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JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 114-124Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-020-00222-5
Keywords
Early childhood caries; Oral health disparities; Advocacy; Interprofessional education; Oral health education
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Oral disease in children is an urgent public health issue worldwide. Early childhood caries (ECC) affects 600 million children globally, yet it is entirely preventable. Dental health professionals around the world need to act to improve use of measures to prevent ECC and of quality dental health care to improve oral health worldwide. The University of California/Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Children's Oral Health hosted an interprofessional innovation forum to discuss and recommend options. We present the policy, educational, and public health-related suggestions for improving outcomes and professional collaboration and five key areas for action: (1) increase advocacy efforts, (2) support interprofessional education and practice, (3) promote oral health education and increase health literacy, (4) increase collaboration with community and school-based oral health care workers, and (5) use of technology to increase access to dental care and health information.
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