The FHJ debate: Dental health is so crucial that it should be in the medical school curriculum.

This debate article evaluates whether dental health education should be more widely integrated into the undergraduate medical curriculum. The authors present evidence-informed arguments situated within an evolving landscape of healthcare delivery, professional expectations, and political system-level pressures. Central to both perspectives is the need to advocate for patients' best interests, along with the practicalities of implementing an integrated, cross-disciplinary healthcare curriculum. The discussion highlights the educational, clinical, and policy implications of closer alignment between medicine and dentistry, and considers of how best to prepare future doctors for holistic patient care.