Abstract
The Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (ACFF), started in 2010, has been based at King's College London since 2013. It is a dental caries-focused charity promoting integrated clinical and public health action. ACFF Chapters seek to improve caries prevention and management locally, based on best global evidence. The UK Chapter has been created in response to a continuing need combined with opportunities including the implementation of the latest UK version of the Delivering better oral health guidance on prevention (version 4). The Chapter has been formed through a coordinating committee with UKwide representation combining expertise in dental caries management across the patient life course. This committee co-created the Chapter Values Statement: 'in pursuit of a cavity-free future across the UK we value: collaboration and innovation; realistic and implementable prevention-based solutions; approaches that reduce health inequalities; action across both oral and general health settings; and working comprehensively from the population through to the individual level.' The agreed Chapter focus is on advocating for the implementation of appropriate, effective, pragmatic caries prevention and care across three themes: 1) in everyday dental practice; 2) in health and social care curricula; and 3) for vulnerable people across their life course on the basis of increased caries risk/susceptibility.
Highlights
The Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (ACFF) started in 2010 and has been based at King’s College London since 2013. It is a dental caries-focused public health and clinical advocacy charity based in the UK, seeking to promote integrated clinical and public health action to confront and reduce the disease burden of caries and cavities through prevention
ACFF has had foundational support from Colgate since its inception, which is provided on a Corporate Social Responsibility basis without restrictions
The ACFF works with the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) Foundation and other international partners as part of a wider Global Collaboratory for Caries Management umbrella group.[1]
Summary
The Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future is a dental caries-focused advocacy charity seeking to confront and reduce the disease burden of caries through prevention. The UK Chapter, the latest of 29 ‘local’ ACFF Chapters active in over 50 countries, seeks to improve caries prevention and management based on best global evidence. The initial focus is on actions: 1) in everyday dental practice; 2) in health and social care curricula; and 3) for vulnerable people across the life course
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