Coronavirus disease pandemic revealed a lack of consensus on the concept of essential oral health care. Hence, a new study proposes a definition of essential oral health care that includes urgent and basic oral health care to start a broader debate and stakeholder alignment.

This model also introduces a definition of basic oral healthcare and calls for oral healthcare to be acknowledged as an integral component of a healthcare system's essential services.
"There is a vital need for evidence-based criteria to define which dental interventions are to be included in each section of essential oral healthcare. A lack of clearly defined primary oral healthcare services leaves people at risk for physical, mental, and social harm," stated JDR Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Jakubovics.
"All stakeholders, including the academic, research, and clinical communities, should work together to respond to this call for a consensus."
Source-Medindia