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FDI World Dental Federation serves as the principal representative body for more than one million dentists worldwide, developing health policy and continuing education programmes

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Tobacco cessation
Tobacco Cessation
Final FDI Tobacco Cessation Guide Japanese
Chairside guide
Global Periodontal Health Project 2019 NDA_survey
Periodontal (Gum) disease
Global Periodontal Health Project 2019 NDA survey
Survey

In 2019, 69 NDAs from 67 different countries across Africa, America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe responded to the survey, compared to 61 NDAs from 59 countries in 2017.

Global periodontal health_Challenges, priorities and perspectives_proceedings
Periodontal (Gum) disease
Global periodontal health: Challenges, priorities and perspectives
Proceedings

Periodontitis is closely linked with general health and major NCDs, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Even though it is one of the most common diseases worldwide, it seldom receives the attention it deserves. This consideration has led FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) to launch the GPHP to tackle the burden of periodontal diseases.

Guideleness for amateurs_brochure
Sports dentistry
Guidelines for amateurs
Brochure

This guideline provides information on the importance of maintaining a healthy mouth while playing sports, how a healthy mouth affects athletic performance, and how to maintain and protect oral health when playing sports.

Guidelines for dentists and sports medicine physicians_brochure
Sports dentistry
Guidelines for dentists and sports medicine physicians
Brochure

This comprehensive guide provides information for clinicians on how oral health impacts sports performance and vice-versa, along with recommendations for prevention, screening, treatment, and dental recall intervals.

Guideleness for elite athletes_brochure
Sports dentistry
Guidelines for elite athletes
Brochure

This guideline provides information on maintaining a healthy mouth when competing at the elite level and how poor oral health effects performance. This guide also provides details on how to protect your mouth during sports and training.

IADS pledge oral health improvement
Vision 2030
International Dental Students Associations pledge for oral health improvement
Introducing the Whole Mouth Health Project_proceeding
Introducing the Whole Mouth Health Project: Oral health literacy, behaviour change, and empowering patients to improve their oral health
Proceedings

These proceedings give an introduction to the Whole Mouth Health project introduced at the FDI World Dental Congress in San Francisco, United States on 5 and 7 September 2019.

Istanbul DEclaration
Oral health and general health
Istanbul declaration
Declaration

Oral health and general health: a call for collaborative approach

Key learnings from the GPHP follow-up survey on periodontal health_infographics
Periodontal (Gum) disease
Key learnings from the GPHP follow-up survey on periodontal health

Conducted between February and May 2019, the survey asked FDI National Dental Associations the same 19 questions developed in 2017 on periodontal health relating to: national health policies; health information systems; education and workforces; and national prevention and promotion efforts by NDAs.

2017_Key learnings
Key learnings from the GPHP survey on periodontal health
Chairside guide
Dental caries (Tooth decay)
Key lessons from the evaluation of the caries prevention and management chairside guide
Infographic
Leave no one behind
Leave no one behind
Chairside guide
Maintaining Good Oral Health
Maintaining Good Oral Health Infographic
Infographic
Managing older adults_Chairside guide
Oral health for ageing populations
Managing older adults: Chairside guide
Chairside guide

This chairside guide provides recommendations based on the Lucerne Care Pathway to support targeted service-delivery strategies that avoid under- and over-treatment and foster a life-course approach to oral health.

DECLARATION Mumbai
Vision 2030
Mumbai Declaration on Sugary Drinks and Healthy Food
Declaration
Civid 19 vaccination
New FDI World Dental Federation global survey reveals that two-thirds of countries are not allowing dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines
Press release

Survey also shows that half of the responding countries have agreed to include dentists in their priority vaccination groups.

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Cleft lip and/or palate
NEW Resources for Non-Oral Health Professionals
Toolkit
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Cleft lip and/or palate
NEW Resources for Oral Health Professionals
Toolkit
No health without oral health_proceedings
Oral health and general health
No health without oral health: How the dental community can leverage the NCD agenda to deliver on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Proceedings

These proceedings are based on the FDI-NCD Alliance joint session that took place during the FDI World Dental Congress in Madrid, Spain on 30 August 2017. The session focused on leveraging the NCD movement to advance oral health, with a particular focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

NOHP Trainers manual
Cleft lip and/or palate
NOHP Trainers manual
Toolkit