Advancing Oral Health Across the Lifespan: A Workshop

How to Join: To register to attend in person or virtually, and for additional details, visit the workshop page on the National Academies website.

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a public workshop, cosponsored by NIDCR, that brings together experts and key stakeholders to explore innovative practices and models for advancing oral health in the U.S. across the lifespan.

Topics discussed at the workshop may include consideration of:

• National oral health goals for “Zero at Six” (zero cavities at six years of age for all children), and “Twenty at Eighty” (all 80-year-old seniors to have 20 teeth).
• Sustainable solutions that improve access to oral health services in public and private spaces (urban, suburban, rural, and Tribal communities and territories).
• Models that achieve meaningful oral and systemic health integration.
• Models to empower all consumers to make informed choices related to oral health and models that encourage healthy workplace and school policies.
• Investments in public oral health education campaigns, including celebrity and social media influencer voices.
• Innovations that will improve oral health in the next 5-10 years.

A proceedings in brief of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.