Advancing a Global Oral Health Research Agenda
By L.D. Rock, S.M. Balaji, H. Benzian, L. Cohen, E. Collado-González, D.S. Cruz, R.N. D’Souza, A. Echevarria-Goche, L. Giner-Tarrida, E. Figuero, M.O. Foláyan, C.H. Fox, J.E. Gallagher, A.M. Glenny, N.S. Jakubovics, D. Kavanagh, M.R. Khami, P. Leggett, M.C. Manzanares, H. Mulhall, C. Paganelli, S. Pavitt, M.A. Peres, J.A. Platt, S. Sharma, D.E. Slot, F. Schwendicke, S. Tubert-Jeannin, B. Varenne, P.C. Yelick, P.J. Allison
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Summary & scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol (Drill-Down Score) — not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Dental practice owners and public-health dentists should track emerging national oral health research agendas because future grant funding, Medicaid quality metrics, and evidence-based treatment guidelines will flow from these priorities.
Key points
- WHO’s Global Oral Health Action Plan explicitly calls for countries to publish National Oral Health Research Strategies (NOHRSs) by 2026.
- NOHRSs will shape NIH/FDA study sections and therefore the clinical evidence base that payers and state boards cite for coverage and scope-of-practice decisions.
- August 2026 Journal of Dental Research article provides the first comparative analysis of existing NOHRSs, giving U.S. DSOs and academic centers a roadmap for influencing federal oral-health research priorities.
- Clinics that align quality-improvement projects with forthcoming NOHRS domains (e.g., caries prevention, HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer) may qualify for new federal demonstration grants or value-based care bonuses.
Who should care
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