Oral Health in America: 5 Q & As about this seminal report

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. 5 Q&As about Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges NIDCR answers questions about this seminal report as we prepare for its Fall release   Q1: What is Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges? A: In 2000, the U.S. Surgeon General issued Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, which demonstrated the importance of oral health and the key role of oral health to overall health and well-being. Now, more than 20 years later, the federal government has collaborated with academic researchers and health practitioners to create an updated in-depth report called Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges, which will examine progress in oral health over the past two decades, describe central challenges and opportunities that currently affect oral health, and articulate a vision for the future, calling upon all Americans to take action. This much-anticipated, exhaustively researched report will be issued by NIH’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in the Fall of 2021.  Q2: How will timely release and distribution of the report benefit public health? A: The forthcoming report will build on growing awareness of the importance of oral health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 WHO Oral Health Resolution. NIDCR has made release of the report a top priority for 2021. We believe the years of...
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