Consensus statement of the Makkah symposium on the prevention of dental caries: Common goals to prevent dental caries in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah R AlShammery¹, Abdullah Al-Dosari², Adel Al-Rusayes³, Asim Al-Ansari⁴, Hassan Halawany⁵, Helal Sonbul⁶, Mishari AlOtibi⁷, Sharat Pani^8
1 Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Senior Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
² Vice President of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
³ Senior Registrar in Pediatric Dentistry, Supervisor of Preventive Dental Programs, General Directorate of Dental Services, Ministry of Health, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
⁴ Associate Professor of Dental Public Health, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
⁵ Associate Professor of Preventive Dentistry, Chairman, Dental Caries Research Chair, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁶ Assistant Professor and Chairman of Restorative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁷ Makkah Dental Conference, Security Forces Hospital, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
⁸ Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence Address:
Abdullah R AlShammery
Riyadh College of Dentistry and Pharmacy, P.O. Box: 84891, Riyadh 11681
Saudi Arabia

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/sjos.SJOralSci_38_17