Cochrane Oral Health's Priority Setting Process

We undertook a comprehensive priority setting exercise in 2018 to 2020 with involvement from patients, carers and the general public, as well as dentists and healthcare worker and members of the oral health academic community. We continue to evaluate the results of this exercise in order to prioritise a schedule of work for our team.

 

Amongst other ongoing Cochrane review work, we are currently conducting the following priority reviews and review updates for the Cochrane Library:

  • Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries
  • Topical silver diamine fluoride for managing caries in children and adults
  • Interventions for the prevention of oral mucositis in people undergoing treatment for cancer: photobiomodulation
  • Community-based interventions for caries prevention in children
  • Interventions for replacing missing teeth: prostheses for the edentulous mandible

However, we seek to be agile to global health priorities as they arise, and our list of priority work will reflect this responsiveness.