title: Global oral health inequalities: dental caries task group--research agenda.
abstract: The IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Task Group on Dental Caries has synthesized current evidence and opinion to identify a five-year implementation and research agenda which should lead to improvements in global oral health, with particular reference to the implementation of current best evidence as well as integrated action to reduce caries and health inequalities between and within countries. The Group determined that research should: integrate health and oral health wherever possible, using common risk factors; be able to respond to and influence international developments in health, healthcare, and health payment systems as well as dental prevention and materials; and exploit the potential for novel funding partnerships with industry and foundations. More effective communication between and among the basic science, clinical science, and health promotion/public health research communities is needed. Translation of research into policy and practice should be a priority for all. Both community and individual interventions need tailoring to achieve a more equal and person-centered preventive focus and reduce any social gradient in health. Recommendations are made for both clinical and public health implementation of existing research and for caries-related research agendas in clinical science, health promotion/public health, and basic science.
authors.affiliation: IADR Cariology Group & Evidence-based Dentistry Network, European Organisation for Caries Research, International Caries Detection & Assessment System, European Association for Dental Public Health, Centre for Clinical Innovations, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. n.b.pitts@cpse.dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amaechi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niederman
authors.forename: A-M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Acevedo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vianna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ganss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Honkala
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018865:Dental Research; D005457:Fluoridation; D014943:Global Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion; D006302:Health Services Research; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009909:Oral Health; D011636:Public Health Dentistry; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships