exploring the role of digital technologies and accelerators in promoting community oral health in Africa

Achieving global and regional goals requires addressing the existing health disparities, while ensuring that people have access to all the health services they need. This calls for investment into innovative, and less costly tools that could aid in disease promotion, training, and treatment and potentially lead to massive health gains. Digital technologies offer greater prospects and have been greatly utilized in the modern world to improve livelihood outcomes including in healthcare (11–15). Clear evidence exists that developmental accelerators such as digital technologies can bring about improved outcomes in health care and have greatly been utilized in multiple areas such as adolescent and sexual health, mental health, enhancing HIV prevention and treatment . However, use of such technologies within the oral healthcare space has not been adequately explored. Therefore, the aim of this opinion article is to highlight how digital technologies and accelerators can be utilized to promote community oral health in Africa, thereby aiding in achieving sustainable development goals as well as Africa Agenda 2063.