Feira de Santana (BRAZIL) - Parents are responsible for much of the problems of oral health of children. This is what say experts in the area, which organized throughout the day today the Program for Prevention of Oral Health, the square of Kalilândia in Feira de Santana. For dentists, parents who do not value the brushing children also tend to create without concern for the problem. "It has to start early with children," says Joelma Santa Barbara, the secretary of Health Muncipal.
By the end of the year, the secretary of Health of the municipality is organizing a search with children of 12 to 15 years of municipal public schools. So far, 833 were surveyed. The goal is to know the prevalence of caries among students. The World Health Organization recommends that the ideal is that children from 0 to 6 years have a maximum of 3 cavities. The data in inciais Fair show that these numbers come from four or five teeth with caries.
In the event today, one of the goals is to improve the quality of teeth of boys and girls. The Program aims to achieve over a thousand free care, especially to children of public and private schools, with application of fluoride, tips on brushing, talks with students from phonoaudiology and dentists. "We show how easy it is to play and take care of oral health," says Suzana Fernandes, coordinator of the program.
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When we say that parents and teachers should teach the children to brush their teeth, to understand that it is a pressing need and should even be put into practice. We hope to see what is the contribution of public officials to actually get that message, not merely getting by mere suggestions.
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