9) BRAZIL: Children learn the importance of brushing teeth

When will these examples will move to be part of everyday life in Portugal, in the gardens-of-school children and of the first cycle? It is a call for attention to the Minister of Education.
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The doctr - dentist Áurea Bragança Maria dos Santos, was at the Center for Child Rearing Abelhinha Feliz, which held a small lecture to 196 students, aged 1.5 to 5 years, with information on how to brush, because it is important brush, what happens when they do not brush and other important information and to help in creating the habit of brushing your teeth.

Maria Áurea still holds the distribution of brushes and dental fluorine to wash the teeth, making guidelines to children on the care with oral hygiene to prevent cariogenic. "The washing of the teeth is made daily after meals and once daily, washing with fluoride for children from five years of age."

The work is done by professional for nearly 15 years, and the diagnosis of the situation is the considerable decrease, "in the beginning the children had all teeth some cárie, any problems in the teeth of milk, are registered one or two of milk teeth that exhibit cariogenic, "explained Mary Áurea.

For the director of the CIS, Christopher Maria Aparecida da Silva, children learn information about oral hygiene and reproduce for parents, and give that link if the information is accurate.

In work on oral hygiene, will be discussed on the use of the nozzle, which can hinder the growth of the teeth and the structure of teeth mouth, creation of cariogenic and adenoids. "Apart from the nozzle, children enhance the language better," completed Cida. A lecture given by dentist is repeated often between two and three months, "it is through the insistence that children create the habit, for ages children are teaching the need to always brush your teeth and maintain oral hygiene, the older we working ways to the washing of the teeth and cleaning mouth. Educating children about oral health is essential to prevent the cariogenic in adulthood, "concluded Mary Áurea.

The coordination of the CIS in partnership with the dentist, is planning to conduct these talks to parents of children, originally scheduled for October this year, which will be presented all the information about the importance of oral hygiene, the washing of the teeth , fluorine and use of the thong, the reality on the use of chickpeas and other information that will be beneficial to the whole family.
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8) Union denies closure of the urgency of stomatology

The Union of Physicians of the South Zone contests the view of the urgency of stomatology in the Lisbon Central Hospital Center from 20:00 and the end-of-week, which claims to be "the only existing throughout the area south of the country."

Diário Digital Digital Diary

7) Protocol for health school

The protocol for School Health in force was signed by the Minister of Education, Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, and the Minister of Health, Correia de Campos, February 7, 2006. Doing a careful reading of it, highlights the fact that refers seven times (XXXXXXX) to the sexual health but only once (X) comes to oral health.
Gerofil

6) An example required in all Health Center of the Country

The city of Povoa de Santa Iria has a new Health Center inaugurated on 20 August 2005 by the Prime Minister, Jose Socrates, and the Minister of Health, Antonio Correia de Campos. Among other services highlights is the provision of services of School Health (intervention in primary and secondary schools) and Oral Health (office for child and youth population).

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5) Issue relevant

Will children and adolescents are trained in terms of maturity to take responsibility for their oral health? If you are unable to assume this responsibility, who should take them?

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4) One example of our brothers (Extremadura)

More than 28,000 children receive oral health care provided by the Servicio Extremeño de Salud.

Children 6, 7 and 8 years are the beneficiaries of the Child Care Plan de Extremadura (PADIEx) launched in the middle of last year by the SES. As reported by the Board of Extremadura in a note, also in January, incorporates children along this year will meet 6. The Board has noted that between January and June this year have been incorporated in this plan nearly 10,000 boys and girls extremeños born in 2000 and have received some assistance in the slips which includes the relationship of dentists, either SES, and the private sector, whose queries can go to receive assistance under the PADIEx.Así explains the Regional Administration, the new 10,000 children had joined the 19,052 born in the years 1998 and 1999 which began on last year to receive assistance that includes oral treatments core (sealants, fluoride, cleanings, fillings and extractions) and treatments (endodoncias, attention to injuries ....).
The most frequently used treatments are associated with dental education, sealants and fillings. To care for children included in the PADIEx provides care spread of 173 points by the Autonomous Community, dentists attended by both the public and private sectors; 98 located in the province of Badajoz and 75 in Cáceres.
The Board noted that this program is directed dental care to all children residing in the autonomous community who are entitled to health care under the SES. Children begin to receive care when they reach the age of six and remain in the program until 15.
The aim of this initiative is to improve the oral health status of the child population extreme, stressing prevention from an early age and allowing create healthy habits that result in the reduction of certain diseases later in life. In this way, each child who receives assistance through the oral PADIEx have a dental practitioner who is responsible for their oral health and to children who performs an annual review, makes recommendations higiénicos-sanitarias it deems appropriate, apply preventive measures and certain treatments, and also responds to emergency dental they arise. They are not including treatments repairers in primary teeth, or orthodontics.

Other plans of care-Finally, the Board has stressed in his note that in addition to the PDIEX y en lo que se refiere a dental assistance, the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, through the Servicio Extremeño of Health, has launched other specific plans as is the Dental Care Program for Pregnant and Plan of Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities Psíquica (PADDI). The latter was qualified for the Patient Advocacy Association (ADEPA); In its report of 2005 as a major achievement of the health system and an initiative extremeño "laudable and praiseworthy" that "many should take note."
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3) Oral Health in Portugal: More than a question of mentality

About 60% of the Portuguese population has no economic possibilities of dealing with teeth, indicate the numbers, spread the pages of national newspapers. And why people do not have money to treat their teeth not to be able to share with (or so free) by the State?
According to data presented by the Association of Medical Doctors, during the annual conference held in December, one in seven public hospitals has no dentist and the situation is worse in the health centers, where only ten per cent of the units have those specialists. There is, therefore, difficult to conclude that missing dentists in the National Health System. And, for that, it is justified that 98% of specialists pursue their activities in the private sector.
Apart from the struggles that OMD has been halting with the Ministry of Health towards the recruitment of dentists by the NHS, so that the oral health care affordable to all, the reality is another. Much of the Portuguese only uses a dentist when the pain of teeth transtorna them the day-to-day. Jorge Costa, a doctor, dentist and professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of Lisbon, knows well this "unfortunate" reality. Many people arriving in his office when little can be done. "You set - and in a manner completely wrong - that is a luxury treat the teeth. Some may go to the dentist ... And the other? 'This question, Jorge Costa, replied immediately: "other emergencies at the hospitals will start the teeth, or solve the problem when there is no solution. 'And pointing: "The oral health is not considered a problem of public health. It is still seen as a question aesthetics, the type: those who want it their ... '
For this expert, interviewed by MNI-Doctors On the Internet, the figures reflect a reality typical of a southern European country. But it also portrays a disclaimer by the government. "As usual we are in the tail of Europe with regard to primary health care. The Portuguese government has not yet understood that it is much cheaper to prevent that nation address. 'This is because, explains the specialist, dental medicine is totally private. "If the government had to do accounts, to know the money they would have to pay for the treatment of diseases that arise, then there begin to concern themselves with the treatment before the problems arise. "It should be noted that awareness campaigns for the Oral Health in Portugal have been made by the faculties of medicine, dentistry to analyze the patients and promoting oral hygiene among smaller, among other functions, and by private entities, linked to a network of specialists, which together promote the " Oral Health Month ", offering to all registered an examination free.
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2) Analysis and reflection on the politics of oral health in Portugal

This Blog to be identified and analyzed the various policies of oral health adopted in Portugal since April 25, 1974. So try raising any material that verse on the subject in order to make a progress report on what has been achieved with those policies and, particularly, which failed-without forgetting who attributed the success merits and determine the responsibilities for those of law by failures.

In the same vein, I want to try to make the existing stock and pointing suggestions and tips to correct the abnormalities that continue to exist in the national territory, particularly in certain regions and especially certain social groups.

I count on the participation of all; Open the e-mail tempogero@gmail.com for receiving contributions.
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1) Oral Health

"Oral Health", the blog on the health of Oral Health in Portugal.
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