Sunday 12 October 2008

139) Trailer takes oral health to students


A trailer adapted with dental equipment will benefit students in the School Hall Maria Ovidiu Junqueira, with dental treatment free of charge from next Monday (12). The dental office sold by itinerant Sesi in partnership with City Hall, aims to bring oral health to students of 1st to 8th grades of municipal schools. In addition to basic treatment such as dental cleaning, filling and extraction, students will also receive as a work of prevention, talks of motivation, guidance of correct brushing and application of fluoride. The special treatment will be sent to the Center for Dental Specialties (CEO).
Students will be met from Monday to Friday from 7 am to 11 am and from 13h to 17h, for twenty-two professionals from dentists and auxiliaries, state and municipal network, which will rotate doing in school until meet all the demands of students. The professionals will be under the supervision of the coordinator of the Municipal Department of Dental Health, Agnaldo Augusto. " The trailer takes the oral care at all locations. Many of these children and young people have not yet had the opportunity to take care of the teeth, either by lack of guidance or financial difficulties. The trailer in the school will offer this contact and promote health, "said the coordinator." Before starting the treatment, students will go through a screening to detect if there is a need of treatment, to ascertain what degree of urgency of the problem mouth and with the permission of parents or guardians, the treatment begins, "said the current school director Maria Ovidiu, Rosemary Aparecida Perugini Torres.
The technique in dental hygiene Alice da Silva Jonsson, who will act as an auxiliary to the dentists, emphasizes the importance of working with students. "Here the students will be aware of the need to visit the dentist regularly. The trailer is at the school helps the student to receive guidance by the teacher of this need, and have the incentive and motivation the company's colleague, who also makes the treatment," said Alice.
The Oral Health Program of the Municipal Health Department also has two other dental trailers that are also working in rural areas.
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I think the whole interest that in Portugal, also is due to copy some practical examples exist in Brazil. Have you had the opportunity to talk about the Oral Health Program that exists in Portugal - missing now see in practice this program in all our schools.
Why is any unfair discrimination in health care, whatever the reasons, access to this type of program is required to be disclosed and made available to all children and youth of the country, lest we violate the fundamental rights of the human being. It is therefore made here to call attention of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education.
Gerofil

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