Thursday 26 June 2008

89) Congress of the order of dentists: good news for the oral health

The chairman of Dentists welcomed the success of the 15 th edition of the Order of the congress, which ended yesterday at the Fair. Orlando Monteiro da Silva highlighted the commitment of the guardianship, but warned that "lack democratize access to oral health." The 5,500 doctors dentists who currently work in Portugal are, according to the head, "more than sufficient" to ensure the quality of the service: "It's one doctor for every two thousand Portuguese," stressed Orlando Monteiro da Silva in PRIMEIRO DE JANEIRO.
In a review of the congress that in the last three days led to the Europarque over 2300 professionals and students, the president has said it is pleased with the visit of the Minister of Health and with the announcement of an increase of 20 percent in the appropriation to the national budget for the oral health, the support of the umbrella campaign to promote oral hygiene among children and the possibility of the valence of dentistry be brought into units of family health. However, stressed that "not enough" and that "lack dental practitioners in hospitals" and speed up the implementation of family health units (USF), for "democratizing access the host in urgent situations," because "for a long time Portugal to take to make the tail of Europe "and dentists can" help ".
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Again we are waiting to see, is extremely unpleasant in the European Union and we know the glaring inequalities of the population access to treatments of oral health in our country, right from childhood.
Gerofil

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