Developing leadership in dentists and schoolteachers to improve oral health inequalities. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wordley, Valerie; Bedi, Raman
• Is Part Of: Global health promotion. Volume 27:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 156
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Leadership -- oral health -- schoolteachers -- oral health inequalities; Health promotion -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; 613.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1757975920938763
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-9759

Abstract

With oral diseases affecting people of all ages in every country of the world, new approaches are necessary to remove inequalities in oral health and increase access to oral health education. With over 1 billion children attending school, developing dental leadership skills not only in dental professionals but also in schoolteachers will help to spread oral health prevention messages effectively, implement healthy habits at a young age and impact a greater proportion of the global population to improve their oral health.