Rethinking dental care in Iran

In the midst of a global pandemic, which shut down the routine delivery of dental care in many parts of the world, the World Health Assembly issued the first ever resolution on oral health,1 a milestone development for global oral health. To support this resolution, in January 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the global strategy to tackle oral diseases after a comprehensive consultation with national and international stakeholders.2 Unsurprisingly, among its six guiding principles, two directly urged policy makers to reform dental care and the dental workforce. These principles were: (a) integration of oral health in primary health care and (b) innovative workforce models to respond to population needs for oral health.