Dr. Hyewon Lee, Director of the Global Maternal and Child Oral Health Center at Seoul National University, discusses why oral health deserves more attention in global health policy. Part of Yale's Essentials of Global Health course, the interview covers the disease burden of conditions like tooth decay and periodontal disease, their links to broader health outcomes, and practical measures governments can take to reduce them, from water fluoridation to school-based prevention programs. Lee also addresses how countries with different resource levels might cooperate on oral health initiatives, drawing on her own work in maternal and child health in South Korea. The format is a straightforward interview, with Lee walking through each point in plain, organized terms rather than through case studies or slides. At sixteen minutes, it functions as a focused briefing on a topic often left out of global health curricula.