Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
December 2006
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
7
Issue:
3

Editorial

This issue coincides with celebrations for the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons on Friday 3rd December 2006. Under a banner fittingly entitled ‘enable’, the day seeks to ensure full and equal enjoyment of human rights, and participation in society, by persons with disabilities. Earlier this year, in August 2006, the Biennial Congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health took place in Göteborg, Sweden. Delegates to the Congress had the opportunity to do just that: to play their part in planning a better future for the oral health of people with disabilities, when oral health care teams from over 40 nations came together to share science, good practice and to support and mentor colleagues in the role of providing oral health care for some of the most vulnerable and sometimes, the most challenging members of society. Our second issue of the year was devoted to publication of the abstracts from the Congress. For so long a ‘gold standard’ in the way that they have delivered care, the showcasing of the Nordic countries at the conference gave others the opportunity to see the way in which such centres provided oral and dental care in a tr uly holistic way, as well as novel approaches to education and training. As with the IADH Congress in Calgary in 2004, there was another ambitious programme of funding to bring delegates from less developed countries to the Congress – to learn from them as well as give them a voice in seeking support for disabled people in countries where even basic oral health care is not a feature.

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142
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142
Authors
June Nunn

Articles from this issue

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  • Pg. Start
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  1. Editorial
  2. 142
  3. 142

  1. Defining the population requiring special care dentistry using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – a personal view
  2. 143
  3. 152

  1. Salivary methotrexate following IV therapy for osteosarcoma: a pilot study
  2. 153
  3. 155

  1. Hypnosis – alternative, or complimentary to conscious sedation in dentistry? A review
  2. 156
  3. 162

  1. Guidelines for the delivery of a Domiciliary Oral Health Care Service.
  2. 166
  3. 172

  1. Oral disease experience of adults with severe disability, prior to receiving dental treatment under general anaesthesia
  2. 173
  3. 175

  1. Overview of a hospital based dental programme for persons with special needs
  2. 176
  3. 184

  1. Flow rate, pH and buffer capacity in saliva of adolescents with cerebral palsy
  2. 185
  3. 188

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