Post-doc project Oral health is often not included in health care systems, despite its strong links to general wellbeing. Integrating oral health into Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates is therefore essential to generate unified, comparable data across global, national, and regional levels. This approach will strengthen health policy, highlight inequities, and ensure that oral conditions are recognized as integral to the overall burden of disease.
Oral health is closely connected to overall health, yet it is often left out when health systems and policies are designed. This means the true impact of oral diseases on people’s lives is underestimated. By including a broader variety of oral health conditions in the Global Burden of Disease estimates, we can better measure its impact worldwide and compare it across countries and regions. Such knowledge can guide better health policies and make sure oral diseases are recognized as an important part of public health.
External project members:
, National University of Singapore, Singapore. svensson@nus.edu.sg
, Malmö University, Sweden birgitta.haggman.henrikson@mau.se
, Malmö Universitet, Sweden. tessa.bijelic@mau.se
, Malmö Universitet, Sweden. nikola.stanisic@mau.se
Eunice Lua, National University of Singapore, Singapore. denspel@nus.edu.sg
