Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders
AOHAB’s global oral health leaders showcased community-based projects at the 2026 AADMD One Voice Conference. The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB) proudly showcased the impact of its Student Leadership in Global Oral Health (SLGOH) program at the 2026 American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) One Voice Conference, held June 4–7 in …
Building Bridges Across Sectors: Advancing Global Oral Health Through Partnership and Leadership The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB) recently hosted its first alumni event of the year, bringing together global leaders, faculty experts, students, and partners to highlight innovation, collaboration, and leadership in advancing oral health worldwide. The event reflected AOHAB’s expanding global …
Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders Strengthens Global Commitment to Inclusive Oral Health at Caribbean Conference Negril, Jamaica – October 2025 — The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB) joined global and regional leaders at the Global Conference on Developmental Medicine & Dentistry, held October 11–12, 2025, at the Royalton Negril, Jamaica. The conference—guided …
New York, NY (September 29, 2025) – The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB), in partnership with the NYU College of Dentistry, the NYU School of Global Public Health, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations Oral Health Work Group, proudly hosted “Mouth Matters: Civil Society Drives Health Through Oral Health” on September …
A view of geriatric dentistry in Cameroon Atanwo Nita, David Fray Locked between Central and West Africa is found Cameroon, a tropical country. Oral diseases, amongst the most common non communicable diseases, touches about 3.5 billion people in the world. The number of people in the world aged 65 or over is expected to double …
Donna Hackley is an Assistant Professor part-time in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology and Global and Community Health and faculty of pre-doctoral Pediatric Dentistry at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Hackley earned her DMD from Boston University’s Goldman School of Dentistry (1992) where she also completed a 1-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry …
Dr. Allen Wong has taught postdoctoral general dentistry for over 35 years in AEGD programs (Pacific and University California San Francisco) and is the director of Pacific’s Hospital Dentistry Program. He has lectured nationally and internationally in the areas of special care dentistry, rotary endodontics, implant restorations, and minimally invasive dentistry. He was active with …
Dr. Linda Oge Okoye is a distinguished dental surgeon and academic. She completed her primary education at Zik’s Avenue Primary School in Enugu and her secondary education at Federal Government College, Port Harcourt. Pursuing higher education, she earned her Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in 1990. In 2005, …
Dr. Julian Fisher serves as the Director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies within the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. In this role, he champions the integration of oral health considerations into broader policy frameworks, recognizing that population oral health is significantly influenced by policies …
Dr. Jean Creasey received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from the University of California San Francisco in 2001. Prior to that she worked for many years as a Registered Dental Hygienist and from that background brings a strong focus on prevention to her dental practice. She is a recognized speaker, nationally and internationally on …
