We know we have a Māori oral health crisis in this country. Māori were more than 1½ times as likely as non-Māori to have teeth extracted due to decay, abscesses, or infection in the past 12 months. At school entry age, Māori tamariki have had a much higher number of missing or filled teeth then non-Māori. We know Māori have the poorest oral health outcomes of any other population in Aotearoa. 