A new definition for oral health developed by the FDI World Dental Federation opens the door to a universal definition of oral health

M Glick; D M Williams; D V Kleinman; M Vujicic; R G Watt; R J Weyant

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.953

A new definition for oral health developed by the FDI World Dental Federation opens the door to a universal definition of oral health

Br Dent J. 2016 Dec 16;221(12):792-793. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.953.

Authors

M Glick¹, D M Williams², D V Kleinman³, M Vujicic⁴, R G Watt⁵, R J Weyant⁶

Affiliations

¹ William M. Feagans Chair, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, Editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
² Global Oral Health, Institute of Dentistry, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London.
³ School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park.
⁴ Health Policy Institute, American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London.
⁶ Department of Dental Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

PMID: 27981999
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.953

Abstract

This article first published as an editorial in the Journal of the American Dental Association presents the FDI World Dental Federation's universal definition of oral health. This new definition was approved in September 2016 and developed as as part of the FDI's advocacy and strategic plan - Vision 2020.

MeSH terms

Humans
Oral Health*
Societies, Dental*
Terminology as Topic