Oral Health Management for Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Dear Colleagues,

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are focused on preserving the global environment and creating an equitable human society. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will act for the SDGs. Dentistry will unexceptionally contribute to one of the SDGs, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.

As is well known, oral health can contribute to wellbeing and quality of life. Oral health and oral diseases are closely associated with systemic condition and diseases. Thus, it is very important for all people to manage oral health and prevent oral diseases, such as dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral cancer, eating disorders, oral malodor, malocclusion, oral dysfunction, temporomandibular disorders, bruxism, etc. In particular, prevention of oral diseases at an earlier age is quite challenging and magnificent for the future life.

Hence, this Special Issue will focus on oral health management for children, adolescents, and adults. New research articles, reviews, and case reports are welcome. Articles dealing with new approaches to prevent oral diseases and with risk assessment and education are also welcome. Other manuscript types accepted include methodological papers, position papers, and brief reports.

Dr. Daisuke Ekuni
Dr. Hiroaki Inaba
Topic Editors