October is the month dedicated to the Oral Health. About two thousand will find itself associate that date to a free dental check in, an initiative promoted by Colgate and the Portuguese Society of Dental Medicine and Dentistry (SPEMD).
What is the real state of hygiene and oral health of the Portuguese is that if you want to examine with the edition of 2006 free dental check-ups (no treatment or radiographs), looking simultaneously sensitizing the population of mainland Portugal, including islands, to this question. After all, only 23.7 percent of adults Portuguese, according to the latest edition of the Oral Health Month, have a completely healthy teeth. A situation that exists mainly in urban areas and regions of the Algarve (32%), the Centre (25.8%) and people with Superior Education (32.1%). The worst situations are more acute in suburban areas (20.7%) and in individuals with the Basic Education (15.7%).
The Colgate released other results: that of a study conducted in more than a hundred schools across the country with children from 5 to 12 years. Only 19 per cent of primary schools and gardens-de-promoting childhood, regularly, shares of oral hygiene. In order to involve more schools in this habit will be made, for the first time, free dental screening for children at 50 schools.
For those interested in hold a free dental check-up, Colgate and SPEMD provides a "Blue Line" - 808205206 between 9:00 a.m. and 23:00. Here you can also learn the find acceding to this initiative. In the county, it is known that joined: Odivelas (7), Pontinha (5), Póvoa de Santo Adriao (2), Ramada (1), and in the neighbouring, in Loures (3), Catujal (2), Camarate ( 2) and St. Anthony of the Knights (2).
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The oral health and the problems of the circulatory system are related
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (USA) shows that there is a relationship between oral health and heart problems since, in 4.7 percent of people who had lost a tooth expressed heart problems, this figure increases to the 5.7 percent among those who lost one to five teeth, to 7.5 percent in cases of fall of 6 to 31 teeth and to 8.5 percent in the two who lost completely. Learn that the mouth is coming to the heart. So protect both.
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It is the medical knowledge that the state of oral health conditions the remaining body. Thus, it is essential bet, first, in the oral health of the people. To do so must the MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVIDE THE MEANS NECESSARY TO POPULATION, WHAT IF PEOPLE CAN TRATAR AND PREVENT THE TIME ON THE TEETH OF DISEASES.
Gerofil
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