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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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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