Danna Kholaif - Dentistry

 Notes: 

The following notes are from W.H.O.

  • About 3.5 billion people ( or 50% of the population) suffer from at least one or more dental disease (World Health Organisation) 

  • The leading causes of oral health diseases include untreated dental caries, traumatic dental injuries, severe periodontal disease, edentulism & lip/oral cavity cancer, etc. (World Health Organisation)

  • The nations with the highest oral disease caseload are: India with an 18.1% share of global caseload, China with a 16.3% share of global caseload, and the United States with a 3.7% share of global caseload.

  • Unbalanced nature of commercial advertisements lead to contradicting habits that directly impact oral health. On one hand, drugs and alcohol harmed proved destructive to the oral cavity, while fluoridated products and fluoride-containing toothpaste increased oral health and quality of oral care.

  • Insurance companies and policy planners tend to disregard the importance of oral care

  • Privately-run dental practices often contribute to the workforce distribution disparities that limit access to oral care

  • Lack of dental research stagnates new discoveries and progress in the oral healthcare field. 

  • 80% of dentists across the globe operate in upper income or middle-lower income nations, while a mere 1.4% work in lower-income nations.

  • Countries suffering with low GDPs are at a much higher risk for less developed dental health culture. 

  • 69% of all dentists globally provide services to just 27% of the world’s population (Gallagher and Hutchinson, 2018)

The following notes are from  CDC.gov:

  • “As of 2024, approximately 57 million Americans live in a dental health professional shortage area and about 67% of those shortages are in rural communities.

  • Common contributors of disparities include health literacy, language barriers, insurance coverage, and more.

  • Untreated cavities are about twice as common among working-age adults with no health-insurance coverage (43%) compared to their counterparts with private health insurance (18%)

  • Oral cancer has become about three times more common amongst men than women

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