Journal article
Global Perspectives of Oral Health Policies and Oral Healthcare Schemes for Older Adult Populations
Frontiers in Oral Health, Vol.2, 703526
08/01/2021
DOI: 10.3389/froh.2021.703526
PMCID: PMC8757822
PMID: 35048040
Abstract
The aim of this study was to present a concise summary of the oral health policies and oral healthcare schemes for older adult populations in a number of selected countries around the world. In this paper, the current and planned national/regional oral health policies and oral healthcare schemes of nine countries (Australia, Brazil, China including Hong Kong, India, Japan, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are reported. Barriers and challenges in oral health promotion in terms of devising oral health policies, implementing oral health schemes, and educating the future dental workforce are discussed. In response to the aging of population, individual countries have initiated or reformed their healthcare systems and developed innovative approaches to deliver oral health services for older adults. There is a global shortage of dentists trained in geriatric dentistry. In many countries, geriatric dentistry is not formally recognized as a specialty. Education and training in geriatric dentistry is needed to produce responsive and competent dental professionals to serve the increasing number of older adults. It is expected that oral health policies and oral healthcare services will be changing and reforming in the coming decades to tackle the enduring oral health challenges of aging societies worldwide.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Global Perspectives of Oral Health Policies and Oral Healthcare Schemes for Older Adult Populations
- Creators
- Chloe Meng Jiang - Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaChun Hung Chu - Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaDuangporn Duangthip - Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaRonald L. Ettinger - The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United StatesFernando Neves Hugo - Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilMatana Kettratad-Pruksapong - Faculty of Dentistry, Thammasat University, Bangkok, ThailandJian Liu - Peking University School & Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, ChinaLeonardo Marchini - The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United StatesGerry McKenna - Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United KingdomTakahiro Ono - Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Niigata University Faculty of Dentistry & Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, JapanWensheng Rong - Peking University School & Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, ChinaMartin Schimmel - Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandNaseem Shah - 0Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaLinda Slack-Smith - 1School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AustraliaStella X. Yang - Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaEdward C. M. Lo - Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Oral Health, Vol.2, 703526
- DOI
- 10.3389/froh.2021.703526
- PMID
- 35048040
- PMCID
- PMC8757822
- NLM abbreviation
- Front Oral Health
- eISSN
- 2673-4842
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Prosthodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984120579702771
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