30) Dentists treat children of the hill inside the schools

TOWN OF SIERRA, the Holy Spirit, BRAZIL - The teeth damaged still is a problem that affects many children under six years of age. They exchanged nor the teeth and already suffering from pain, bad breath, and at times must go through a extraction, not to endanger the teeth that still will be born.

The lack of information about appropriate care with oral hygiene of children and to the lack of access to products of personal hygiene are the main motivating this reality. Therefore, in the municipality of the hill, the dentists will in public schools for teaching children to do the treatment and guide the students.

The numbers frighten. In 2000, more than 80% of children of the city, in this age group had already cariogenic. After the dentists came to visit the school, this percentage dropped to 47%, according epidemiological survey conducted last year. Before starting treatment for cleaning and restoration, the students attended lectures on health and attend oral hygiene, learn to brush your teeth in an appropriate manner and still receive kits with pulp and brush the teeth and thong. Then, all the children are tested, and those with cariogenic, undergo special treatment, without the use of drills and without the need for anesthesia. They do not feel pain and are happy with the result.

The small Leandra Aguiar Pereira, in five years, has the treatment here Wednesday. It was with a broken tooth, but said he has already learned how to do from now on. "I can only take ice cream after lunch and then I have to brush the teeth. The treatment was successful because I only have five years and all my cousins have damaged teeth, but I can not be like them, "said Leandra. The dentist Flávia Teubner, who participates in the program, emphasized that children learn easily and also pass the information to their parents and siblings.

The dentist explained that the contribution of the family in the prevention of diseases of the teeth is vital. The oral hygiene should start as soon as the child is born, with the cleaning of the gums. Once the teeth grow, they must be cleaned after every meal. Flávia explained that the health of the tooth of milk will define the quality of the permanent teeth.

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It is the registration and bring down quickly the problems of the teeth in children. Prevention and education are the key weapons for the prevention of diseases. There is sense of the political and to implement policies for prevention from the first years of schooling of children. The Portuguese children so expect; missing know until when?

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