The Smile Gap-

A History of Oral Health and Social Inequality

World Cavity-Free Future Day 2022 – October 14, 2022

Resources:

• Postcard one: Keep Brushing, Keep Smiling 
• Postcard two: A family that brushes together, smiles together 
• Postcard three: Brush Now, Save Later
• Postcard four: Brush on the go
• Postcard five: Fluoride toothpaste keeps your teeth strong 
• Postcard six: Why not try some delicious sugar-free treats
• Postcard seven: We brush better when we brush together
• Postcard eight: A little change makes a big difference
• Postcard nine: Build healthy habits
• Postcard ten: Go shopping for oral hygiene 

Position Statement on Community Water Fluoridation

Position Statement on Individual and Professional Methods of Fluoride Use

Editorial:

From a call to action to taking action: Exploring the science, education, practice, and policy implications of dental public health as an antiracist discipline

Effects of Racism:

Racism and oral health equity in the United States: Identifying its effects and providing future directions

Stronger together. Diverse dentists weigh in on racism and its impact on oral health in our communities

How do state-level racism, sexism, and income inequality shape edentulism-related racial inequities in contemporary United States? A structural intersectionality approach to population oral health

Racism in oral healthcare settings: Implications for dental care-related fear/anxiety and utilization among Black/African American women in Appalachia

Effects of Discrimination:

A student-led qualitative study to explore dental undergraduates' understanding, experiences, and responses to racism in a dental school

American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Hispanic dentists' experiences of discrimination

Slipping through the cracks: Just how underrepresented are minorities within the dental specialties?

Perceived racial discrimination partially mediates racial-ethnic disparities in dental utilization and oral health

Landmark Global Strategy on Oral Health Adopted at World Health Assembly 75

Oral Health in America- Advances and Challenges

Oral Health in America Editors Issue Guidance for Improving Oral Health for All:

The 2021 Report on Oral Health in America: Directions for the Future of Dental Public Health and the Oral Health Care System

Oral Health in America 2021: Making a Case for Curricular Change

Oral Health in America: Implications for Dental Practice

Fluoride Going Back in to Water System for Windsor, Tecumseh and LaSalle

Quebec to Offer Free Dental Services to Vulnerable People in 5 Pilot Projects

Calgary to Reintroduce Fluoride to Water Following City Council Vote

Global Health Matters Podcast with Dr. Garry Aslayan

Dental Requests for Non-Registered Indigenous/Inuit Children

Orthodontic Request

Jordan’s Principle Request Form

Highlights - America’s Oral Health: An Emerging Crisis

Summer 2019, Issue 13

Summer 2018, Issue 12

Ending Childhood dental caries - WHO implementaion manual