Global oral health inequalities: the research agenda.

摘要

In spite of considerable investment in research and dental services, oral diseases are still a major global health burden. This is attributable in large part to the failure to implement what is known about the prevention of dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, oral infections, and developmental abnormalities and to address the social determinants of oral diseases. The Global Oral Health Inequalities initiative described in this editorial was set up to address this failure, and it will articulate a five-year program of research that will lead to key improvements in global oral health, with particular reference to inequalities between and within countries.