About-backup
The Platform’s mission is to advance oral health, champion cost-effective disease prevention, and highlight its role in boosting overall health and tackling health inequalities across Europe.
To achieve this, the Platform seeks to:
Ensure that oral health is included in relevant European policy initiatives and research programmes.
Become the go-to partner across a wide variety of oral health-related topics.
Raise European and national decision-makers awareness of the need for public health policies across Europe to promote better oral health, prevent oral diseases and reduce oral health inequalities.
Adopt policy recommendations to support the achievement of Universal Health Coverage and SDG Goal 3, including ensuring access for all EU citizens to affordable quality oral health care.
Encourage sharing and adoption of best practices in oral health across European countries, through our members and partnerships.
2010
The Platform is founded
2012
Our first Call to Action
o From the beginning, we have offered our expertise to the European Commission to encourage bold, collective action to reduce the impact of oral diseases in the EU.
2012
We hosted the first European Oral Health Summit
2013
We discussed our 2020 targets for oral health in the European Parliament
2014
That World Oral Health Day, we united policymakers in the European Parliament to drive the oral health agenda
2015
We showcased our collection of oral health best practices to an EU policymaking audience
2019
We launched our first Manifesto, urging EU policymakers to recognize oral health as a fundamental right.
2021
We published our position paper on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan through the lens of oral health
2021
We released our position paper on the oral health impact of a potential Synthetic Amorphous Silica (SAS) ban
2021
We provided feedback on WHO’s Global Oral Health Strategy, promoting its integration into general health and advocating for cross-sector collaboration
2022
We published a position paper on the intersection of digital health policies and oral health
2022
2024
We launched our 2024-2029 Manifesto to kick off the new EU mandate in Parliament
Our Chairs
through the years
Ken Eaton
2011-2014
Paula Vassallo
2015-2016
Nigel Carter
2017-2019
George Tsakos
2020-2023
Dympna Kavanagh
2024-