A new definition for oral health developed by the FDI World Dental Federation opens the door to a universal definition of oral health.
Professor and the William M. Feagans Chair, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association. Electronic address: glickm@buffalo.edu.
Michael
M
Glick
Professor, Global Oral Health, Institute of Dentistry, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
David M
DM
Williams
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
Dushanka V
DV
Kleinman
Chief economist and vice president, Health Policy Institute, American Dental Association, Chicago, Ill.
Marko
M
Vujicic
Professor and the chair, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Richard G
RG
Watt
Professor and the chair, Department of Dental Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert J
RJ
Weyant
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