Saturday 20 September 2008

128) Autonomous Region of Madeira: Public Service already has three Regional Health Center with dental consultations

Since last September that the region apply the system of service contracts with doctors dentists, who pursue their activities in public service. That is how the Health Center of Porto Moniz, Porto Santo and the Bom Jesus give consultations of medicine and dental hygiene. There are other doctors available and only "are no longer, (the public service) because we are no longer equipped health centers for dental," says Gil Alves, the Order of Dentists of Madeira. The doctor points out that although the national level the EPE can also apply this system, the truth is that more and more hospitals and dental equipment whose health is degrading for lack of doctors. This, perhaps, the reason for the Portuguese are the Europeans with a major dental problems.
Gil Alves dispute the argument that this is due to the high price of treatments and remember that the cost of equipment and materials used in dentistry are high.

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