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DentaQuest Partnership Clarifies World Health Organization Guidance

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement seeks to clarify recent oral health guidance by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, a nonprofit organization working to transform an inequitable healthcare system, seeks to clarify recent oral health guidance by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The DentaQuest Partnership recently worked with the Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), the leading provider of infection prevention and control education, training and credentialing, to develop a comprehensive set of best practices based on the guidance issued by U.S. public health and leading dental organizations for dental providers and a companion piece for patients to support the safe return to preventive dental care for all. 

Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute Inc issued the following statement:

“Recent WHO guidance has caused quite a bit of confusion at a time we can least afford it. Let us be clear – oral health directly impacts overall health, and this guidance does nothing to prevent people in the U.S. from continuing preventive dental care during this pandemic.

In fact, the WHO guidance specifically defers to recommendations at the national and local levels. In the United States, leading public health organizations have issued clear infection control measures that should be implemented by dental practices to ensure that in-person preventive dental care can be administered as safely as possible. We have worked to compile those best practices into easily accessible resources for dental providers and patients to follow. As long as national and local recommendations support it — and dental providers follow these procedures — patients do have the option to visit their dentists for routine dental care.

We urge people to continue addressing their oral health needs in whatever way they are most comfortable — whether at home, via teledentistry appointments, or by visiting their dental provider. Delaying oral health treatment now can lead to more significant health problems down the line.”

Read the full statement at: globenewswire.com/

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