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Collaborative practice and inter-professional education are the strategies to improve access to care and achieve better quality of services efficiently. Practice of good oral health ultimately is based on the commitment to serve the patient.

The findings presented in this report are consistent with the Vision 2020 Framework introduced in the beginning of the report (Figure 1). Optimal oral health is a function of a variety of factors, such as the need and demand for oral health, technological advancements, socio-economic dynamics and adequate service delivery, in addition to collaborative education models that need to be balanced according to the context.

To ensure that those in need receive the care they require, attention should be focused on developing the relevant workforce models, reducing service fragmentation and increasing access to quality services through collaborative patient-centered care.

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