Oral Health through FluorideThe FDI held a Global Consultation on Oral Health through Fluoride in Geneva on 17-19 November 2006. The consultation was jointly organised by the FDI World Dental Federation, International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and the World Health Organization (WHO). A follow-up conference was held in Beijing, China in September 2007. This conference was organised bythe FDI, IADR, WHO and Chinese Stomatological Association and was called the Conference on Oral Health through Fluoride for China and Southeast Asia. |
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Global Consultation on Oral Health through Fluoride17-19 November 2006 / Geneva, Switzerland
The consultation, jointly organised by the FDI World Dental Federation, the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and the WHO, aimed to consider the actions needed to effectively reduce the global burden of dental caries. It draws on the alliance’s range and areas of expertise: the FDI is the unified voice of oral health professionals around the world; the IADR advances research for the improvement of oral health worldwide; and the WHO, the accepted leader in global health matters, advises governmental bodies throughout the world. The benefits of fluoride for the prevention and control of dental caries has been known to the scientific and public health community for more than sixty years. While fluoride in various delivery systems is widely available in many developed countries, it is estimated that globally only 20 percent of the world's population benefit from appropriate exposure to fluoride. Press release from the Consultation [+]Declaration from the Consultation [+]--- Conference Participants:Preliminary Consultation Programme
--- Conference on Oral Health through Fluoride for China and Southeast Asia17-18 September 2007 / Beijing, China Press release from the Conference [+]Declaration from the Conference [+]
--- Global affordability of fluoride toothpasteA team of researchers, which includes Dr Habib Benzian of the FDI, Dr Ann Goldman of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University in Washington D.C., Dr Robert Yee and Dr Christopher Holmgren, experts to the FDI World Dental Development and Health Promotion Committee, compared the relative affordability of fluoride toothpaste in 48 countries. This study is the first to attempt to quantify the affordability of toothpaste across the globe. According to the study, fluoride toothpaste is prohibitively expensive for the world’s poorest people. Researchers revealed that the poorest populations of developing countries have the least access to affordable toothpaste. Abstract [+]Access to Article [+]FDI Press Release [+] |
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