Worldental Daily Bangkok 2015 Advance Issue

News Advance Issue 4 www.fdiworldental.org F DI introduced its innovative landmark World Oral Health Forum for the first time at the 2012 Annual World Dental Con- gressinHongKong.Sincethen,the objective has been to guarantee top-levelpanellistsandsubjects at the cutting edge of public policy in the field of oral health and related issues. This year is no exception, with two sessions scheduled for theupcomingAWDCinBangkok. Session 1 will focus on sugar as a significant risk factor for dental caries and other NCDs in the light of the recently-published World Health Organisation (WHO) Guide- line on Sugar Intake for Adults and Children, recommends a reduction in daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy in- take. It also advises that a further re- duction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (six teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits. The session will be moderated by Dr HS Selikowitz, Vice Chair of the FDI Science Committee, with panellistsDrChizuruNishida, Coor- dinator, Nutrition Policy and Scien- tific Advice Unit, Department of Nu- tritionforHealthandDevelopment, WHO; Prof. Paula Moynihan, Pro- fessor of Nutrition and Oral Health and Director of the Centre for Oral Health Research at Newcastle Uni- versity UK and Director of its WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Oral Health; Dr Rob Beagle- hole, Principal Dental Officer and Senior Dentist for the Nelson Marl- borough District Health Board (NMDHB) in New Zealand, member of the NZDA political lobby group and is Tobacco Control Advisor to the NZDA; and Ms Modi Mwatsama (UK) a Registered Nutritionist and Director for Global Health at the UK Health Forum where she leads on NCDs and global health policy. Session 2 of the World Oral Health Forum 2015 is entitled ‘Uni- versal Health Coverage (UHC); to- wards optimal oral health’. It will highlight efforts made by emerging economies and low and middle in- come countries to achieve UHC and a roadmap which could be used to integrate oral health into UHC within the context of the post-2015 development agenda. The session is moderated by Prof. Michael Glick, Professor, Oral Medicine and Dean, School of Den- talMedicine,UniversityofNewYork at Buffalo, USA, who will address the Forum on What do we mean by optimal oral health? Panellists in- cludeProfessorDavidWilliams,Pro- fessor of Global Oral Health, Bart's andThe London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK, who will speakonUHCandhoworalhealthfit into it; and Dr Manu R. Mathur, Re- search Scientist and Adjunct Assis- tantProfessoratPublicHealthFoun- dation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India, whose focus will be UHC in Emerging Economies: Roadmap to AchieveOptimalOralHealth. FDI schedules two sessions of its landmark World Oral Health Forum MeetingstofocusonsugarreductionandUniversalHealthCoverage FDIWorld Oral Health Forum 2015 – Rooms 202/203 • Session 1: NewWHO Guideline on Sugars intake for adults and children. Tuesday, 22 September (14:15 – 17:00). • Session 2: Universal Health Coverage (UHC); towards optimal oral health. Thursday 24 (9:30 – 12:45) W ith the newly opened Sirindhorn Dental Mu- seum, the Faculty of Den- tistry at Mahidol University in Bangkok has introduced the first dental museum of its kind in Asia. By highlighting the history of den- tistry and oral hygiene across Asia through fun and interactive ex- hibits, the museum hopes to raise awarenessinthecountryaboutthe importance of proper oral care. The 620 square metres mu- seum, which is sponsored by the royal family, features five main ex- hibits, each aimed at improving un- derstanding of the importance of good dental health. “We want to ensure that Thais will have a healthy smile in our ‘LandofSmiles’foraslongaspossi- ble,” Dr Phira Sithiamnuai, assis- tant professor and Deputy Dean for Collaboration and Networking at the faculty, told the Bangkok Post. “Our goal for the museum is to en- courage Thai children to under- stand the importance of oral health in an entertaining way. We hope that learning with fun will inspire people to make healthy choices about their oral health.” Ahighlightforchildrenisthegiant model of a mouth. Assisted by the staff,visitorsareencouragedtoprac- tise their toothbrushing skills on the huge teeth with equally giant tooth- brushes. Other interactive items are a 3-D human model that shows how oralhealthcanaffecttheoverallwell- being, as well as several multimedia displaysondentalscience. Furthermore, the exhibition takes a closer look at the history of dentistry throughout China, India and Thailand, including collections of dental materials and tools, as wellasinformationondentalstatis- tics, and even a prehistoric human skeleton that features traces of un- naturally modified teeth. ManyThais,especiallypeoplein remote areas, lack access to basic oral health care. As reported online by the Bangkok Post, Sithiamnuai remarkedthatthedentistpercapita ratiointhecapitalis14timeshigher than in the north-east of the coun- try, for example. According to figures from the Bureau of Dental Health, Thailand has just 11,607 dentists. This trans- lates to a dentist–population ratio of approximately 1:5,533, com- paredwithanaverageof1:2,000in most developed countries. The Sirindhorn Dental Museum islocatedattheHRHPrincessMaha Chakri Sirindhorn 50th Anniversary Building at the university’s Phaya- thai campus and is free of admis- sion. 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