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INTRODUCTION

Dental problems and oral pain are very common in most countries. Oral conditions affected 3.9 billion people. The burden of oral disease accounted for 15 million DALY's (disability-adjusted life-years) in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Untreated caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition (global prevalence 35% for all ages combined) evaluated for the entire GBD 2010 Study1. Oral Health is determinant factor for quality of life (work and school absenteeism) and has a proven strong correlation with general health (WHO).²

Most dental diseases are chronic diseases. Caries, periodontitis, oral pathology are the most common causes of oral problems. These diseases are mostly preventable diseases.

Based on AJMedP-6 a medical component can be tasked to provide for humanitarian care for local people. Due to the morbidity rate of oral health disease in most populations part of the demanded care will be in the dental field. This document provides for guidelines and considerations for planning and delivering oral health care. It provides guidelines for the dental (oral health) involvement in missions with a humanitarian character as described in AJMedP-6. (nov 2015 STANAG 2563)