WHO statements for Oral Health

• Oral diseases, while largely preventable, pose a major health burden for many countries and affect people throughout their lifetime, causing pain, discomfort, disfigurement and even death.
• It is estimated that oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people.
• Untreated dental caries (tooth decay) in permanent teeth is the most common health condition according to the Global Burden of Disease 2019.
• Treatment for oral health conditions is expensive and usually not part of universal health coverage (UHC).
• Most low- and middle-income countries do not have sufficient services available to prevent and treat oral health conditions.
• Oral diseases are caused by a range of modifiable risk factors common to many noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including sugar consumption, tobacco use, alcohol use and poor hygiene, and their underlying social and commercial determinants.

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