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Thanks for playing the anatomy game everyone

Many mentioned the skin as 1 of their 5 organs

Some mentioned the gut (intestine/bowel)

There’s another organ that bridges the skin and gut, which nobody has mentioned …
The mouth! Image
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Coming up at 2 pm, it's the April Board of Health Meeting. These is you're pre-game: guelphpolitico.ca/2023/03/31/mee…
Tech issues? Maybe. This is the Board of Health's first hybrid meeting, and I'm following along from home.
Never mind. Something is happening...

And now Chair Bridge has called the meeting to order!
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2022 official statistics update from @OHID

#Dental health of 5 year old children in England

One third of 5 yr olds have tooth decay (29.3%)

Those in the most deprived areas of England are 2.5 times more likely to have decay than in the least deprived (35.1% Vs 13.5%)

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From 2008 to 2017 there was a clear trend of significant improvement in the prevalence of tooth decay in 5 year olds in England (from 30.9% to 23.3%)

**There have been no further significant improvements in oral health since 2017**

#dentistry #Health #oralhealth

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#Oralhealth inequalities have previously been highlighted as a #publichealth problem

There is a positive association between decay experience and deprivation, as deprivation increases so does decay experience

#inequality #dentistry

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Good #OralHealth is essential in our daily lives helping us eat, breathe, and speak.

Yet, oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide. More in WHO’s new Global Oral Health Status Report 👉bit.ly/3hVCpSV
WHO's new Global #OralHealth Status Report explains untreated oral diseases can be severe and debilitating.

It can cause pain, social isolation, financial burden and even death. Learn more 👉bit.ly/3V6PyGT
The most common oral diseases are

🦷 tooth decay,
😬 gum disease,
🦷 tooth loss,
👄 oral cancers.

Untreated tooth decay is the single most common condition globally, affecting over 2.5 billion people.

Learn more 👉bit.ly/3V6PyGT #OralHealth
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Tongue scraping, or jihwa prakshalana,
is a traditional Ayurvedic self-care practice.

Overnight, as the body processes everything that was ingested the previous day, toxins begin to form & are visible as a coating on the tongue.

#healthy #health #healthcare #ayurved #lifestyle
Each section on the tongue corresponds to an organ, making the tongue a roadmap to the body's health.

Scraping the tongue thereby gives our internal organs a gentle massage. When you scrape the back of the tongue, the colon is cleansed, stimulating better peristalsis.
Why scrape your tongue?

✅Reduces toxin load; preventing reabsorption of toxins that your body worked to expel
✅ Reduces obstruction to the respiratory system
✅Reduces bacteria and dead cells from the tongue
✅Enhances sense of taste
✅Promotes overall oral & digestive health
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Today is World #OralHealth Day.
Oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people 🌏🌍🌎
They cause:
🔹 pain
🔹 discomfort
🔹 disfigurement
🔹 death

bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
Oral diseases can be caused by a range of modifiable behaviors including:

🔹 unhealthy diet high in sugar
🔹 use of tobacco
🔹 alcohol consumption
🔹 poor hygiene
🔹 inadequate exposure to fluoride

#OralHealth
bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
The most common #OralHealth diseases are:

🔹 dental caries
🔹 periodontal diseases
🔹 oral cancer
🔹 oro-dental trauma
🔹 cleft lip and palate
🔹 noma: a severe gangrenous disease starting in the mouth mostly affecting children

bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
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From April this year, here is the @AusHealthcare calling for a broader focus for the #NationalPreventiveHealthStrategy croakey.org/a-broader-focu… Highlighting the importance of #ClimateAction, #HealthLiteracy, #OralHealth
Also from April this year, Prof Andrew Wilson: Ten lessons the prevention community can take from Australia’s COVID-19 response croakey.org/ten-lessons-th… #NationalPreventiveHealthStrategy
Back in March, @LRussellWolpe writing in The Health Wrap previewed some of the critical issues re implementation of the #NationalPreventiveHealthStrategy croakey.org/the-health-wra…
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WHO is convening a web-based consultation on a draft global strategy on #oralhealth from 9 August to 17 September 2021. Member States, UN organizations and non-State actors are invited to submit their feedback before 17 Sep 2021 who.int/publications/m…
Please note that the web-based consultation is open for Member States, UN organizations and other international organizations, NGOs, academic institutions (including WHO Collaborating Centres), philanthropic foundations and private sector entities.
The web-based consultation is not open for individuals (they are encouraged to share their inputs with participating NGOs) or individual experts (they are encouraged to share their inputs with participating academic institutions).
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question
- Eugène Ionesco

Our experts will answer your questions/doubts on #Mucormycosis, Dental Health and its relation with #COVID19

Join us tomorrow at ⏰11 AM

So, first question..

Are you ready?

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Do you have any question?

Ask and our👩‍⚕️ Doctors🧑‍⚕️will answer your queries on #Mucormycosis, Dental Health and its relation with #COVID19

See you tomorrow at 11 AM

Post your questions in comments section of our webinar👉 Image
Having #COVID19, in the background of diabetes and steroid use, is a classic setting for triple immune suppression: Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan on what makes us prone to catching #mucormycosis

Webinar on Mucormycosis, Dental Health

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The 74th World Health Assembly approved the WHO resolution on global disability action plan 2014–2021 for better health for all people with #disability.

The #WHA74 is expected to adopt this resolution on plenary next week.
Over 1 billion people currently live with some form of #disability. This number is rising as populations expand and age, and due to the increasing number of people living with noncommunicable conditions. #WHA74
Today's #WHA74 resolution on health for people living with disabilities aims to make the health sector more inclusive by tackling the significant barriers many people with disabilities face when they try to access health services.
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Today is World #OralHealth Day.
Oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people.
They cause:
🔴 pain
🔴 discomfort
🔴 disfigurement
🔴 and even death

More ➡️ bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu Image
Treatment for #OralHealth conditions is expensive and usually not part of Universal Health Coverage.
In most high-income countries, dental treatment averages 5% of total health expenditure and 20% of out-of-pocket health expenditure.

More ➡️ bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu Image
Most low- and middle-income countries are unable to provide services to prevent and treat #OralHealth conditions.

More ➡️ bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu Image
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#OralHealth-care providers work in close contact with their patients and are exposed to saliva, blood and other body fluids; procedures must be in place to protect staff and patients from infection with #COVID19.

🆕 WHO videos explain how 👉bit.ly/2MnLKn8
#OralHealth centres 🏥 should put in place procedures for screening, triaging and reception of people seeking dental care during the #COVID19 pandemic.

This video explains step-by-step the measures & WHO recommendations 👇
For patients visiting health-care centres, they should

😷 #WearAMask when not receiving treatment
🤲 Clean hands with soap & water or alcohol-based hand rub on arrival.
↔️ Keep physical distance when not receiving treatment.

More info 👉bit.ly/2MnLKn8
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New WHO interim guidance on considerations for the provision of essential #OralHealth services in the context of #COVID19 - addresses the prioritization of urgent cases, screening of patients and measures to be taken in oral health services bit.ly/3fN4SmX
74% of countries responding to a recent WHO global assessment of continuity of essential health services during #COVID19 reported that dental services have been partially or completely disrupted.
This figure is higher than for any other type of essential service.
#OralHealth-care providers are at ⬆️ risk of being infected with #COVID19 or passing the infection to patients
🦷 they are in close contact with their patients’ mouths
🦷 use spray-generating equipment that produces airborne particles
🦷 are exposed to saliva, blood & body fluids
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Today is World #OralHealth Day.
Oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people. They cause:
🔴 pain
🔴 discomfort
🔴 disfigurement
🔴 and even death
bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
Treatment for #oralhealth conditions is expensive and usually not part of Universal Health Coverage. In most high-income countries, dental treatment averages 5% of total health expenditure and 20% of out-of-pocket health expenditure.
bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
Most low- and middle-income countries are unable to provide services to prevent and treat #oralhealth conditions.
bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu
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#Thread about brushing your teeth:

When I came back from the US in late 2018, one of my goals was to create awareness about oral health. I was very surprised to hear how many people don't know its essential to brush multiple times.

#oralhealth #preventivecare #brushyourteeth
So I created this poll and the results confirmed my fear. More than 50% said they brush ONCE a day! So here goes.

Teeth can get two main diseases: Caries/cavities and periodontal/gum disease. Both are multi factorial but start with two main factors: Diet and oral hygiene.
Genes play a role but let's not blame our parents and their parents for our faults.

Basically food left on teeth causes caries and under the gums causes periodontal issues. Plain and simple. Some foods are worse than others but oral hygiene is key. So lets start with brushing.
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Happening now at #UNGA: @TheLancet & @NYUDental Oral health side event

View the key messages & read the Series hubs.ly/H0kS_pZ0
Follow #GlobalOralHealth #UHC #LeavingNoOneBehind ImageImageImage
@NYUDental @UCL_DentalPH Not at #UNGA #OralHealth side event?

Listen to Series lead Richard Watt @UCL_DentalPH's key messages from @TheLancet Series

#GlobalOralHealth #UHC #LeavingNooneBehind
@NYUDental @UCL_DentalPH Why do we need to integrate #OralHealth into #UHC?

.@NYUDental's & @WHO's Habib Benzian is presenting the @TheLancet Series on #GlobalOralHealth now at a side event at #UNGA, watch him at the London launch

Read the Series hubs.ly/H0kS_pZ0
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An OHA program that financially rewards CCOs for meeting certain health metrics continues to improve OHP members’ health: bit.ly/2LOzwBV #Medicaid #Oregon
Among the findings in our recent report: CCOs have significantly increased the proportion of children in foster care who received full health assessments. #Oregon Image
And CCOs continue to increase the number of children receiving dental sealants, a key prevention measure in #OralHealth. #Oregon #Medicaid Image
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Oral diseases affect 1 in 2 people in the world.
Untreated 🦷 decay - the most common disease of mankind bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu

#OralHealth
#GlobalOralHealth
@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @TheLancet Oral diseases are among the most common and preventable noncommunicable diseases worldwide and affect all human beings, regardless of age bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu

#OralHealth
#GlobalOralHealth
@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @TheLancet Most common noncommunicable diseases share many behavioral risk factors with oral diseases such as an unhealthy diet high in sugars, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol bit.ly/2Gsj3Pu #OralHealth
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Thread about current state and importance of Oral Health:

There is a shocking report about the state of dental Caries world wide:

indianexpress.com/article/india/…

#dentalcare #OralHealth #Lancet #GlobalOralHealth
Facts:
1) 3.5 Billion People are affected by Caries.

If you have never had a comprehensive exam with a full set of xrays done, you are one of those 3.5B people. That’s basically 3 Indian populations put together.

#dentalcare #OralHealth #Lancet #GlobalOralHealth
2) Dental Caries does not always hurt.

That’s when you should aim for it to be detected and treated. Typically it will means a filling. Occasionally a crown. Rarely a root canal or extraction.

#dentalcare #OralHealth #Lancet #GlobalOralHealth
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On this week's cover and this week's issue—new Series on #GlobalOralHealth presents a critique of current #oralhealth care systems and calls for radical action placing oral health on the global NCDs agenda hubs.ly/H0jSGzZ0 Image
"That 1 billion people worldwide with #disabilities are being failed by current health services is a travesty. As we advance the #UHC agenda, people with #disability must not be forgotten"

Editorial on The Missing Billion report @LSHTM hubs.ly/H0jSHsk0 Image
"What is paramount now is for the international community to come together more assertively to rapidly contain the #Ebola virus" On the news of the #PHEIC announcement after writing this Editorial, will this be achieved? hubs.ly/H0jSN3C0 Image
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Oral diseases present a major global public health burden, affecting 3.5 billion people worldwide, yet #oralhealth has been largely ignored by the global health community: new @TheLancet Series aims to get #GlobalOralHealth on the #NCD and #UHC agendas hubs.ly/H0jSwml0 Image
Oral diseases disproportionally affect poorer & marginalised groups in society & are an early indicator of population ill health linked to deprivation: new #GlobalOralHealth Series calls for #dental services to become integrated in wider health-care system hubs.ly/H0jPlj30 Image
Oral conditions share common risk factors with other #NCDs, including free #sugar consumption: @TheLancet #GlobalOralHealth calls for tighter regulation & legislation by governments as the effect of global sugar industry becomes a threat to public health hubs.ly/H0jPlj30 Image
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