226. Dentists go to schools

At least 310 thousand of students from public elementary schools should begin the academic year to ensure an open mouth smile beautiful in 2008. The management of the Dental Schools, the announcement of the hiring for Social Organization that will provide oral health professionals to work in schools, out until next week.

In the plans of the government, in just over a month, the choice of the organization should also be trained and announced service may be provided immediately. "We're working against time. Although we can not guarantee the date for the beginning of treatment. But the pace that we will certainly be well before the end of the semester, "says the manager of the pulp, the dentist Reinaldo Maia.

The initial idea is to hire about 650 professionals in oral health (among dentists, secretaries, assistants and technicians) to work in schools that house 123 students from six to 15 years. So far, 35 schools are already equipped to meet the students and to the other end of February 57 will be added to the list of credentials. Schools that work full time, must be the first to be equipped for the service.

In these, the order is working in the counter-round school and other treatments will be scheduled in the same period of the school. According to the management of the program, the idea is to prevent students leaving to do the treatment for lack of driving.

The government wants all by 2010 around 400 schools of the Federal District are satisfied with the services of Dental Schools. "Not all offices have fixed, in some cases we will meet with traillers traveling," says Reinaldo Maia.

With the program, the government expects reduce by half the rate of curative treatment, while spending only with prevention and education of oral hygiene. "In addition to economy in the pocket, ensuring self-esteem and health to the student. What is very important in the learning process, "he says Maia.

With the initiative of bringing dentists to the schools, the government will also reduce the demand for professionals in health centers, extending the offer to seniors, adults and children from zero to six, outside the age range served by the public school system. "If we increase the attendance of those who have not yet reached school age, when they arrive in schools need not face more serious curative treatments. We are only with cleaning and prevention, "provides Reinaldo Maia.

Within the government project, is still the training of teachers and educational advisors to work in front of the battle of preventing oral diseases. "Once you start the year, we offer workshops to qualify teachers to work in partnership with dentists. We are studying a way to do that without interfering in the routine of schools, "said the manager of the program.

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Does the Ministry of Education and Health in Portugal are also able to think and act this way? No more red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy to society and are within the ministries; assign those duties to teachers in schools that are and certainly will save many millions of euros in the future.

225. Dental consultations to 20 euros

A dental consultation to 20 euros and a massage therapy to 15 are offered by higher prices of Lisbon who wants to pay less for health care and is not 'afraid' to be attended by trainees.

"Students trainees are always accompanied by teachers in any type of intervention", warned the heads of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon and the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine to calm any fears.

In that way new dental school, students go through pre-clinical training in the dolls head and then practice in people, but "always followed, stressed the head of the college, Antonio Vasconcelos Tavares.

In the range of services offered at the clinic of the students there are preventive treatments, surgery, placement of dental prostheses and appliances (orthodontics), oral hygiene and to the specialty of radiology.

Prices may vary from five euros for an application of fluoride or a type of X-ray or 10 euros for a provisional restoration to 1450 euros in placing a bridge.

"What can happen is the treatments take more time", warned the director of the institution, recalling that the functions are performed by those who are still learning and so the visits also take place during school hours.

The profile of users of services open to the public ranging from people with financial difficulties, who want treatments with institutional guarantee to the advantage that the more flexible hours (up to until midnight) or the conditions of parking 'very rare to find in Lisbon, as recalled Antonio Vasconcelos Tavares.

Revenues are reinvested in the consultations and the possibility of such gross amount equal to or may even exceed the state budget. Until last November there was a plug revenue of 2.6 million.

The number of complaints have been residual and mainly concerns the time of waiting and not the quality, stressed Mario Bernardo, vice-director of the college.

PortugalDiário

224. Inflammation in the gums may cause heart attack

BRAZIL - chronic inflammation in the gums can cause myocardial infarction. It seems strange, but research by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, showed that accumulated bacteria, caused by infection in the gums, can migrate into the blood circulation and affect the coronary arteries. Moreover, the bacteria can generate a greater production of proteins that facilitate the entry of fat in the body, which contributes to the diseases of the heart.

Because of this, experts warn of the need for proper oral hygiene: simple measures such as proper brushing of teeth after each meal and use of dental floss can help prevent the problem. Rinsed mouth also control the growth of bacteria.

Of indirect way, the periodontal disease - and is called the chronic inflammation in the periondonto that surrounds the teeth - can also cause heart problems. The inflammation causes loss of teeth and, if there is no use of prosthesis, the patient will usually eat more fat and pasty.

"He gained weight and obesity is another risk factor for myocardial infarction," explains the researcher and pharmacologist, Fernando Oliveira. He is author of the thesis Systemic Inflammation in periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, developed at Unicamp. The study done by the researcher was made in the European conference in Berlin, Germany and can be accessed by email http://www.perio.org/ . The expert explains that today about 80% of patients with diseases of the heart have periodontal problems. Statistics shows that 75% of the population above 25 years suffer from chronic inflammation of the gums and 11% of the population are prone to develop periodontal disease.

Moreover, people with more than 30% of dental units involved with the disease have a higher risk of suffering cardiovascular problems. The disease affects between 12% and 15% of the population in Brazil. In severe form, the index is 8%. Causes - The main symptoms of periodontitis, it is also called inflammation are redness and bleeding, in addition to suspension of the gums (the tooth is more due to gingival retraction). In most cases, no pain, so that patients do not seek the dentist immediately.

"People should seek the dentists regularly, but in case of symptoms, and if the table is already advanced, it is good get a specialist in the area," says the researcher, then remembering that put dental health of the municipality may perform the routing.

During treatment, it removes the plaque through scraping or liquid for oral hygiene. Can also be given antibiotics to eradicate the causes of periodontitis. Four months after completion of treatment, the patient should return to the specialist to avoid forming new plaque.

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This text is alert to the effects of diseases of the mouth. Disappoint those who think that teaching children to brush their teeth solves all your problems of diseases of the mouth.

223. BRAZIL: Project Smile reaches Corumbá

Project Smile is a private philanthropic organization, non-profit that provides free medical and dental care for low income households. After serving the coal and the settlement Mato Grande project comes to town.

Created by Nelson Nunes Ferreira dental surgeon in 1986 in the city of Pedro Gomes (MS), the bus office of Project Smile is a fully equipped and travels by municipalities, which already had over 100 thousand people, with an average 20 to 30 people per day. Nelson explained to Corumbá On Line project that aims to serve and serve well to those who need a cost.

"As professionals, we need help and do our part. So I decided to work and serve and not be able to go to a dental office. " Besides providing medical and dental care, the project also conducts lectures on oral hygiene, sex education and STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases).

The project has two buses and remains at least 30 days depending on the demand for public and may be extended for a longer time in each municipality. And it passed by municipalities Anastácio, Bodoquena, Camapuã, Dois Irmãos do Buriti, Rio Verde, Bonito and eleven more municipalities. The other bus is in Miranda and the next city to be visited will be Jardim.

Abrão Marina de Oliveira, resident of the neighborhood Central America, took his son Luciano, 7 years, to receive dental care, as the attendance at the neighborhood has a few professionals to meet the demand. "To be seen that we face a huge queue and often the dentist or the right answer," said the Corumbá On Line Marina.

After his son attended Marina leaves very pleased with the work done by the dentist. "My son has never been so well attended and thanks to the doctor he will not lose the tooth, but we have to get back here next week to finish the treatment. All dentists should be like the Nelson, because he knows my son and not attended with a dedication and an affection as if I had paid. "

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Volunteers in action for a good cause. That the example is contagious and beyond borders in a world where social contrasts between the rich and the poor become ever greater.

A fraternal embrace those who, on the other side of the Atlantic, working for the disadvantaged. It is the hope that here in Portugal, also the volunteer to the next is a reality.

222. Remodeling in Government: Change in Health shows that Prime Minister was aware of the widespread revolt "

António Arnaut, creator of the National Health Service (SNS), was now satisfied with the replacement of the minister of supervision, whereas the Prime Minister was aware of the widespread revolt against the closure of health units. Stating that "no matter whether people change", António Arnaut told the Lusa agency that "the important thing is to change policies."

António Arnaut, who was deputy and Minister of Social Affairs, is the first signatory of a national petition launched last week for the changes introduced by the government of José Sócrates at the SNS are discussed by the Assembly of the Republic. In your opinion, José Sócrates, while in most of the executive, "swept the tested", paving the way for adjustments in health policy towards a "return to parent" of the SNS as a service "general, universal and free, dedicated the Constitution of the Republic. "It seems that the government want to change health policy," stressed.

The founder of the National Health Service, former Grand Master of Grand Orient Lusitano - Portuguese Freemasonry, said that Socrates decided to replace by Correia de Campos, at the Health, in response to "an unsustainable national outcry against the measures sector.

Ana Jorge, the new Health Minister chosen by the Prime Minister, "must now return to the humanist philosophy" of the SNS and "revoke some of the positions taken" by Correia de Campos, called.

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221. Oral health: new national program in place this month

The Order of Doctors Dentists (OMD) it is confident that by the end of January, will be put in place new measures of the National Health. A term that the Directorate General of Health prefers not subscribe.

In statements to the TSF, the president of the Association of Medical Dental, Orlando Monteiro da Silva, revealed that, "waiting is the order of the Minister of Health, which is essential to put in motion, in legal terms, this program, what should happen, in a quite realistic, at the end of January. This term is not, however, subscribed for by the oral health of the Directorate General of Health (DGS), Rui draft, which says, in statements to the TSF, do not dare "to give any time limit at this time. What I can say is that there are explicit orders to speed up this process possible.

The officer also revealed that by the end of the week, the time may be defined for the entry into force of a program announced some two months by the Prime Minister in Parliament, as main beneficiaries and that the elderly, pregnant women and children.

Portugal Diário

220. The role of the LBV (Legion of Good Will) in community health (I)

Community involvement: giving without receiving

It was on 31 August, the International Day of Solidarity. Considered one of the fundamental values for human relations in this century, within the medical community dentistry it appears there. Good examples are there.

Mary (fictitious name) runs through the courtyard of one of the centers in support of the Legion of Good Will (LBV), in Porto, with more than two dozen friends. Try not to be caught by the 'bugs' that can hurt the teeth. Run, jink and cries of some wild game, as you escape from colleagues who try to catch.

"The game of the bacteria is one of the activities organized by volunteers of the" Happy Smile ", which runs the Port institutions, promoting hygiene and oral health. With just over six years, Mary still does not understand very well what is the purpose of all this apparatus. "My mom says I have milk teeth and do not need to wash, because sooner or later, will fall. This is an example of the community intervention is so important.

Portugal has high levels of dental caries among young people, to the 'lack of a prevention policy by the authorities that over the years have forwarded the idea of the dentist as curator of a disease and not as preventive. Assertion Cassiano Scapini, dentist who invests part of his time in volunteering.

"We can not be hostage to office. We must, rather, take our commitments to the community ', argues with conviction. "In the twenty-first century is no longer felt to think, only in dental rehabilitation. Our role is increasingly inform and accompany the client to avoid the appearance of diseases' states. The professional not conceive its function without devoting several hours of the day the 'social work'. Because, only then, he believes, can change the landscape of oral health in Portugal that believes, is "catastrophic." However, suggests, "to put the question should be: what role in society in the dentist?

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219. Healthy mouth starts the 2008 campaign

Health Directorate of the Municipality of Colón (Argentina), through the Service Center of Preventive Dentistry and in conjunction with Maternal and Child Dental Columbus Circle, reported the continuation of the oral license to "Healthy Mouth," from the implemented 2000 for all schools in the Columbus game ... This program will be implemented only to students in 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th of EGB.

Like the previous year, the student will concur to the dentist of their choice (private or hospital), who find the mouth in terms of good oral health grant a certificate of good oral statement, which will be changed in the Preventive Center Materno Kids (CPMI) for an official certificate with seal legitimized hospital. Otherwise, the student must receive dental treatment until discharge, given by the professional acting.

All procedures and consultations are treated in the CPMI (calle 51 e / 10 and 11). Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 07 to 12 hours and start date is February 11, 2008.

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An example (Argentina) where it is compulsory for children and young people have an official certificate of oral health. The attention of the Minister of Education and Minister of Health.

218. Barcelos: Health Center awaiting green light from the Government to proceed with consultations in oral health

The population of Barcelos will have to continue to wait to have consultations in the oral health of local health centers. The idea advanced by the Director of Health of Barcelos in September last year, has not left the paper. Manuel Vilas Boas believes, however, that 2008 will be a year of progress in this area.

The Director of Health Center of Barcelos assured the Voice of Minho which has knowledge of the intention to make available to the population of these consultations dentistry, but admitted that now lack the "green light" by the Ministry of Health "The level of the sub-region of Health of Braga has been spoken and ventilated the arrival here of consultations in oral health and it is not out of choice. 2008 will be the key year for this because the Ministry of Health entered this year in two areas: the fight against obesity and oral health, therefore, believe that 2008 will be a year of progress in this area, "stressed the controller.

Manuel Vilas Boas believes that the creation of a consultation of oral and dental health would be beneficial for the population and the Ministry of Health itself, because through this agreement with CESPU - a private education and health services - the Health Center would only, which pay for teachers of dentists. "We pass the area, a private institution mounts all the equipment and consumables, we would have to pay only a few hours per month to teachers of dentists who are here," informed, adding that users of the National Health Service who had access to that consultation "pay only a moderate rate equal to a normal consultation with general practitioners."

However, the population of Barcelos will have to continue to await the decision of Correia de Campos and will also have to continue to use the private sector dentists to treat their mouths.

Jornal Regional

217. Visual screening for about three thousand children of Albufeira

The Municipality of Albufeira is promoting, this year, the visual screening of children pre-school and 1st cycle of basic education of the county. The measure is included in the Plan of Activities for Health Promotion in schools, implemented by the municipality. To promote a healthy development and good school performance of children.

In January and February will be tracked children from garden-of-childhood, and the second stage, the first cycle of basic education, a total of 2,494 children. This is an action in partnership with the optical, making the technicians of Optometry, and the spaces where the surveys are conducted.
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Another initiative for child health, in this case in the school environment. But as important as vision, also the oral health of children is fundamental to their well-being and personal development. So call the City of Albufeira that incorporates the strength of oral health in the health promotion program in the school environment.

216. The role of the LBV (Legion of Good Will) in community health (II)

Cassiano Scapino, medical

Coming from Brazil 18 years ago, eventually install urn office in Porto, but it never arrived. Staunch advocate of a different position within the class to which it belongs, believes that the medical profession of dentistry is dedicated to the 'monitoring' and not for the 'treatment' of oral diseases. "It is important to be beside the children, always involving the family, because it is often necessary to explain to parents some concepts of oral health to ignore. 'Boot teeth has always been regarded as inevitable in the minds of older people.

Cassiano Scapin summarizes thus a sentence, the importance it gives to the work you do as a volunteer in various activities that have participated in 'volunteering is a good thermometer to change the emotions of the trader. As it is inserted in that context, will feel different too. Believe therefore that change is essential and urgent: "if we have so many needs, knowledge is the best weapon to change the current scenario. Thus, argues, the transformation must occur within the class should not fear a new philosophy of work, because the dentist will always exist, just with a different attitude: "not to treat but to prevent '.

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215. Kissing can cause caries

It would be exaggeration to call caries of "disease" and said it is "contagious." According to the dentist Marcelo Rezende, director of Smiling Dental Care, not all bacteria found in the mouth are responsible for caries, which is an injury. But a person infected with the bacteria of decay can house thousands of other microbes in the mouth. Therefore, all hygiene is poor and kiss may be the primary means of disease transmission.

"Certainly, some care basic hygiene can prevent health complications, including gingivitis, herpes and mononucleosis - known as a 'disease of the kiss,'" says Rezende. "The bacteria that causes cavities, called Streptococcus mutans, can also be transmitted to divide the food using the same cutlery," warns Laurence R. Rifkin, dentist from California.

The bacterium is usually in the dental plaque of infected people. A simple saliva test can detect the bacteria and determine whether the person is at risk of developing cavities. "A toothbrush, the use of dental floss and other oral hygiene are essential to reduce the amount of bacteria that adhere to surfaces of the teeth," says Rifkin. Application of fluoride in the office is also a powerful weapon.

Among the people most at risk of developing caries are cavities that were in the previous twelve months, the diabetic, the hypertensive patients, those with a lower flow of saliva and those whose immune system is deficient.

The dental surgeon warns that babies are also major risk of contamination. Rezende says maternal habits, such as the pap show the baby with the same spoon to serve with the meal is one of the most common mistakes. "A mere teaspoon contaminated by a person infected by the bacteria of decay can house thousands of microbes. If we can keep a child without contact with the bacteria of decay until she completed nine years, the chances of ever having a cavity in life are 90%, "says the specialist.

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214. 10 reasons to go (regularly) to the dentist

Prevent - Through the examination of clinical and professional guidelines is easier to prevent caries, periodontal diseases, thus avoiding future problems in care of the teeth and expenses on long treatments. A regular check up it that the problems are accumulating;

Keep teeth clean and clear - Even with a good cleaning done with brushing teeth and tongue, the use of dental floss, anti-septic mouth and tongue brush, to ensure the non-formation of plaque in caries, a visit to the dentist is vital to answer your question and see if doing all the procedures accurate. Already there are many different techniques to lighten the stains in the teeth. Your dentist will perform the treatment indicated for you. Are techniques that range from raspagens and polishing by the use of laser;

Lose the fear - Dentist is no longer synonymous with pain. Today, the dental treatment is very effective, fast and painless with the technology available in the clinics;

Not having toothache - The best solution for the toothache is prevention. Periodic visits to the dentist, even without the presence of any symptom, can detect the problem early, ensuring the success of treatment;

Avoid the bad breath - A large percentage of the causes of bad breath is mouth. Brush your teeth and tongue is essential to maintain good breath. Visit the dentist twice a year can avoid unpleasant situation;

Prevent cancer of the mouth - Regular examinations help to identify small lesions that if untreated, may develop into some form of cancer;

Maintain the health of the body - A mouth and carefully reflect on the health of the entire body. A bad chewing or even a bite from wrong can cause a headache to stomach problems;

Prevent heart disease - Almost nobody knows, but some bacteria present in the oral environment can attack the heart. Bacterial endocarditis, a type of cardiac problem due to infectious processes, can originate in the oral cavity and cause the proliferation of harmful bacteria to the body;

Regain or maintain their self-esteem - Maintaining a healthy smile and smooth is a good way for you to be okay with it. Like most of your appearance, you'll be safer to face life;

Knowledge of news - Today in all media leaving many reports on the new dental technologies, some serious and others are proven a little more than a marketing move, so it is important to have a person with knowledge in the area and in whom you trust to get all your questions.

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213. ESPINHO: City is a reference to oral health

With more than 20 minutes late, Joaquim Barbosa, director of Health Center of Espinho, initiated the presentation of the Oral Health Program for the academic year 2007/2008. The director began by talking about the major changes in health in recent times and the satisfactory results of the Oral Health program since its inception, adding that the major objective of this program is the fulfillment of national and European targets.

The Oral Health program involves several entities of the municipality of Espinho, including the Health Center, the Lions Club, the various municipalities in Espinho, several private dentists, schools of the county and the School of Dental Medicine, University of Porto.

The Oral Health program includes three major phases: the cleaning, screening and treatment. In the cleaning phase, the objective is, according to the coordinator of the program, Margarida Albuquerque, "teach children to wash their teeth properly," offering them further, and brush folder. At this stage of cleaning is still frequent sessions are organized for clarification wishing involve "not only students but also teachers and parents."

This year the program includes screening and treatment of three types of problems related to oral health in children of pre-primary, first and second cycle. Among the diseases screened include the caries, the dental fluorosis and periodontal disease or periodontitis. The last, but perhaps the most important phase of the program is the treatment, carried out since 2001. Last year, the Oral Health program dealt with 336 children and 16 other state aid and with the benefit of the municipality.

Margarida Albuquerque made clear that "in general terms, the work is good" and sees it when I found that "children of Espinho, in comparison with the rest of the country are much better. The dream of 18 years ago is worth it. " Since 2001, the Oral Health covers the children of the 2nd cycle, and since 2004 the pre-school because the program initially included only the students of first cycle. The values of the Oral Health Program in 2007 are, according to the coordinator of the project, "very satisfactory".

Over the years, the value of CPO, the index of dental caries, has declined. So, in the second cycle, is 1.3 percent, while the national average is around 2.95 percent. For 2020, the European target is to achieve a rate of less than a CPO. However, Espinho is not far away that goal and still 13 years to get there.

In European terms, Espinho is also well placed at the level of oral health, because the target set in Europe in 2007 proposed that only 50 percent of children entering school with dental caries. Espinho is very near that amount, with caries detected in 54% of the pre-primary.

The discrepancy between the values obtained in the town of Espinho and the rest of the country is again evident when discussing the level of caries in the first cycle. While the program of Oral Health espinhense CPO recorded a rate of 0.7 per cent of the permanent dentition, the national figure is between 2 and 3 percent.

As the screening of fluorosis and periodontal diseases, there is no national or European studies with which to compare the values of Espinho. However, the values of fluorosis suggests that in pre-primary, five percent of children have problems of excess fluoride in the first round six per cent in the second cycle and 28 per cent. Already the periodontal diseases such as gingivitis and plaque, have a total of 28 percent of all children screened.

The first step in the birth of the Oral Health Program has been in the early 90s when Dulce Santos was invited to present a lecture at the Golf Beach Hotel in Espinho, in the context of dentistry. The idea that Dulce Santos had long ago was promoting a program of oral health to children. At the time, according to former secretary of the Portuguese Association of Oral Health, "a series of happy circumstances created an environment for the continued involvement of the program of oral health." There was, first, "an educational interest," but to achieve them, Dulce Santos adds, was "required the collaboration of all entities."

The demand was increasing and the "results were always better." Margarida Albuquerque agrees that the program is now very well organized and to ensure its proper functioning, "the work can not be done without the cooperation of everyone." The coordinator of the program believes that the greater involvement of parents was essential because often the teachers, "who are more interested in the fund, not exploit the opportunity provided by the program" and it lacks many of the consultations scheduled times for children, not thus continue the screening and the treatments themselves.

Jornal Regional

212. Parents know that dental loss drugs can cause

Research shows that most of those responsible does not make oral hygiene in their children after the use of drugs and can not establish a clear relation of cause and effect exists in this association. Many liquid pediatric medicines have sugar in its composition in order to mask the unpleasant taste of some active ingredients. The pleasant taste, however, just hiding the damage that these drugs can cause to the oral health of children, as their frequent intake can cause cavities.

Taking into account that parents act as responsible for the administration and care related to the use of children's medicines, Beatriz Neves team and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro determined to assess the perceptions and attitudes of leaders on the cariogenic and erosive potential of liquid medications for children. Interviews were carried out on the association of drug use in children with dental caries and erosion, and the care with oral hygiene after ingestion. According to article published in the edition of September / October 2007 the journal Science & Public Health, "in general, those unaware of sugar added to many foods and drinks, including children's liquid medicines, and when recognized the existence of sugar, not identify the type used to sweeten the pediatric formulations, and even its concentration, facts that can induce behaviors that contribute to the development of caries disease."

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According to the researchers, "despite the drugs responsible deem sweet and relate your use of the presence of caries and defects in tooth structure, most of these does not perform oral hygiene on their children after the use of these drugs and do not establish clearly the relationship of cause and effect exists in this association. " Thus, experts warn of the importance of health professionals advise those responsible for the presence of sugar and low pH of these formulations child, taking into account the need to manage them during meals and preferably before the child sleep, and should be followed for proper cleaning of the oral cavity.

"Whereas the disease is likely to caries prevention, the pediatricians are in ideal conditions and to alert parents and guardians to provide information and guidance on the risks of continued use of sugar products and the development of dental caries, when no adequate posterior oral hygiene, stress in the article.

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211. The role of the LBV (Legion of Good Will) in community health (III)

Educating for change

It is a question that may pose a few themselves. The Medical Care International (AMI), for example, has only register a Stomatologist doctor who has participated in campaigns, volunteering within that body and the association "Doctors of the World" does not even have names in the professional spectrum.

Still, there are various activities to which dozens of doctors dentists eventually join. Only that this is a reality that there is often. The National Health System (SNS in Portuguese) to not include this class, requires that the dentist is forced to operate in the private sector, and so, or he is in office or not income to live, "explains Jacinto Durães. The manager of the Oral Health Clinic, the University Fernando Pessoa, acknowledges that "in general, the voluntary culture is weak, compared to what happens abroad. And by the solidarity among peers does not seem to exist. "Many thought we would be competitors' secret, for criticism he received after launching the project coordinator.

Cassiano Scapin explains that this attitude within the class is created once in the Faculty. "The education in Portugal is based on a philosophy that is not based on prevention. Scientifically, it is known that the curative care does not result in an improvement of needs. Only prevention. And, this being a public health issue, you must change the education. Perhaps, then, have more professionals to participate in projects of social, believes the Brazilian, living in Portugal for 18 years. The University must be open to the community ', summarizes. While recognizing the importance of volunteering, Cassiano Scapin believes that the discussion is much more profound. We have to draw to within the community, these issues have to do with how the faculty teach. While it does not, continue to have, only, pioneering initiatives.

LBV - Legião da Boa Vontade

210. Oral health in the Budget 2008 but far from the needs

The oral health came first priority as assumed by the Government in the report of the state budget for 2008 (OE2008) but still falls short of proposals made by the working group appointed by Correia de Campos to prepare the way of a policy for the sector . In a country without public provision of dental and where about half the population has no access to it for obvious lack of purchasing power, the inclusion of the topic in the budget is perceived as positive by the Order of Doctors Dentists (OMD). The report of OE2008 limited to advance the oral health as "priority area, particularly focused on preventing disease so that some segments of the population, particularly children, pregnant and elderly people with low incomes, have healthy teeth."

Certain is that this brief statement of intent not abides all the recommendations of the working group, which Correia de Campos has on his desk since June. Experts suggest the provision of care to more groups, including diabetics.

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