The Alliance for Oral Health Across Think Tank programming seeks to cultivate a cutting-edge community interested in sharing ideas and innovation.
Think Tank Discussions
A Controversial Topic:
The 6 Month Recall
Originally Aired: January 10, 2024
Presenters: Dr. John Featherstone; UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California USA
Dr. Peter Mossey: University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Moderator: Dr. Callum DurwardDean, Faculty of DentistryUniversity of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Panelists: Dr. Cherae Farmer-Dixon, Dean, Meharry School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College
Dr. Regina Mutave, Past Dean, University of Kenya School of Dental Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya
Course Description
Listen to prominent global leaders discuss the pros and cons of this heated debate within the dental profession.
Educational Objectives
1. To understand the PRO ideas to keep the 6 month recall as a recommendation for patients who can access care.
2. To understand the CON ideas to do away with the 6 month recall recommendation for patients, even though they have access to care.
3. To understand the reasons that the majority of the world population do not even have access to any of the considerations within this discussion.
Public Voices in Global Oral Health:
A Call to Action!
Originally Aired: April 20, 2023
Peter Mossey: Orthodontics and Associate Dean for Internationalization at University of Dundee Dental School
Hyewon Lee: Health Systems Strategist at Seoul University School of Zpublic Health
Dr. Manu Mathur: Dental Surgeon with a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health from University College London
Mary Backley: Chief Executive Officer of the Maryland Dental Action Coalition (MDAC)
Course Description
This webinar aims to explore this crucial aspect of public and civil participation further – who are actors, public voices, non-state actors or concerned advocates in oral health? Why would their involvement in a public discourse matter and possibly make a difference? How could such involvement be facilitated and strengthened?
Educational Objectives
- Understand how listening to the patient public voice can influence a policy change.
- Understand how to engage patient support groups around a particular health problem.
- Understand what figures outside of the dental community think of the dental profession, dentists, and the subject of oral health.
Originally aired April 20, 2023
Public Voices in Global Oral Health:
A Missing Link to Accelerate Progress
Originally Aired: October 18, 2022
Speakers:
Stan Burridge, CEO Expert Focus
Jean-Luc Eiselé, CEO, World Heart Federation
Grace Dubois Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (NCDA)
Moderator: Dr. Peter Mossey, Orthodontics and Associate Dean for Internationalization at University of Dundee Dental School
Course Description
This webinar aims to explore this crucial aspect of public and civil participation further – who are actors, public voices, non-state actors or concerned advocates in oral health? Why would their involvement in a public discourse matter and possibly make a difference? How could such involvement be facilitated and strengthened?
Educational Objectives
- Understand how listening to the patient public voice can influence a policy change.
- Understand how to engage patient support groups around a particular health problem.
- Understand what figures outside of the dental community think of the dental profession, dentists, and the subject of oral health.
Promising Practices in Global Oral Health Teaching and Learning
Originally Aired: October 6, 2022
Dr. Tessa Waldhart, Creative and Communications Officer, Humble Smile Foundation
Dr. Callum Durward, Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra
Dr. Brittany Seymour, Associate Professor and Global Health Discipline Director at Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Course Description
Dr. Seymour will describe the general background that led to development of the Global Health Starter Kit curriculum, an interdisciplinary online open access global health curriculum with an oral health focus. She will be joined by two guests who will describe how they have been using the curriculum in their organizations, their challenges, and their successes with the toolkit.
Educational Objectives
- To acquaint the global oral health community with a competency based global health curriculum toolkit.
- To understand development of the curriculum materials for reliability and validity.
- To explore potential future applications of this toolkit in the post covid environment.
WHO 2021: Oral Health Resolution:
Putting Oral Health Back on the Global Agenda
Chief Dental Officer, WHO
Chief Executive Officer, IADR/AADR
Executive Director, FDI
Originally Aired: October 6, 2022
This webinar continues our goal of creating Think Tank sessions that create visibility around global health related issues. Our Keynote speaker, Dr. Benoit Varenne, Chief Dental Officer of the WHO, joins us in keeping up the momentum of enthusiasm and spreading the messaging to a wider audience. Since FDI World Dental Federation and The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) are the official nonstate associations in a relationship with the Oral Health Program of the WHO, we have invited a representative from each to react to Dr. Benoit Vareen’s presentation and answer questions in our open forum. The representative from The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) will be Executive Director, Dr. Chris Fox and from World Dental Federation (FDI), the representative will be Executive Director, Enzo Bondioni.
Course Description:
This webinar continues our goal of creating Think Tank sessions that create visibility around global health related issues. Our Keynote speaker, Dr. Benoit Varenne, Chief Dental Officer of the WHO, joins us in keeping up the momentum of enthusiasm and spreading the messaging to a wider audience. Since FDI World Dental Federation and The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) are the official nonstate associations in a relationship with the Oral Health Program of the WHO, we have invited a representative from each to react to Dr. Benoit Vareen’s presentation and answer questions in our open forum. The representative from The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) will be Executive Director, Dr. Chris Fox and from World Dental Federation (FDI), the representative will be Executive Director, Enzo Bondioni.
“Hoping to Help”:
Controversies in Global Health Volunteerism
Guest Presenter: Dr. Judith Lasker
Moderator: Dr. Deborah Weisfuse
Course Description:
Dr. Lasker is co-founder of Advocacy for Global Health Partnerships, a coalition of leaders from all sectors involved in global health programs–—NGO’s, faith-based organizations, academia, governmental groups and corporations– who advocate for research-based standards for more effective and ethical practices. Dr. Lasker, is also creator of the “Brocher Declaration” which is a result of her years of research into the topic of “Improving the value of short term clinical programs in global health”. This declaration is a statement of ethical principles for guiding policy on short-term global health engagements and is supported by many organizations globally.
Dr. Lasker is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Health Medicine and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. She earned her B.A. at Brandeis and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard. Judith’s major areas of interest are in the field of medical sociology, with particular emphasis on women’s health issues and international health.
In 2014, Judith was awarded the Centennial Medal by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard for “contributions to society as they have emerged from one’s graduate education at Harvard.
Other On Demand Webinars
On Demand Webinar #1: “Achieving Social Equity and Justice: A Call to Action of Oral Healthcare Leaders”
Broadcasted on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 • 7 PM ET (4 PM PT)
Our inaugural topic is focuses on the burden of health inequity—particularly in light of the recent events reshaping the social justice conversation.
Presenters: Michael Glick, DMD; Deborah Weisfuse, DMD, MS and Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS| Provider: Dental Learning Systems, LLC
August 24th, 2020 – Aug 31st, 2023
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the impact of social injustices on healthcare delivery
- Describe barriers to care and health equality
- Review strategies to increase health equality for underserved population
On Demand Webinar #2: “Aerosols in Clinical Dentistry Post COVID-19”
Broadcasted on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 • 7 PM ET (4 PM PT)
The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to be the dominant topic of discussion and debate in the oral healthcare community and the world at large. The virus’ impact on clinical dentistry has been profound; it has also been fraught with changing and often conflicting information, particularly in regard to patient and practitioner safety during aerosol-generating procedures.
Join Michael Glick, DMD, and special guests Mark Wolff, DDS, PhD, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry; and Richard Niederman, DMD, professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion at New York University College of Dentistry, and Co-Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for QED as they address and discuss the available information and sift through the chaff to illuminate best practices.
Learning Objectives:
- Review scientific research on aerosols pertaining to dentistry.
- Discuss the conflicting opinions of the WHO, the CDC, and the ADA regarding utilization of this science within the profession of dentistry.
- Describe the approach in critical thinking that must be utilized in this situation in order to form your own opinion regarding this global controversy.
August 24th, 2020 – Aug 31st, 2023
Suggested Reading:
- “A Dental Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Safer Aerosol- Free Emergent (SAFER) Dentistry”, by Benzian & Neiderman
- “SDCEP-Mitigation of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry – Rapid Review”, by Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Program
On Demand Webinar #3: “Seeing is Not Always Believing”
Professor Michael Glick
Originally broadcasted on Tuesday, August 3 at 8:00 pm EST
Critical thinking is a subject matter that has been discussed by philosophers and scientists for thousands of years.
Many definitions have been proposed to describe this concept, which ultimately is a process of recognizing how and why we believe what we see, hear, and read. Included in a critical thinking process is being cognizant of different sides of an argument, and being able to apply an analytical, logical, and systematic approach to new and old ideas, all while being both inquisitive and curious.In today’s world, where we are inundated with health information from sources ranging from social media to reputable biomedical journals, being able to parse the truth from the hype is more important than ever. In this course, participants will be presented with different ways of approaching ideas and claims, be introduced to common statistical concepts and an appreciation of scientific literacy, as well as be shown how to recognize biases and misinformation in the scientific literature. Incorporating principles of critical thinking into clinical care will greatly benefit our patients and ultimately improve health in our own communities and beyond.
Participants will learn:
- to understand how critical thinking can affect and enhance decision making
- to recognize the presence of one’s own biases and misconceptions
- to interpret common biostatistical concepts
- to identify biases and misinformation perpetuated in the news and the scientific literature
On Demand Webinar #4: “Minimally Invasive Procedure: A Question of Sustainability”
Speakers: Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PHD, Jeremy Horst, DDS, PHD, Saul Pressner, DMD, FAGD
Moderated by: Professor Michael Glick
Originally broadcasted on Wednesday, October 6 at 1:00 pm EST
Dr. Wolff will bring us up to date on the history; Dr. Horst will speak on the science; and Dr. Pressner will discuss minimally invasive biomimetic dentistry and its relationship to sustainability. Dr. Julie Frantsve-Hawley and Dr. Michael Glick will moderate the program.
Educational Objectives
The participant will learn how minimally invasive biomimetic dentistry preserves healthy tooth structure and contributes to the greater long term viability of teeth.
On Demand Webinar #5: Silver Diamine Fluoride (A Two-Part Series)
Webinar 1: Silver Diamine Fluoride….The Science, Evolution, and Community Implementations
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Moderated by: Dr. Yasmi Crystal
Panelists:
Duangporn (Tammy) Duangthip, DDS, MSc, PhD
Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD
Colman McGrath, BA, BDentSc, DDPHRCS, MSc, MEd, FDSRCS, FFDRCSI, FPH, FICD, PhD
Rosalyn Sulyanto, DMD, MS
Bethy Turton, BDS, MComDent, PhD
SDF has been placed on the WHO list of essential drugs. We must fully understand it and embrace its usage. Presenting the latest science of how SDF works from the latest IADR trials. Researchers from around the globe will present implementation programs existing now and discuss their effectiveness.
Educational Objectives:
1. Attendee will understand SDF mechanisms of action in depth and the elements or this that are currently undergoing global clinical trials.
2. Attendee will understand global comprehensive clinical community implementation and trials all from original researchers.
Webinar 2: SDF Challenges Around the Globe…Are Other Options Available?
Monday, May 18, 2022
Moderated by: Dr. Yasmi Crystal
Panelists:
Amal Ali, DDS, MPH
Graham Craig, AM MDS, PhD, FRACDS
Jeremy Horst Keeper, DDS, PhD
Rich Krone
Gustavo Molina, BDS, DDS, PhD
Many may not know that SDF is virtually unavailable in many countries! This conundrum is discussed from many angles so attendees interested in getting it into their country will understand more about this challenge. In addition, alternatives to SDF that can be used now will be reviewed as well as products currently in development and trials that will be able to address the same issues.
Educational Objectives:
1. Attendees will learn about specific global SDF manufacturing and distribution issues and how they might be overcome.
2. Attendees will also be updated on current alternatives as well as those in clinical trials at this time.