According to data released at the Congress of the Dental Association, 8.3% of respondents has never been to the dentist and 21.2% say they will only when you have a dental problem, urgency or pain. Of the more than a thousand respondents, 20.9% reported having reduced the number of visits to the dentist in the last year, with the monetary issue to be the main reason evoked not to go.
Are less than a quarter the Portuguese indicating the dentist two or more times a year, while about half (48.8%) of the Portuguese claims hold a dental checkup less than once a year. Of the respondents, 51.5% believe that the National Health Service (SNS in portuguese) does not provide dental services and only 10.2% have resorted to public facilities when they need oral health services.
Are less than a quarter the Portuguese indicating the dentist two or more times a year, while about half (48.8%) of the Portuguese claims hold a dental checkup less than once a year. Of the respondents, 51.5% believe that the National Health Service (SNS in portuguese) does not provide dental services and only 10.2% have resorted to public facilities when they need oral health services.
Commenting
on these results, the president of the Dental Association found that
Portugal needs to work on access to the Portuguese dentist, creating
mechanisms to help people to be able to treat oral health. There in Portugal possibility of the general population to an adequate health monitoring. It has previously had an accessibility problem because the SNS never responded to this area. Since
there is no mechanism to reimburse them or help the Portuguese to
regular consultation, the Portuguese pay out of your pocket these
consultations. And with the economic crisis is affected the ability of the population had access to the dentist, summarized Monteiro da Silva.The
conclusions of the first National Oral Health Barometer also show that
70% of Portuguese lack of natural teeth, and more than 20% lack of at
least 10 teeth and 7% of the Portuguese population has no natural tooth.
The barometer also reveals that 56.1% of Portuguese who lack natural teeth have nothing to replace them. Only 7.7% substitutes have fixed teeth, while the remaining 36.2% have prosthesis. Half
of the respondents admit that ever felt difficulty eating and / or
drinking due to problems in the mouth and teeth and 18% confess that
ever felt embarrassed because of the appearance of their teeth, realize
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On the habits of oral health, the study reveals that the Portuguese meet the basic but few have more sophisticated ways. If 97.3% claims to have a habit of brushing teeth, however, 54.4% use no elixir and 76.2% admit not to use dental floss. Of brushing teeth, 72.7% do it two or more times per day, specifies the document.
The Barometer results also indicate that women have hygiene and cleaning rates superior to men. The lack of natural teeth, with the exception of wisdom teeth, is correlated with the habit of brushing your teeth, to the extent that the fewer natural teeth has who responded, the lower their hygiene habits, reads the statement with conclusions.
The Barometer results also indicate that women have hygiene and cleaning rates superior to men. The lack of natural teeth, with the exception of wisdom teeth, is correlated with the habit of brushing your teeth, to the extent that the fewer natural teeth has who responded, the lower their hygiene habits, reads the statement with conclusions.
The survey also reveals that the Portuguese (93.5%) are satisfied or very satisfetios with your dentist. To emphasize that 63.7% of the Portuguese never changed their dentist. The main loyalty factors are confidence in the dentist, the quality services and habituation, said the document also states that the majority of Portuguese (64.5%) clarifies doubts oral health with your dentist to the detriment of other media such as the internet.
The first national barometer of oral health was made in 1102 based on in-person interviews, and statistical validity.
The first national barometer of oral health was made in 1102 based on in-person interviews, and statistical validity.
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It is very urgent that a national strategy be defined in the oral health and dentistry. While organizations linked to oral health innocuously persist in wanting to work without cooperate collectively with all other entities, the oral health of the Portuguese will be degraded and are always the lower social classes who pay the mistakes of leaders unable to give the necessary answers the population.
For when a true union of wills between the doctors of oral medicine, oral hygienists and dentists, both public and private sector, to address the lack of oral health strategy in our country?
Just so much hypocrisy: while some sectors of dentistry are pleased with some largesse given by the political power, the oral health services continue to be denied to the majority of the population.
For when a true union of wills between the doctors of oral medicine, oral hygienists and dentists, both public and private sector, to address the lack of oral health strategy in our country?
Just so much hypocrisy: while some sectors of dentistry are pleased with some largesse given by the political power, the oral health services continue to be denied to the majority of the population.
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