
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nguyen, Tan Minh 
A1  - Arora, Amit 
A1  - Sethi, Sneha 
A1  - Gavanescu, Danielle Justine 
A1  - Heredia, Ruth 
A1  - Scully, Ben 
A1  - Lin, Clare 
A1  - Hall, Martin 
T1  - <i>Corrigendum to</i>: Is Australia&#x2019;s lack of national clinical leadership hampering efforts with the oral health policy agenda?
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2023
VL  - 47
IS  - 2
SP  - 260
EP  - 260
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH22278_CO 
N2  - The landmark 2021 Resolution on Oral Health by the 74th World Health Assembly has elevated the importance of oral health into the global health policy agenda. This has led to the development and adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Oral Health in 2022. It acknowledged the need to integrate oral health as part of universal health coverage (UHC), which is supported by national clinical leadership for oral health. Although Australia is a signatory WHO member state, it is yet to appoint a Commonwealth Chief Dental Officer to provide national clinical leadership. This commentary provides a background on the current issues on population oral health in Australia, an insight into the Australian oral healthcare system, and explores some of the challenges and learnings related to previous Commonwealth dental programs. This paper highlights why expertise in dental public health is required to steer national oral health policy that is focused on prevention and early intervention. A population oral health approach for UHC should be informed by evidence, prioritise and address oral health inequities, and be co-ordinated by national clinical leadership for oral health. 
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