Portugal is the country with the worst oral hygiene in Europe, with almost all children have at least one cavity and most seniors without a single tooth, said the Chairman of the Dental Association. According to Orlando Monteiro da Silva, some studies have revealed worrying data that put Portugal on the tail of the 25 European Union countries. These studies reveal that sixty-five percent of people over age 60 do not have a single tooth in his mouth, said the expert.
Close to one hundred per cent of children aged trial key - 5/6 years and 9/10 years old - have at least one tooth with caries and some of these children already have 70 percent of decayed teeth, torn or filled, said. If children are educated from an early age, they gain the habit of taking care of teeth and will never fail to meet rules of oral health and dental hygiene, said Orlando Monteiro da Silva, for whom the major problem is the lack of education of the young, both by parents and the State.
In the opinion of the physician, parents do not instill these habits in children because they did not have them. The adults even when they go to dentists and are properly instructed only follow the advice in the early days, but as no background fails to meet the established rules, he said. Orlando Monteiro da Silva also blames the state for the lack of education of the population, and especially children, instead of promoting oral health policies in schools, nursing homes or day centers.
Stating that meets on campus these shortcomings, the president said that in retirement homes no one who knows how to sanitize a prosthesis and in centers with deep bedridden disabled children there is a total lack of that in these cases a specific antibiotic should be placed in the mouth to sanitize. State support should also go through the investment in the National Health Service, defended, considering unacceptable that hospitals and health centers do not have dentists.
The Ministry of Health treats people as if they had no mouth, he lamented, adding that most Portuguese do not have access to dentists - that carry out in private clinics - for lack of economic means and information. To Orlando Monteiro da Silva, this does not state investment is a huge mistake in terms of public health.
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