One in four children go to the dentist for the first time for six years, only 19 percent of schools promote activities of oral hygiene among students and only 15 per cent is to promote the habit daily brushing of the teeth of children. These are the findings of a study of the Portuguese Society of stomatology Dentistry (SPEMD) which will be released this Tuesday.
The study covered 5,500 children from five to 12 years about one hundred gardens-of-childhood and primary schools throughout the country. During the disclosure of the study will be presented the 7th Month of Oral Health, an initiative that develops SPEMD in October, promoting free dental screening throughout the country.
The Oral Health Month, which the SPEMD held since seven years ago in October of this year with the participation of around two thousand dental find the whole country, which will make a voluntary basis dental screening free to the population, not including treatments or radiographs. To gain access to a query simply connect to the Line of Oral Health - 808205206.
According to the organizers, in addition to making dental screening accessible to people of more limited economic resources, the initiative aims to "sensitize people to the correct habits of Oral Hygiene and draw a general picture of the Oral Health in Portugal, from the results of the surveys made ".
According to SPEMD in 6 / editing the Oral Health Month, last year, about 1,900 cooperating find, which led to about 11 thousand dental screening.
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A radiograph of the situation is made; lack Now the authorities assume their responsibility for this situation and take drastic measures now to end with the complete breakdown of oral health that exists nowadays in our country.
Gerofil
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