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Explore open access research in oral health, covering disease prevention, clinical care, nutrition links and oral‑systemic health connections.

Frontiers in Oral Health forges new pathways to improve oral and cardiometabolic health which in turn impact overall health and wellness. Led by Field Chief Editor Dr Kaumudi Joshipura (Ahmedabad University, India), t...

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Alex Douglas McMahon

Dental School, University of Glasgow

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral Epidemiology

Anwar T Merchant

University of South Carolina

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral Health and Nutrition

Ashraf F Ayoub

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Chun Hung Chu

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, SAR China

Specialty Chief Editor

Preventive Dentistry

Fawad Javed

University of Rochester

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral Health Promotion

Nezar Al-Hebshi

Temple University

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral Infections and Microbes

Ricardo D. Coletta

Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, Campinas State University

Brazil

Specialty Chief Editor

Oral Cancers

346 editors · 0 reviewers

About the journal

Scope

Frontiers in Oral Health forges new pathways to improve oral and cardiometabolic health which in turn impact overall health and wellness. Led by Field Chief Editor Dr Kaumudi Joshipura (Ahmedabad University, India), the mission of Frontiers in Oral Health is to foster new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary initiatives focusing on oral health to improve the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. Frontiers in Oral Health is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science (ESCI), and PubMed. The scope and focus areas include the spectrum of oral diseases across the lifespan and cardiometabolic health, as well as modifiable lifestyle and other risk/preventive factors for these diseases including diet, physical activity, adiposity, microbiome, oral hygiene, inflammation, environmental risk factors, and endothelial function. Focus areas include, but are not limited to: cardiometabolic health (including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease) development and evaluation of oral health promotion programmes and implementation research epidemiology of caries, periodontal disease, and other oral conditions and related risk/preventive factors nutrition and its bi-directional association with oral health oral infections and microbes including oral and salivary microbiome oral and maxillofacial surgery oral and pharyngeal cancers preventive dentistry including oral hygiene, preventive care and health care research methods for conducting an analyzing population based studies. Frontiers in Oral Health and Frontiers in Dental Medicine are complementary journals with a common goal of synergistically improving health and quality of life globally. Population-oriented research and public health articles should be submitted to Frontiers in Oral Health, whereas articles with a more basic science approach, should be submitted to Frontiers in Dental Medicine. The editors invite manuscripts covering patient-oriented research such as randomized clinical trials and epidemiological studies (descriptive as well as analytical studies to understanding disease etiology and novel risk/preventive factors), as well as policy, implementation, and dissemination research. We also welcome methodological articles related to design, conduct and analyses of population based studies. Submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), notably SDG 3: good health and wellbeing, are particularly welcome, however, all SDGs are directly or indirectly related to the journal's scope. We also specifically encourage articles that highlight the relationships between different SDGs and oral health. Manuscripts focusing on basic science aspects of oral health are not suitable for publication in this journal. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, such as bibliometric studies, NHANES studies, or studies utilizing the Global Burdens of Disease Database, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Oral Health is committed to advancing developments in the field of oral health by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Aims

Frontiers in Oral Health forges new pathways to improve oral and cardiometabolic health which in turn impact overall health and wellness.

Led by Field Chief Editor Dr Kaumudi Joshipura (Ahmedabad University, India), the mission of Frontiers in Oral Health is to foster new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary initiatives focusing on oral health to improve the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. Frontiers in Oral Health is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science (ESCI), and PubMed.

The scope and focus areas include the spectrum of oral diseases across the lifespan and cardiometabolic health, as well as modifiable lifestyle and other risk/preventive factors for these diseases including diet, physical activity, adiposity, microbiome, oral hygiene, inflammation, environmental risk factors, and endothelial function. Focus areas include, but are not limited to:

cardiometabolic health (including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease)

development and evaluation of oral health promotion programmes and implementation research

epidemiology of caries, periodontal disease, and other oral conditions and related risk/preventive factors

nutrition and its bi-directional association with oral health

oral infections and microbes including oral and salivary microbiome

oral and maxillofacial surgery

oral and pharyngeal cancers

preventive dentistry including oral hygiene, preventive care and health care

research methods for conducting an analyzing population based studies.

Frontiers in Oral Health and Frontiers in Dental Medicine are complementary journals with a common goal of synergistically improving health and quality of life globally. Population-oriented research and public health articles should be submitted to Frontiers in Oral Health, whereas articles with a more basic science approach, should be submitted to Frontiers in Dental Medicine. The editors invite manuscripts covering patient-oriented research such as randomized clinical trials and epidemiological studies (descriptive as well as analytical studies to understanding disease etiology and novel risk/preventive factors), as well as policy, implementation, and dissemination research. We also welcome methodological articles related to design, conduct and analyses of population based studies.

Submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), notably SDG 3: good health and wellbeing, are particularly welcome, however, all SDGs are directly or indirectly related to the journal's scope. We also specifically encourage articles that highlight the relationships between different SDGs and oral health.

Manuscripts focusing on basic science aspects of oral health are not suitable for publication in this journal.

Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, such as bibliometric studies, NHANES studies, or studies utilizing the Global Burdens of Disease Database, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered.

Frontiers in Oral Health is committed to advancing developments in the field of oral health by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/about

ISSN
2673-4842
Editor-in-Chief
Kaumudi Joshipura (School of Public Health, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) — Field Chief Editor
Established
2026

Sections

  • Cardiometabolic Health

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/cardiometabolic-health

  • Oral Cancers

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-cancers

  • Oral Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-epidemiology

  • Oral Health Promotion

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-health-promotion

  • Oral Health and Nutrition

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-health-and-nutrition

  • Oral Infections and Microbes

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-infections-and-microbes

  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery

  • Preventive Dentistry

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/sections/preventive-dentistry

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Review
  • Methods
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Perspective
  • Clinical Trial
  • Case Report
  • Community Case Study
  • Classification
  • Curriculum
  • Instruction
  • and Pedagogy
  • Data Report
  • Policy Brief
  • Brief Research Report
  • General Commentary
  • Opinion
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • Technology and Code
  • Study Protocol
  • FAIR² Data

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 2,695 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Clinical Trial, Classification, Technology and Code, Study Protocol
  • - Category B: CHF 2,195 — Mini Review, Perspective, Case Report, Community Case Study, Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy, Data Report, Policy Brief, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

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  • Policies and publication ethics: https://www.frontiersin.org/guidelines/policies-and-publication-ethics

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Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/about

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Accepted article types

  • Original Research (fee category A)
  • Systematic Review (fee category A)
  • Methods (fee category A)
  • Review (fee category A)
  • Mini Review (fee category B)
  • Policy and Practice Reviews (fee category A)
  • Hypothesis and Theory (fee category A)
  • Perspective (fee category B)
  • Clinical Trial (fee category A)
  • Case Report (fee category B)
  • Community Case Study (fee category B)
  • Classification (fee category A)
  • Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy (fee category B)
  • Data Report (fee category B)
  • Policy Brief (fee category B)
  • Brief Research Report (fee category B)
  • General Commentary (fee category B)
  • Opinion (fee category B)
  • Correction (fee category C)
  • Editorial (fee category C)
  • Technology and Code (fee category A)
  • Study Protocol (fee category A)
  • FAIR² Data

Author guidelines

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oral-health/for-authors/author-guidelines

Peer review

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Journal metrics

Citation score
3.6
Articles
50
Total views
0
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Citations
8,239

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
3.6
CiteScore
3.6
Citations
8239
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-22.