Oral Health and Healthy Ageing: Prevention and Integration in Long-Term Care Systems

This webinar covers system-based approaches to oral health in long-term care, explores long-term care insurance and UHC models such as Japan’s, and shows how FDI’s OHAP resources can support prevention, early detection, and integrated care for healthy ageing.

This webinar provides an overview of system-based approaches to improving oral health in long-term care settings. It examines how different models of long-term care insurance and universal health coverage — including Japan’s well-established framework — can strengthen access to preventive services for older adults. The session also highlights how FDI’s Oral Health for an Ageing Population (OHAP) resources can be leveraged by policy makers, dental and other healthcare professionals to promote prevention, support early detection of oral diseases, and integrate oral health into broader healthy-ageing strategies.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Discuss system-level approaches for integrating oral health into long-term care for older adults.
2. Highlight the importance of oral disease prevention in long-term systems and community care.
3. Understand Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) systems and Universal Health Coverage (UHC)—including the Japanese model—can support oral health and healthy ageing.
4. Showcase best practices on oral health integration within long-term care systems
5. Present FDI OHAP resources for use by older adults in long-term care and community settings to strengthen prevention and early diagnosis.

Release date: 2026-01-12 | Expiration date: 2029-01-12