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Rio Caries Conference aim:
The conference will:
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Bring together leading subject matter experts of the international dental community
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Explore solutions in order to meet the challenge of the burden of dental caries and improve the quality of life for communities in Latin America.
Conference outcome:
Conference ‘Call to Action’ by the three international dental organisations representing practice (FDI), research (IADR) and education (IFDEA), which will be aligned with explicit roles, responsibilities and timelines.
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About the Global Caries Initiative (GCI)
The FDI World Dental Federation recognizes that the burden of dental caries and its impact on health continues to present a major global public health challenge.
Key areas are:
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reducing prevalence of dental caries globally, which despite significant efforts in many communities, remains a major burden due to its contribution to total morbidity and impact on health systems
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how to bridge the gap between current scientific knowledge of dental caries and caries management in clinical dental practice ?
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prevention as the foundation for oral health policy, which supports an evidence based whole-population approach with implementation at a community level
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advocacy for health promotion and the use of fluorides
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health workforce education issues and their influence on the delivery of, and access to, primary dental care services
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issues that might influence the current management of dental caries, particularly the assessment of risk factors associated with caries at the individual level
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the use and availability of restorative materials, those which support the concept of ‘minimum intervention’, and those which may influence the carious process
Wide consultation and multi-stakeholder collaboration will be required to develop any new paradigm for managing dental caries, one which would need to be based on our current knowledge of the disease process, so as to deliver optimal general health and well being to all communities.
Details about the Global Caries Initiative
The Global Caries Initiative is a bold and ambitious 10-year project that seeks to reverse the scourge of this disease among millions of people worldwide.
The Global Caries Initiative will develop a new paradigm for the management of dental caries and its consequences, which will deliver optimal oral and thus general health and well being to all peoples.
The global dental community and civil society are at the heart of this initiative. The Global Caries Initiative will create a strong and broad alliance of stakeholders, partnering in a common strategy to facilitate and enable change management.
Socio-political and economic pressures are creating a momentum and environment for change, one, which offers the international dental community a unique opportunity to take the initiative and develop a prevention-based, individual and whole-population approach to caries management.
The Global Caries Initiative will see the FDI and its membership taking the initiative, leading the consultation and enabling advocacy to achieve fundamental change how the dental community and civil society approach oral and dental care.