Objectives This study presents the global burden of major oral diseases with an exegetical
commentary on their current profiles, the critical issues in oral healthcare and future …

Government and nongovernmental organizations need national and global estimates on the
descriptive epidemiology of common oral conditions for policy planning and evaluation. The …

Government and nongovernmental organizations need national and global estimates on the
descriptive epidemiology of common oral conditions for policy planning and evaluation. The …

This paper outlines the burden of oral diseases worldwide and describes the influence of
major sociobehavioural risk factors in oral health. Despite great improvements in the oral …

The Global Oral Health Status Report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases,
risk factors and health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The report also …

Oral health is indivisible from general health and well-being. Oral diseases are prevalent
worldwide and significantly burden global economies and people's health, considerably …

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Programme has worked hard over
the past 5 years to increase the awareness of oral health worldwide as oral health is …

Chronic diseases and injuries are overtaking communicable diseases as the leading health
problems in all but a few parts of the world. This rapidly changing global disease pattern is …

362 Journal of Dental Research 96 (4) mechanisms (eg, infection and chronic inflammation
response). As countries continue to advance in development, the prevalence of …

Results Oral diseases remain highly prevalent in 2010 affecting 3.9 billion people. Untreated
caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition evaluated for the entire GBD …