Asian Preventive Oral Health Map
About

About this pilot

Living, verified country and school profiles rather than one-off surveys that age the moment they are published.

Where it stands

Pilot preview v0.1, October 2026

  1. Oct 2026Pilot preview v0.1 · Korea and Malaysia from public sources
  2. NowAdvisor review · ethics wording for contributor consent
  3. NextContributions open · faculty confirmations → Verified ✓
  4. ThenJapan, Indonesia, Philippines open with focal points
  5. After validationPerformance index, only once developed and validated
Where the pilot stands and what comes after. Dates are set by the work, not the calendar.
0open
South Korea, Malaysia
0planned
Japan, Indonesia, Philippines
0schools
listed, 2 documented, 1 draft
0unpublished
co-authored material used
Principles

Five rules the map keeps

  • Gaps are shown, not hidden. A “Not yet documented” item is a to-do, visible to everyone.
  • Status describes evidence, never the answer. A documented No is as valuable as a documented Yes.
  • Completeness is not quality. It says what we know, not how well a country prevents disease.
  • Nothing pretends to be newer than its documents. Every item carries its source year and the date it was last checked.
  • Judgement waits for validation. A performance index appears only after it is developed and validated as a research project of its own.

Explore first. Contribute what you know. Verify what you can document.

Why a living map

Previous studies described one subject. This maps the whole of prevention.

checks the source policy changes, time passes new document conflict? flagged, resolved in the open Country focal pointa named academic Item showschecked 13 Oct 2026 Item looks stalevisibly, to everyone Profile updatedold version kept by AY versioned by academic year
The map does not promise constant freshness. It names who updates each country, shows when every item was last checked, and lets an old item look old.

Earlier work described what is taught in a single subject area across schools. This project maps the whole of preventive dentistry education and connects it to national policy, and is built to stay alive: documented, versioned by academic year, and verified by the people responsible for the curricula and policies it describes.

Minji Jin, DDS

Visiting Researcher, Seoul National University School of Dentistry

minjijin3011@gmail.com

Country focal points, advisors and contributors will be listed by role as the pilot moves to public release.