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Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC) - Overcoming Implementation Barriers: An International Expert Consensus
Falk Schwendicke1, Avijit Banerjee2, Sarah R Baker3
1Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Digital Dentistry, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany.
Objectives:
The minimum intervention oral health care (MIOC) delivery framework shifts restorative dentistry from a predominantly operative, procedure-centred model towards a person-focused, prevention-oriented and tooth-preserving approach. This international consensus aimed to develop agreed, evidence-informed recommendations to support uptake of MIOC.
Methods:
A structured expert consensus process was conducted. Sixteen international experts participated in a structured in-person meeting and consented on fourteen recommendations, all with 100% agreement.
Results:
Implementation of MIOC requires alignment of reimbursement systems, quality indicators, coding structures and digital infrastructures with preventive, diagnostic and active surveillance-based care pathways. Recommendations emphasise recognition and reimbursement of risk assessment and supportive care, integration of team-based delivery models, embedding MIOC competencies across undergraduate and postgraduate education, and ensuring that digital and AI technologies demonstrate person-centred benefit consistent with MIOC principles.
Conclusions:
The consensus provides a coordinated framework to support implementation and advance equitable, sustainable and prevention-oriented oral health care delivery globally.
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