Four main authors drafted and edited the content of the Oral Health Atlas. Nine authors contributed to the publication and two reviewers checked the content prior to publication. Click on the names below to learn more about them:
Dr Roby Beaglehole (co-author)
is based in Nelson, New Zealand and works as a public health consultant and as a clinical dentist. Dr. Beaglehole graduated from Otago University, New Zealand in 1997 and gained an MSc in Dental Public Health from University College London, UK in 2003. He has previously worked as a consultant to the Department of Health in the UK and as a political advisor to the New Zealand Government. He is co-author of the FDI/WHO publication Tobacco or Health, as well as several other guidelines, conference reports and publications.
Dr Habib Benzian (co-author & project leader) is based in Berlin, Germany, and was the first Associate Director for Development and Public Health at the FDI World Dental Federation’s head office in Geneva, Switzerland (from 2002–09). He is an experienced oral surgeon and recognised expert in international dental public health. Dr. Benzian graduated in 1987 at Free University of Berlin/Germany and holds an MSc in Dental Public Health from King’s College, London. Joining the FDI in 2002, he helped in developing and reshaping the FDI’s Public Health activities. He has organised several international conferences and symposia on oral health, among them the first-ever ministerial meeting on oral health in Africa. He is lecturer in dental public health at the University College London and other European universities; as well as speaker at oral health conferences worldwide. Currently he is co-director of The Health Bureau, a consultant company for international health.
Mr Jon Crail (co-author)
is the Manager, Public Health and Advocacy Projects at the FDI World Dental Federation in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a university degree from Kalamazoo College in political science and an MSc in Health, Community and Development from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He has developed, managed and evaluated public health and development projects in partnership with Central American governments and a variety of national and international NGOs. Mr Crail is also the founder and director of Digital Roots, an NGO that empowers communities to investigate, document, and share their culture and history through the use of digital technologies to create physical and virtual museums.
Dr Judith Mackay (co-author)
is a medical doctor based in Hong Kong. She is Senior Advisor to the World Lung Foundation; Senior Policy Advisor to the World Health Organization; and Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control. She holds professorships at the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Hong Kong and at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Edinburgh and of London. After an early career as a hospital physician, she moved to preventive and public health. In 2007, she was selected as one of the TIME 100 World’s Most Influential People, and in 2009 she received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Medical Journal Group. She has authored or co-authored several Myriad atlases: The Tobacco Atlas, The State of Health Atlas, The Penguin Atlas of Human Sexual Behaviour, The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, and The Cancer Atlas.
Roby Beaglehole
Dr Roby Beaglehole (co-author)is based in Nelson, New Zealand and works as a public health consultant and as a clinical dentist. Dr. Beaglehole graduated from Otago University, New Zealand in 1997 and gained an MSc in Dental Public Health from University College London, UK in 2003. He has previously worked as a consultant to the Department of Health in the UK and as a political advisor to the New Zealand Government. He is co-author of the FDI/WHO publication Tobacco or Health, as well as several other guidelines, conference reports and publications.
Habib Benzian
Dr Habib Benzian (co-author & project leader) is based in Berlin, Germany, and was the first Associate Director for Development and Public Health at the FDI World Dental Federation’s head office in Geneva, Switzerland (from 2002–09). He is an experienced oral surgeon and recognised expert in international dental public health. Dr. Benzian graduated in 1987 at Free University of Berlin/Germany and holds an MSc in Dental Public Health from King’s College, London. Joining the FDI in 2002, he helped in developing and reshaping the FDI’s Public Health activities. He has organised several international conferences and symposia on oral health, among them the first-ever ministerial meeting on oral health in Africa. He is lecturer in dental public health at the University College London and other European universities; as well as speaker at oral health conferences worldwide. Currently he is co-director of The Health Bureau, a consultant company for international health.Jon Crail
Mr Jon Crail (co-author)is the Manager, Public Health and Advocacy Projects at the FDI World Dental Federation in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a university degree from Kalamazoo College in political science and an MSc in Health, Community and Development from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He has developed, managed and evaluated public health and development projects in partnership with Central American governments and a variety of national and international NGOs. Mr Crail is also the founder and director of Digital Roots, an NGO that empowers communities to investigate, document, and share their culture and history through the use of digital technologies to create physical and virtual museums.
Judith Mackay
Dr Judith Mackay (co-author) is a medical doctor based in Hong Kong. She is Senior Advisor to the World Lung Foundation; Senior Policy Advisor to the World Health Organization; and Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control. She holds professorships at the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Hong Kong and at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Edinburgh and of London. After an early career as a hospital physician, she moved to preventive and public health. In 2007, she was selected as one of the TIME 100 World’s Most Influential People, and in 2009 she received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Medical Journal Group. She has authored or co-authored several Myriad atlases: The Tobacco Atlas, The State of Health Atlas, The Penguin Atlas of Human Sexual Behaviour, The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, and The Cancer Atlas.
Contributing Authors
The following authors contributed to the coverage of specific topics:
Prof Jo Frencken pioneered the ART approach and has carried out missions and workshops in many countries. He is Director of the Department of Global Oral Health, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. (22 ORAL HEALTH & PRIMARY HEALTH CARE)
Dr Christopher Fox is the Executive Director of the International and American Associations for Dental Research. He holds degrees from Harvard University and was previously European Director of Professional Relations for the Colgate Palmolove company (28 DENTAL RESEARCH)
Prof Martin Hobdell was Professor, Community & Preventive Dentistry at Trinity College Dublin; Dean, Faculty of Dentistry at University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Chair, Department of Dental Public Health & Dental Hygiene at University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. He is currently Visiting Professor in Dental Public Health, University College London, and Co-Director of the Master’s programme in Dental Public Health, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR. (17 SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS)
Dr Christopher Holmgren is visiting Professor to the Department of Global Oral Health, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. He works as consultant to international health organisations, including the FDI. He is co-author of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for Dental Caries and the WHO Basic Package of Oral Care. He is currently working on the promotion of the appropriate use of fluoride for the prevention and control of caries in developing countries and disadvantaged communities, as well as evaluating the approaches for Arresting Caries Treatment. (19 FLUORIDE, 20 FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTE)
Prof Sudeshni Naidoo is a Professor and Specialist in the Department of Community Oral Health, Faculty of Dentistry University of the Western Cape. She is the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health. Her main focus of research are infectious diseases and infection control. She is member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, is President-elect of the SA Division of the IADR and past National Vice-President of the South African Dental Association. (9 HIV/AIDS)
Prof Charlotte Faty Ndiaye is the Regional Advisor for Oral Health in WHO/AFRO. Expert in oral pathology and public health, she was member of the oral health expert group developing the WHO Regional Strategy for Oral Health and is leading the Global WHO Noma programme. (8 NOMA)
Prof Richard Watt is Professor of Dental Public Health at UCL. He was co-founder and Past President of the Oral Health Promotion Research Group and is the Immediate Past President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry. He currently sits on a variety of expert working groups for the Department of Health, NICE, WHO and European Union. (3 ORAL HEALTH AND GENERAL HEALTH, 14 COMMON RISK FACTORS, 18 BEHAVIOUR AND CHOICES)
Ellie Rampton, who has a Master’s Degree from the University of Exeter, UK, divides her time between freelance writing projects and working for the World Lung Foundation, alongside Dr. Judith Mackay, in Hong Kong. She has been involved in the development of three atlases. In this Atlas, she was delighted to contribute research, creative ideas and editing support.
Reviewers
Dr Lois Cohen is consultant to the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health, USA, and the Canadian Institute for Health Research, as well as a number of global health agencies, associations and universities. Named in 2006 as a Paul G. Rogers Ambassador for Global Health Research, she is a research sociologist by education whose most recent position was Associate Director for International Health, NIDCR. Before her retirement in 2006, she also served as the Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Dental & Craniofacial Research and Training.
Prof Wim van Palenstein Helderman is professor in education and research on oral health care for deprived communities at the College of Oral Science, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Previously he was chair for community and preventive dentistry as well as co-ordinator of the establishment of the dental school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He also serves as Co-Editor of the journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde; was member and co-chair of the FDI’s World Dental Development and Health Promotion Committee; and was consultant for the WHO and other international and national agencies in developing countries.
Prof Wim van Palenstein Helderman is professor in education and research on oral health care for deprived communities at the College of Oral Science, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Previously he was chair for community and preventive dentistry as well as co-ordinator of the establishment of the dental school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He also serves as Co-Editor of the journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde; was member and co-chair of the FDI’s World Dental Development and Health Promotion Committee; and was consultant for the WHO and other international and national agencies in developing countries.
