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Area of Science:

  • Global health
  • Dental public health
  • Oral epidemiology

Background:

  • Oral health is globally neglected in health systems, policies, and discourse.
  • This marginalization stems from structural, epistemic, and professional dynamics.
  • Existing global health structures and professional isolation reinforce oral health's exclusion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for global oral health as a distinct science and action discipline.
  • To address the lack of a coherent scientific identity in the field.
  • To propose a framework for systemic integration and relevance.

Main Methods:

  • The commentary advances four core arguments regarding the field's identity and integration.
  • It proposes a comparative delineation and working definition for the reconfigured field.
  • It emphasizes the need for strategic, epistemic, and institutional alignment.

Main Results:

  • The field currently lacks a coherent scientific identity.
  • Building a functional discipline requires alignment across strategic, epistemic, and institutional levels.
  • A distinct disciplinary identity is essential for systemic integration and relevance.

Conclusions:

  • Global oral health must be constituted as a distinct discipline, extending beyond dental public health and oral epidemiology.
  • It needs to incorporate systems thinking, address transnational determinants, and adopt a decolonial lens for equity.
  • Developing an intellectually grounded, politically conscious, and structurally engaged discipline is vital for shaping its future.