Be Proud of Your Mouth - Happy World Oral Health Day!

World Oral Health Day has been actively celebrated since 2013 in order to create awareness among people to understand the importance of oral health and its correlation with overall health.

Interestingly, FDI comes up with different themes every year to celebrate this day, my personal favorite being the theme of this year - "Be Proud of your Mouth"

Other themes since 2013 are:

2013: Healthy Teeth for Healthy Life

2014: Brush for a Healthy Mouth!

2015: Smile for Life!

2016: It All Starts Here. Healthy mouth. Health body.

2017: Live Mouth Smart

2018: Say Ahh: Think Mouth, Think Health

2019: Say Ahh: Act-On Mouth Health

2020: Say Ahh: Unite for Mouth Health

2021: Be Proud of Your Mouth

This theme clearly throws light on the change we want to induce towards oral health which is not just limited to decay-free and gum disease-free mouth but also aesthetically pleasing.

Dentistry is much more than extraction, root canal treatment, and fillings. Today, a dental surgeon does all the procedures right from lasers, botox, hair treatments to skin treatments.

But we are still far from making that message reach every individual as people still consider oral health as secondary and miss out on basic oral care regime.

With @DentalDost, we are sure of reaching out to every individual and make them all proud of their mouth!