Jeff Cain
Counteracting the sedentary aspects of academia by incorporating physical activity into the educational process
Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
oral diseases affect significant proportion worlds population yet international comparisons involving oral health outcomes often limited due differences way countrylevel primary data collected response world dental federation fdi oral health observatory project launched goal collecting producing standardised international data oral health across countries aim descriptive crosssectional study examine associations selfreported general health range factors sociodemographics oral healthrelated behaviours oral impacts clinical variables using standardised international datasets dentists within fdi member national dental associations chose take part project selected using multistage sampling method number dentists cluster set according proportion national population living area 50 patients per dentist systematically approached take part patients dentists completed 2 separate questionnaires mobile app ordinal logistic regression conducted december 2022 used analyse linked patient dentist data 6 countries china n 2242 colombia n 1029 india n 999 italy n 711 japan n 1271 lebanon n 798 selfreported general health dependent variable age sex education selfreported oral healthrelated behaviours selfreported oral impacts clinical variables acting independent variables results demonstrated different pattern associations different countries better selfreported general health associated degreelevel education 6 countries reporting oral impact sensitive teeth 4 countries several countryspecific patterns also found including importance tooth brushing colombia periodontal health italy differing associations sugary drinks consumption india japan descriptive findings provide basis research importantly advocacy identifying patient oral health care needs according personreported clinical aspects facilitate optimisation service provision potentially influence policy investments