being largely preventable, the report said few countries in the Western Pacific invest adequately in efforts to address the issue.
Additionally, a dentist-centered workforce model dominates in most countries in the region, with inadequate task sharing and skill mixes within the wider oral health team.
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With the growing population of older adults in the region, there could be a further increase in the burden of oral diseases in the years to come, unless countries integrate essential oral health services into universal health coverage benefit packages, the report said.
Reference :
- Oral diseases affect more than 800 million people in the Western Pacific – (https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/item/08-06-2023-oral-diseases-affect-more-than-800-million-people-in-the-western-pacific)
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