26][27][28]”
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- Not matchedcites [26] 26. Frencken JE, Holmgren CJ, van Palenstein Helderman WH. Basic Package of Oral Care (BPOC). Nijmengen; 2002. Available from: http://www.chdentalinstitute.org/images/bpoc.pdf (accessed Oct 10, 2018).
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] 27. Chher T, Hak S, Courtel F, Durward C. Improving the provision of the Basic Package of Oral Care (BPOC) in Cambodia. Int Dent J 2009;59:47-52. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [28] 28. Kumar S, Ravishankar N, Sumit K, Saran A. Basic package for oral care: relevance and implementation strategies in Indian scenario: a review. Int J Basic Appl Med Sci 2013;3:166-170. source
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“In high-income countries where overall levels of caries have declined in the child population, the progressive and cumulative nature of the condition into adulthood and older age remains a major problem.2,3”
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- Not matchedcites [2] 2. Steele J, Clark J, Rooney E, Wilson, T. NHS Dental Services in England: An Independent Review Led by Professor Jimmy Steele. London; NHS. 2009.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [3] 3. Bernabe E, Sheiham A. Age, period and cohort trends in caries of permanent teeth in four developed countries. Am J Public Health 2014;104:e115-21. source
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“In many low-income countries few dental schools exist so the supply of dental personnel is very limited.”
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“Increasingly, in many countries there has been a growth in large corporate bodies and insurance companies that provide health care including dentistry.”
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“There is little planning concerning the numbers or distribution of dentists and the wider oral health workforce, nor for the skill sets they require.”
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“Worldwide, there are substantial differences in patient copayment rates for dental care 31 and this may limit access to and utilisation of care for people on lower incomes.”
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- Not matchedcites [31] 31. OECD. Health at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators. 2013. Available from: https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Health-at-a-Glance-2013.pdf (accessed Oct 15, 2018). ISBN 978-92-64-20502-4
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“Coverage for oral health care in LMIC is generally lower than in HIC, with median estimations ranging from 35% in low-, 60% in lower-middle, 75% in upper-middle and 82% in high income countries.29”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [29] 29. Hosseinpoor AR, Itani L, Petersen PE. Socio-economic Inequality in Oral Healthcare Coverage. J Dent Res 2012;91:275-281. source
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“Meanwhile, few of these increasing numbers of dentists move into rural and remote, and low dentist/population-ratio areas, so the vulnerable groups with greatest need for dental treatment remain without care.”
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“Oral diseases continue to cause pain, infection and misery for vast numbers of people around the globe”
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“In many HIC reform of oral health care systems is often in response to concerns over cost containment rather than more proactive efforts to improve quality of care.”
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“Despite advances made by the Cochrane Collaboration and other groups, the lack of evidence for many common dental procedures remains a major challenge.”
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“While topical fluorides are proven clinical preventive agents, 69 caries will still develop in the presence of free sugars above 10% of total energy intake.70”
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- Not matchedcites [69] 69. Public Health England. Delivering Better Oral Health: An Evidence-Based Toolkit for Prevention. Third Edition.; 2017.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [70] 70. Moynihan PJ, Kelly SAM. Effect on Caries of Restricting Sugars Intake. J Dent Res 2014;93:8-18. source
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“As with many other professional fields, discussions over scopes of practice and the independence of these different professional groups are often complex and fractious.The debate over which of these professionals can do what, under what circumstances, is often decided as a compromise between professional groups rather than with a view to the public's well-being or needs.50”
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- Not matchedcites [50] 50. Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Improving Access To Oral Health Care For Vulnerable People Living In Canada. Ottawa; CAHS.2014.
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“Current clinical evidence demonstrates that caries is preventable, and once established, may also be reversible, if detected and addressed in the early stages.[58][59][60]”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [58] 58. Banerjee A, Doméjean S. The contemporary approach to tooth preservation: minimum intervention (MI) caries management in general practice. Prim Dent J 2013;2:30-37. source
- Not matchedcites [59] 59. Fejerskov O. Concepts of dental caries and their consequences for understanding the disease. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1997;25:5-12.
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- Not matchedcites [60] 60. Fejerskov O. Changing Paradigms in Concepts on Dental Caries: Consequences for Oral Health Care. Caries Res 2004;38:182-191.
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“The UK National Institute of Health Care Excellence found that there was no scientific basis to the six-month dental recall and recommended that recall intervals should instead be specifically tailored for each patient based on disease levels and disease risk.67”
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- Not matchedcites [67] 67. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Dental Checks: Intervals between Oral Health Reviews.Clinical Guideline 19, October 2004. London; 2004. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg19 (accessed Oct 15, 2018).
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“Bold examples from Brazil (See appendixpanel 2) Thailand have shown that such major reforms are possible and yield positive oral health impacts.”
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“Analysis of sales data in selected countries show high growth rates between 2004 and 2017 particularly in China, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Vietnam, Peru, and Indonesia, although sales have also risen steadily in Czech Republic, Colombia, Brazil and South Africa (Figure 2).”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
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“Dentistry is largely a demand-led service, often poorly planned as a result of entrepreneurial choices, and is therefore poorly aligned to the oral health needs of the local population.”
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“Fee-for-service payments foster higher utilisation of care but may impede cost-containment.”
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“Individualistic, clinical and educational preventive approaches may achieve short-term benefits, but these soon fade unless the underlying causes of disease are tackled.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Moving upstream to maximise oral health improvement
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“In many middle-income countries the burden of oral diseases is significant, but oral care systems are often underdeveloped and unaffordable to the majority of the population.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
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“The extent to which patients have to pay or co-pay for dental care and the manner in which dental care providers are reimbursed for their services have important bearings for the utilisation and quality of care.5”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [5] 5. Birch S, Listl S. The Economics of Oral Health and Health Care. Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-2015. 2015. Available from: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2611060 (accessed Oct 20, 2018). source
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“we also highlight the urgent need to change the individualistic, downstream preventive approach that currently dominates, but which has failed to achieve significant population oral health gain or to effectively tackle inequalities.”
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“This clinical approach to prevention has been unsuccessful at achieving long-term oral health gains or in tackling oral health inequalities.[72][73][74]”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [72] 72. Kay EJ, Locker D. Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current evidence. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1996;24:231-235. source
- Not matchedcites [73] 73. Watt RG, Marinho VC. Does oral health promotion improve oral hygiene and gingival health? Periodontol 2000 2005;37:35-47.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [74] 74. Harris R, Gamboa A, Dailey Y, Ashcroft A. One-to-one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012:CD006540. source
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“Capitation and salary payments provide good incentives for cost-containment but impose risks of patient selection and/or under-treatment.”
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“With other competing demands on scarce resources, investment in oral health is very limited, making dentistry an unavailable and unaffordable luxury reserved for the well-off.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
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“This is not the fault of individual dental clinicians committed to caring for their patients.The philosophical approach, system and model of dental care delivery are at fault.”
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“In high-income countries (HIC) the current treatment-dominated, increasingly high-tech, interventionist and specialised approach, is failing to tackle the underlying causes of disease and is not addressing oral health inequalities.”
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“In high-income countries, the current treatment-dominated and increasingly technology-focused system of oral health care is trapped in an interventionist cycle failing to tackle the underlying causes of diseases and not meeting the needs of large proportions of the population.”
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“These commercial pressures and incentives fuel an interventionist approach and risk unnecessary, and inappropriate care.”
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“Stark socioeconomic inequalities in oral health mean that poorer and more vulnerable groups in society are particularly affected.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Introduction
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“This clinical approach to prevention has been unsuccessful at achieving long-term oral health gains or in tackling oral health inequalities.[72][73][74]”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [72] 72. Kay EJ, Locker D. Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current evidence. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1996;24:231-235. source
- Not matchedcites [73] 73. Watt RG, Marinho VC. Does oral health promotion improve oral hygiene and gingival health? Periodontol 2000 2005;37:35-47.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [74] 74. Harris R, Gamboa A, Dailey Y, Ashcroft A. One-to-one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012:CD006540. source
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“The current outdated and treatment-focused approach is failing to meet the oral health needs of large segments of the population, and is totally inappropriate and unaffordable for low-income countries.”
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“New developments in adhesive dental materials mean that treatment of established disease, that includes appropriate use of topical fluorides, 61,62 may be managed with less destruction of tooth tissue 58 and less need for high technological and rehabilitative dentistry.12”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [58] 58. Banerjee A, Doméjean S. The contemporary approach to tooth preservation: minimum intervention (MI) caries management in general practice. Prim Dent J 2013;2:30-37. source
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“While there is no doubt that a proportion of patients have complex oral health needs requiring additional specialist skills, most oral health needs can be met by primary care dentists and there is some debate as to whether the expansion in specialist dental practices truly reflects and aligns with the oral health needs in the community.46”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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- Not matchedcites [46] 46. Mosedale R, Batchelor P. Dental Specialist Lists: Are They Necessary? Prim Dent Care 2012;19:111- 115.
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“The WHO-endorsed Basic Package of Oral Care, which aimed to direct scarce resources for oral health towards evidence-based interventions addressing essential and common needs, must be reviewed and adapted in the light of implementation experience and recent evidence.26”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Rethinking oral health care and improving population outcomes
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- Not matchedcites [26] 26. Frencken JE, Holmgren CJ, van Palenstein Helderman WH. Basic Package of Oral Care (BPOC). Nijmengen; 2002. Available from: http://www.chdentalinstitute.org/images/bpoc.pdf (accessed Oct 10, 2018).
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“More of the same will achieve little and is indeed unaffordable in most LMIC.”
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“The described limitations of the prevailing dominant approach in dentistry (See appendixpanel 1) indicate their complexity, yet also reveal their inadequacy in reducing the global oral disease burden.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Rethinking oral health care and improving population outcomes
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“Oral diseases and inequalities in oral health are caused by a complex array of individual, social, environmental, economic, political and commercial determinants, mostly shared with other NCDs.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Rethinking oral health care and improving population outcomes
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites [88] 88. FDI World Dental Federation. Sugars and Dental Caries: A Practical Guide to Reduce Sugars Consumption and Curb the Epidemic of Dental Caries. Geneva; FDI. 2016. Available from: https://www.fdiworlddental.org/sites/default/files/media/resources/sugar_toolkit-fdi-2016.pdf (accessed Sept 15, 2018).
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [89] 89. Yevlahova D, Satur J. Models for individual oral health promotion and their effectiveness: a systematic review. Aust Dent J 2009;54:190-197. source
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“The growth of specialist practice increases the cost of care and access is often sparse in areas of greatest need.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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“The use of clinical preventive interventions such as topical fluorides to control caries 59,60,69 is proven to be highly effective, yet is often seen as a panacea and thereby losing sight of the fact that sugar consumption remains the primary aetiological factor in caries development.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Limitations of dentistrya system no longer fit for purpose
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- Not matchedcites [59] 59. Fejerskov O. Concepts of dental caries and their consequences for understanding the disease. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1997;25:5-12.
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- Not matchedcites [60] 60. Fejerskov O. Changing Paradigms in Concepts on Dental Caries: Consequences for Oral Health Care. Caries Res 2004;38:182-191.
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- Not matchedcites [69] 69. Public Health England. Delivering Better Oral Health: An Evidence-Based Toolkit for Prevention. Third Edition.; 2017.
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“Simple, cost-effective and equitable interventions exist, as well as population-wide upstream policy measures to reduce risks that are common to NCDs and oral diseases.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Conclusion
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“The current public health and health system responses are largely inadequate, inequitable, and costly, leaving billions of people without access to even basic oral health care.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Conclusion
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“The current state of global oral health is hence not only a result of external factors such as competing disease priorities or lack of resources, but also related to inadequate coalescence and leadership among global oral health actors, further widening the disconnect with the wider global health mainstream.106”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Better political priority for oral healthrole of global advocacy
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“It is important to recognise however that pricing policies alone cannot deal with the sugar related epidemic, a package of coherent policies are needed.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Sugar reduction strategies
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“Oral diseases are a major global public health problem.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Conclusion
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“Oral health is part of the basic human right to health and integral to sustainable human developmentkey notions of a rights-based approach to global advocacy.35”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Better political priority for oral healthrole of global advocacy
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- Not matchedcites [35] 35. FDI World Dental Federation. The Challenge of Oral Diseases -a Call for Global Action. The Oral Health Atlas 2nd Edition. Geneva; FDI. 2015.
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“The consumption of sweetened commercial baby foods is a major concern as this presents a significant risk for early childhood caries, encourages infants to develop a preference for sweetness and may contribute to overweight in later childhood.629 630 631”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
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“WHO recommends for both children and adults reducing free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake and a further conditional recommendation that sugar should be less than 5% of total energy.9”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Sugar reduction strategies
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- Not matchedcites [9] 9. World Health Organization. Guideline: Sugar Intake for Adults and Children. Geneva; WHO. 2015.
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“Commercial baby foods are generally highly processed products often containing high sugar levels.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
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“Promoting oral health positively contributes to overall development by easing the disease, economic and social burden caused by oral conditions.(Figure 4).”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Better political priority for oral healthrole of global advocacy
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“The processes and politics behind changing global health priorities has been studied and key elements for change have been identified.107”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Better political priority for oral healthrole of global advocacy
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“The current public health and health system responses are largely inadequate, inequitable, and costly, leaving billions of people without access to even basic oral health care.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Conclusion
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“However undeclared and opaque conflicts of interest between the sugar industry and certain dental organisations and academic institutions need to be addressed (see accompanying Comment).”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Sugar reduction strategies
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“The global commercial baby food market is estimated to be worth over US$37 billion in 2010 with Europe, US and Asia holding the major share of the market.”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
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Sugar, alcohol and tobacco use and their driving social and commercial determinants are the underlying causes of oral diseases and common risks shared with other noncommunicable diseases.
“Sugar, alcohol and tobacco use and their driving social and commercial determinants are the underlying causes of oral diseases, common risks shared with a range of other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).”
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At present the sugar industry is influencing dental research, oral health policy and professional organisations through its well-developed corporate strategies.
“At present the sugar industry is influencing dental research, oral health policy and professional organisations through its well-developed corporate strategies.”
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Research focusing on oral diseases is often given low priority by research funding agencies.
“Research focusing on oral diseases is often given low priority by research funding agencies.”
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The global drive for universal health coverage provides an ideal opportunity for integrating and reforming oral health care.
“The global drive for universal health coverage (UHC) provides an ideal opportunity for this.”
“The growing international momentum towards Universal Health Coverage is a unique opportunity to integrate and reform oral health care.”
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The sugar industry uses a wide range of corporate strategies to promote sugar consumption and profits and to undermine public health efforts to reduce free sugars consumption.
“A range of highly developed corporate strategies are used by the global sugar industry to increase their sales and profits, and to undermine public health efforts to reduce free sugars consumption.”
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In most countries around the world, free sugars consumption is considerably higher than the WHO recommendation, particularly amongst children and young people, and low-income and disadvantaged groups.
“In most countries around the world, free sugars consumption is considerably higher than the WHO recommendation, particularly amongst children and young people, and low-income and disadvantaged groups.”
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The introduction of a national sugar levy can have a major influence on industry in reformulating their products reducing the sugar content to avoid price increases.
“The introduction of a national sugar levy can also have a major influence on industry in reformulating their products reducing the sugar content to avoid price increases as seen in the UK.”
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Oral health advocates and professional organisations have repeatedly highlighted the neglect of global oral health, without offering a realistic vision about how oral health for half of the world's population can be sustainably improved.
“So far, oral health advocates and professional organisations have repeatedly highlighted the neglect of global oral health, without offering a realistic vision about how oral health for half of the world's population can be sustainably improved.”
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The narrow focus of advocating a higher priority for oral health may have deflected resources and efforts from generating a broad consensus among key sector stakeholders.
“The narrow focus of advocating a higher priority for oral health may have deflected resources and efforts from generating a broad consensus among key sector stakeholders about a joint problem definition, agreement on populationlevel interventions, and approaches to reform and strengthen oral health systems.”
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Since 1994, the WHO's Global Oral Health programme was scaled-down from a well-staffed unit to a single position at headquarter level.
“Since then, the WHO's Global Oral Health programme was scaled-down from a well-staffed unit to a single position at headquarter level.”
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WHO member states also limited their oral health resources or did not even establish national oral health programmes.
“Such changes were subsequently mirrored by WHO member states who also limited their oral health resources or did not even establish national oral health programmes.”
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“In the oral health context, although preventive and minimally invasive interventions—such as fluoride varnish application, school-based oral health programmes, ART and community water fluoridation—are supported by strong evidence; their reach, continuity and sustainability remain highly variable across and within countries.17 18”
From Mapping evidence on implementation research in oral health: a global scoping review protocol (2026) · cites this paper as [17]
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“Oral diseases share risk factors, such as high sugar consumption and tobacco consumption, with these 3 noncommunicable diseases.”
From Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Burden of Oral Conditions from 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study (2020) · cites this paper as Watt et al. 2019
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§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Better political priority for oral healthrole of global advocacy
“The global health agenda continues to provide many opportunities for advocacy, yet they need to be monitored, filtered and seized upon (See appendixpanels 3-5).”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Conclusion
“Panel 4: Advocacy in actionexperience from New Zealand on tackling sugary drinks”
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§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
“Analysis of sales data in selected countries show high growth rates between 2004 and 2017 particularly in China, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Vietnam, Peru, and Indonesia, although sales have also risen steadily in Czech Republic, Colombia, Brazil and South Africa (Figure 2).”
§ Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action > Panel: Commercial baby foodsa sugary start to life
“Figure 2: Oral health care in Universal Oral Health Health Coverage Figure 3: Compound annual growth rate of sales of commercial baby foods between 2004 and 2017.”
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- Authors
- Watt, R. G., Daly, B., Allison, P., Macpherson, L. M. D., Venturelli, R., Listl, S., Weyant, R. J., Mathur, M. R., Guarnizo-Herreño, C. C., Celeste, R. K., Peres, M. A., Kearns, C., & Benzian, H.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- McGill University (CA)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Griffith University (AU)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Watt, Richard G
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- The Lancet
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- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-07
- Volume
- 394
- Issue
- 10194
- Pages
- 261-272
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2949036829
- Cited by
- 1,029
- References
- 103
- Citations by year
- 2026: 233 · 2025: 159 · 2024: 133 · 2023: 140 · 2022: 118 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 107 · 2019: 17
- FWCI
- 12.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR-INF-0386, PB-PG-0212-27029, NF-SI-0515-10032)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
- Keywords
- global oral health, oral health disparities, universal health coverage, low- and middle-income countries, rural poor, sugar consumption, conflict of interest policies, commercial determinants of health, non-communicable diseases, alcohol and tobacco use, oral health equity
- MeSH terms
- Dental Care, Health Promotion, Humans, Mouth Diseases, Oral Health, Preventive Dentistry, Public Health, Global Health, Health Care Reform, Dietary Sucrose, Food Industry
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-11, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-11 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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