The Secretary of State for Health, Raquel Duarte, assured this Friday that the creation of a dentist career in the National Health Service (S.N.S.) is not entirely forgotten, but under review. There is a strong commitment to maintain the oral health of the population in the context of the SNS that is not entirely forgotten, but under consideration, said the official, at the official opening of the 27th Congress of the Order of Dentists, in Matosinhos, district from Porto.
Saying not to be unaware of the expectation of these health professionals, Raquel Duarte stressed that the Ministry of Health, which underwent refurbishment, maintains the firm conviction that it is essential to value them. In addition to this issue, the new Secretary of State said that the project to integrate dental medicine in the SNS, expanding the number of health centers with oral health care is to continue and increase.
The placement of dentists in primary health care began with the current government, first through pilot projects that were progressively expanded. We want to expand the number of health centers with dentists so we can have coverage across the country, he explained.
Before the Secretary of State's intervention, the president of the Order of Dentists, Orlando Monteiro da Silva, insisted on the need to move forward with the creation of a career for dentists in the SNS, noting that the process has already been approved by the Ministry of Health, but has been waiting for almost a year for finance. It is fundamental and necessary, in the interest of quality, to create a career in dentistry, as it is a specific profession, he said.
Before the Secretary of State's intervention, the president of the Order of Dentists, Orlando Monteiro da Silva, insisted on the need to move forward with the creation of a career for dentists in the SNS, noting that the process has already been approved by the Ministry of Health, but has been waiting for almost a year for finance. It is fundamental and necessary, in the interest of quality, to create a career in dentistry, as it is a specific profession, he said.
The Order has long claimed an adequate status for these professionals, enshrined in a career. The congress, which began on Thursday and ends on Saturday, has on the table, in addition to socio-professional issues, topics such as implantology, endodontics or periodontology. Simultaneously with the congress is the Expodentária, the largest oral health fair in the Iberian Peninsula, which, in this edition, counts on the presence of 139 exhibitors, distributed by 507 booths.
09.11.2018
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