At the end of World Congress 2015, the Tokyo Declaration on Dental care and oral health for healthy longevity was adopted to call upon health policy-makers and professionals .
Tokyo Declaration on Dental Care and Oral Health for Healthy Longevity
In many countries around the world societies are ageing rapidly as medical advances and an improved living environment extend the average life span. At the same time, this has generated a marked discrepancy between actual life expectancy and the expectancy of healthy life, resulting in a complex situation in which the number of people needing nursing care has increased. Inevitably societies face as a consequence the task of preventing the decline in the quality of life of people who need nursing care.
The challenge is to develop the role of dental care and oral health in creating societies with healthy longevity. Dental care should respond to the problem of increased noncommunicable diseases as living environments change and should expand its support for people who need nursing care and preventing premature death. Dental associations and other health professionals around the world are encouraged to facilitate and enhance coordination of activities to increase global awareness of and contribute to the implementation of WHO’s Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable diseases 2013-2030.
Life-long oral health is a fundamental human right, underpinned by an ‘oral-health-in-all-policies’ approach.
The World Congress 2015 adopted the Tokyo Declaration on Dental Care and Oral Health for Healthy Longevity, calling for:
Tokyo
March 15th, 2015