21 March 2025
World Oral Health Day 2025—“A Happy Mouth Is a Happy Mind”, 20 March 2025


World Oral Health Day is an annual observance dedicated to raising global awareness about the significance of maintaining good oral health and its impact on overall well-being. It serves as a call to action for people worldwide to take charge of their oral hygiene and to understand the critical role it plays in their quality of life. The date marks the World Health Organization’s very first World Health Day back in 1950. Since then, 20 March has been recognized as a day to highlight the importance of oral health.

We hope that the established journals within the fields of biology and life sciences, engineering, multidisciplinary healthcare, medicine, and pharmacology in MDPI, including Microorganisms, Methods and Protocols, Healthcare, Oral, Applied Sciences, Journal of Personalized Medicine and Reports will provide a conducive platform for the sharing of cutting-edge research and innovative ideas regarding oral health care.

Intraoral Lipoma on the Palate of an 11-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report
by Vasileios Zisis, Christina Charisi, Konstantinos Poulopoulos, Petros Papadopoulos and Athanasios Poulopoulos
Reports 2025, 8(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/reports8010019

The Evolving Microbiome of Dental Caries
by Grace Spatafora, Yihong Li, Xuesong He, Annie Cowan and Anne C. R. Tanner
Microorganisms 2024, 12(1), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010121

Barriers to Oral Health Care for Autistic Individuals—A Scoping Review
by Jayne Jones, Elysa Roberts, Deborah Cockrell, Denise Higgins and Dileep Sharma
Healthcare 2024, 12(1), 103; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010103

Role of Oral Microbiota Dysbiosis in the Development and Progression of Oral Lichen Planus
by Alessandro Lavoro, Giovanni Cultrera, Giuseppe Gattuso, Cinzia Lombardo, Luca Falzone, Candido Saverio, Massimo Libra and Mario Salmeri
J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14(4), 386; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14040386

Malignant Transformation of Oral Lichen Planus—An Umbrella Study of Systematic Reviews
by Saman Warnakulasuriya, Pablo Ramos-García and Miguel Ángel González-Moles
Oral 2023, 3(3), 295-306; https://doi.org/10.3390/oral3030024

Orthodontics and Oral Surgery in Personalized Medicine: 2nd Edition
Guest Editors: Dr. Angelo Michele Inchingolo and Dr. Gianna Dipalma
Submission deadline: 31 July 2025

Oral Health and Quality of Life in Older People
Guest Editor: Dr. Matthew R. Nangle
Submission deadline: 30 August 2025

Oral Microbes and Human Health, Second Edition
Guest Editors: Dr. Andrea Scribante and Dr. Andrea Butera
Submission deadline: 30 September 2025

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