Less than a year later, the Government will expand the pilot experience of having dentists in primary care. A rule published Wednesday by the Directorate-General for Health said
that oral health care will no longer be guaranteed only to the most
vulnerable and to include all users of the units that are part of the
experimental group.
In the 13 health centers of Alentejo (Montemor-o-Novo and Portel) and the Region of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (Monte da Caparica, Moita, Fatima, Salvaterra de Magos, Cartaxo, Rio Maior, Azambuja, Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos , Lourinhã and Mafra-Ericeira), all registered users can now access the dentist. The consultation is requested by the family doctor.
Last year, when the pilot project began, oral health care was limited to the most vulnerable users. In case, with diabetes, cancer, heart or respiratory disease, kidney failure or transplanted. In all, 3396 patients were referred to the dentist and 5316 oral health consultations were performed.
The provision of dental care in health centers, which excludes all aesthetic interventions, will continue to be evaluated for possible extension to all primary care units of the National Health Service (SNS) and thus to the entire population. The absence of dentists in the state health services has always been referred to as one of the weaknesses of the SNS.
In the 13 health centers of Alentejo (Montemor-o-Novo and Portel) and the Region of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (Monte da Caparica, Moita, Fatima, Salvaterra de Magos, Cartaxo, Rio Maior, Azambuja, Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos , Lourinhã and Mafra-Ericeira), all registered users can now access the dentist. The consultation is requested by the family doctor.
Last year, when the pilot project began, oral health care was limited to the most vulnerable users. In case, with diabetes, cancer, heart or respiratory disease, kidney failure or transplanted. In all, 3396 patients were referred to the dentist and 5316 oral health consultations were performed.
The provision of dental care in health centers, which excludes all aesthetic interventions, will continue to be evaluated for possible extension to all primary care units of the National Health Service (SNS) and thus to the entire population. The absence of dentists in the state health services has always been referred to as one of the weaknesses of the SNS.
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