Oral health has been shown to impact physical, social, emotional, and economic well-being. New evidence is emerging that links diseases of the mouth to other chronic conditions, like diabetes, and the U.S. Surgeon General has stated clearly “you can’t be healthy without good oral health." Yet in health care systems in the U.S., OECD and developing countries, oral health care financing and delivery is largely siloed off from medical care. This has important consequences for affordability of oral health care services, access to oral health care providers, and, ultimately, oral health. However, there is a growing movement to reconsider the dental-medical divide in health policy. Critical to this movement is the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of health services research that relates to oral health.
To help facilitate knowledge exchange between health services researchers and policy makers, Academy Health is considering the launch of an Oral Health Interest Group. This Interest Group is meant to bridge the dental-medical divide within the health services research and policy community, bringing together those with deep expertise in oral health and those with much broader health policy expertise. This webinar is a kick-off webinar for the potential Oral Health Interest Group.
Marko Vujicic currently serves as Chief Economist and Vice President of the Health Policy Institute at the Ame... Read Bio
Dr. Chalmers is the Dental Officer with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of Dermatology, ... Read Bio
Dr. Simpson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of AcademyHealth from 2011-March 2024. A nationally ... Read Bio
Benjamin Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of health policy and economics at the Harvard School of Public H... Read Bio
Dr. Burton L. Edelstein is a board-certified pediatric dentist and professor of dentistry and public health at... Read Bio
Tom Buchmueller is a health economist whose research focuses on the economics of health insurance and related ... Read Bio
John E. McDonough is Professor of Public Health Practice in the Department of Health Policy & Management at th... Read Bio