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Abstract
Oral diseases remain one of the major global public health challenges, and the worldwide urban–rural disparities in oral health are significant. Residents in rural areas generally suffer from a higher prevalence and severity of dental caries and periodontal disease, yet they face numerous difficulties and barriers in accessing oral healthcare. Conventional strategies, such as building of dental clinics or, hospitals, or the provision of outreach services by using disposable materials, are neither practical nor effective in rural settings. Mobile dental vehicles (MDVs) have been proposed as an alternative strategy to supplement the traditional oral healthcare in many regions. They have usually been utilized in school-based oral health programs, providing dental care to the homeless or migrants, and screening programs for the population for various oral diseases. Due to their high mobility, MDVs are particularly valuable for the underserved populations living in rural areas. The advance of dental devices enables MDVs to be operated in a self-sufficient manner. This allows the MDV to function almost as well as a conventional dental clinic, providing a variety of dental treatments, including scaling, restoration, and oral surgery. This article discusses the use of MDVs as a solution to urban–rural inequality in receiving oral healthcare.
Highlights
Both governmental and non-governmental organizations have made great efforts to promote oral health worldwide, the oral health situation has not improved in the last few decades.According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in 2015, oral diseases remain one of the major global public health challenges [1]
Untreated dental caries in permanent teeth affected more than 2.5 billion people worldwide, which was the most prevalent oral disease listed in the GBD
Emergency admission of people suffering from dental caries and its complications is very common in rural areas, which indicates the poor overall quality of primary and community oral healthcare received by people in rural areas [2]
Summary
Both governmental and non-governmental organizations have made great efforts to promote oral health worldwide, the oral health situation has not improved in the last few decades. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in 2015, oral diseases remain one of the major global public health challenges [1]. Half of the global population suffered a certain level of disability from undesirable oral conditions. The total disability-adjusted life years due to oral conditions (tooth loss, severe chronic periodontitis, untreated dental caries, etc.) was 16.9 million in. Untreated dental caries in permanent teeth affected more than 2.5 billion people worldwide, which was the most prevalent oral disease listed in the GBD. Emergency admission of people suffering from dental caries and its complications is very common in rural areas, which indicates the poor overall quality of primary and community oral healthcare received by people in rural areas [2]
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