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YOUR ANNUAL WORLD DENTAL CONGRESS NEWSPAPER Thursday & Friday, 24–25 September FDI Worldental Daily Y esterday, the FDIWorld Dental Federation has released the second edition of its Oral Health Atlas at the Annual World DentalCongress(AWDC)inBangkok inThailand.The launch event for the book took place on Wednesday at theBangkokInternationalTradeand Exhibition Centre and was attended byFDImembersandofficials,aswell as the media. The new edition of the atlas, titled The Challenge of Oral Disease—A Call for Global Action, aims to serve as an advocacy re- sourceforalloralhealthcareprofes- sionals and recommends strategies to address the global challenge of oral disease. At the launch event, Dr Habib Benzian and Prof. DavidWilliams, the publication’s editors-in-chief, present- ed the new edition of the atlas and spoke with DTI editor-in-chief Daniel Zimmermann about the contents of the book and the global challenge of preventing oral disease and imple- menting adequate oral health care worldwide. The first edition of the Oral Health Atlas, titled Mapping a Neglected Global Health Issue, was released at the FDI 2009 AWDC in Singapore and highlighted the extent of the problem of oral disease worldwide. The sec- ond edition of the atlas provides an update of the global health challenge andreflectsonpoliciesandstrategies that address the burden of oral dis- ease, such as tooth decay, periodon- tal disease and oral cancer, Benzian pointed out. Thebooksummarisesthekeyoral health issues based on the latest available information from various international sources, Benzian and Williams explained, including the im- pactoforaldisease,majorriskfactors andinequalitiesinoralhealth,aswell as oral disease prevention and man- agement. Moreover, it aims to ensure that oral health is granted higher priority on the global health and development agendas. Written for national dental associations, health organisations,industryprofessionals and the general public, the atlas pro- videsthemwiththemeanstoaddress policymakers,governmentsandlocal authorities based on sound facts so that they can better advocate for changeinoralhealth-relatedpolicies, Williams said. According to the atlas, only about two-thirds of the world’s population have access to adequate oral health care, even though oral disease, particularly tooth decay, is among the most common human diseases. “Untreated tooth decay is the most common health condition of children across all countries, recently con- firmed by the Global Burden of Disease Study looking at the burden of 281 diseases and conditions”, said Benzian. “Children with severe un- treated tooth decay are impacted in their growth, have frequent episodes of pain, miss days in school and have a generally lower quality of life,” he continued. They also usually have the lowest accesstooralhealthcareandpreven- tive services, added Williams. There- fore, the two editors-in-chief hope that the second edition of the Oral HealthAtlaswillmostofallserveasan advocacy tool for institutions, policy- makers and dental associations in their effort to improve access to oral health care worldwide. The compilation of the new edi- tion of the Oral Health Atlas was supported by the Hong Kong Dental Association and the FDI’sVision 2020 oral health initiative. The book con- tent includes chapters and data from 30 contributors, and was reviewed and edited by the two editors-in- chief. The atlas can be downloaded free of charge from the FDI website as of today and will be translated into the FDI’s official languages of French and Spanish.These versions will be avail- able electronically in early 2016. FDI releases second edition of Oral Health Atlas Launch event at 2015 AWDC in Bangkok introduces the new publication IDrHabibBenzian(left)andProf.David Williams,editors-in-chiefofthesecond editionoftheOralHealthAtlas. WDDispublishedbytheFDIWorldDentalFederationinpartnershipwithDentalTribuneInternationalGmbH(DTI). FDI Communications Manager: Christopher M. 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