WHO’s global oral health status report 2022: Actions, discussion and implementation

The Global Oral Health Status Report (GOHSR) directed towards the promotion and achievement of the universal health coverage (UHC) for oral health by the year 2030 was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in November 2022. The report reviews the latest evidence-based data on the status of oral health worldwide in terms of oral disease burden, risk factors, distributions of dental practitioners, health benefits package and the national health response for oral health crises (World Health Organization, 2022). The first of its kind report aims to foster discussion and implementation of the policy reforms on a national and international level amongst the 194 member states. Most importantly, the report presents the first-ever country-wise oral health profile with critical data on the oral health situation in each of the WHO member state.