The UCL Dental Public Health Group is based within the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, a large, friendly and highly successful academic department comprising of over 170 academics and researchers working on a wide range of exciting public health projects.
WHO Collaborating Centre
The UCL Dental Public Health Group have now been designated as a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre of Oral Health Inequalities and Public Health and will be working with WHO on the forthcoming Global Oral Health Report.
The Lancet Commission on Oral Health
Following the ground-breaking publication of The Lancet Oral Health Series in July 2019, a new Lancet Commission on Oral Health has been established.
LinkThe Lancet Commission on Oral Health
Harvard Lecture 2021
- Background and overview of the Lancet Commission on Oral Health
- General discussion on Lancet Commissions
The Lancet Oral Health Series
The Lancet Oral Health Series led by UCL highlights global health importance of oral diseases and recommends urgent need for oral health care system reform. See links below:
Series
- Oral diseases: a global public health challenge
Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action