146) The role of businesses in the health of its employees

BRAZIL - Shares of health promotion and prevention still has key role in corporations, who seek a better quality of life of employees, aim to maintain control over costs with the benefit-health. That is the view of Watson Wyatt to complete the research on health care benefits.

The highlight of the study was for the large number of companies (82%) offer dental plans, signaling to raise awareness that processing and maintenance of dental assistant avoid future health complications. In most cases, that membership is on a voluntary basis and with coverage intermediate (includes basic and complex treatments, except dentures and orthodontic), and the company assumes, in general, 50% of the cost.

Portal Nacional de Seguros & Saúde

145) Two Euros for their health

In the coming weeks to assess the campaign will launch "Two euros for their health." "Each person makes an application, two euros paid monthly and is entitled to access to medical care and the nursing home, paying five euros by doctors and three nurses per euro," said the president. This phase will be purchased two vehicles for the movement of doctors and nurses.

In the two days following the publication of the notice asking for general practitioners, assessing received several curricula. Regarding the clinic will open soon in the urbanization of Monte Penedo in Milheirós, in the municipal facilities, with the specialties of dentistry and podology. Are planned introduction of other medical specialties, which are not yet defined.

This draft medicine at home, organized by an association of local authorities, is unique in Portugal. Its clinical director is Jorge Rodrigues, plastic surgeon, and with the collaboration of the Hospital of Our Lady of Valongo, so they are carried in emergencies or in cases where it is necessary to perform more complex tests.

The draft of the doctors at home AVAL autosustentável want to be and do not rely on support from the town hall or other institution. The mayor of Milheirós states that "local authorities have changed their philosophy, no longer mere administrative posts, often developing the tasks of the town hall, and are now working to develop a more autonomous. That is why we have been increasingly systematically to say that the parishes must have own powers, and not delegated, and must have funds distributed by the General State Budget for these tasks. "

O Primeiro de Janeiro

144) Coimbra will receive the dental specialists

The University of Coimbra (UC) announced that the sixteenth Annual Meeting of Dental Medicine and Dentistry will take place in the UC Hospitals, between 22 and 24 March. The meeting will bring together students and scholars as well as national and international experts in the field of dentistry.

The program includes lectures tied to themes such as "The dental care to take in the elderly population", "News in implantology" and "How to perform an action of school education for oral health", but also includes several roundtable meetings and activities of conviviality . The sixteenth Annual Meeting of Dental Medicine and Dentistry is organized by the Department of Dental Medicine, Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Coimbra.

Contacts:

Telef.: 239 484 183
Fax: 239 402 910
E-mail: mailto:cirur3dir@huc.min-saude.pt

143) Friendly business: taking care of teeth

BRAZIL - Alice Melgaço dos Santos, 11 years, is assiduous client 5 years ago the Social Project "Tooth that you want tooth," which has existed since 2000, financed by EIM plant. She is one of 150 children benefited from the free services of a dentist's office assembled by the company to meet certain neighborhoods at risk in Fortaleza, as Pantanal, Round Lake, Jangurussu and swampy New: "This is very good, the doctors are legal. The people taking part in various lectures we explain how to best take care of our teeth. I'm involved because of all is free. "

Jornal O POVO

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I am grateful that I communicate the name of entities, agencies or companies in Portugal, also worry about the oral health of children and youth population.

Gerofil

142) Scientists create teeth of rats in the laboratory

JAPAN - For the first time, japanese scientists managed to successfully replace natural teeth in mice by others created from individual cells, tells this week's issue of the journal "Nature Methods." The scientists, coordinated by Takashi Tsuji, used mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow and epithelial cells, which then turned into a tooth.

First, the scientists promoted the growth of each separate type of cell to obtain larger quantities of them. Then they were injected into a drop of collagen, a substance that the cells in an organism. The cells have grown up to become a tooth with great effectiveness.

When they were implanted in the tooth cavity of a mouse, have developed normally and have been shown to have the same composition and structure as the natural incisors.

According to the authors of the article, the study presents the first evidence of the successful regeneration of an organ through the full deployment of material obtained through bioengineering. For scientists, the search results greatly contribute to the development of bioengineering technologies and the future reconstruction of vital organs in vitro.

Moreover, the findings may encourage the development of organ replacement by regenerative treatment.

imirante.com

141) Pacifier: Leaving it up to three years

For years, the pacifier has become a pediatric maximum. This article that the babies so fond had become to blame for not wanting the little maternal breast, catch up infection in the ears, are apathetic and ill-tempered when no dummies and even by their smiles were a disaster in terms of teeth. Over time, demystify the science most of these beliefs and revealed in chucha a very useful tool for children and parents.

Portuguese experts warn, however, that the benefits of their use exist only up to two or three years of age at most. Thereafter, the child develops deformations of the cavity of the mouth, with consequences at various levels. The bottle reduces the incidence of sudden death of the newborn, is a very effective analgesic in painful procedures and the adverse effects that has on the proper alignment of the teeth are passengers. This means that for the toothlet back to the right place, the pacifier should disappear at the latest, to three years of age.

Nevertheless, a scientific study published in the latest issue of the journal 'General Dentistry' ultimately overthrow the idea that the pacifier is not as damaging to teeth of children. When a baby introduces the nipple drinker in the mouth of the bottle and do what the experts called non-nutritive sucking (the purpose of this act is not eat), the central lower teeth were slowly to deviate from inside, while those who are in the same plan, but in the upper jaw, tend to break away and go out ( 'teeth of rabbits'). Over time, the canine teeth clash with each other and both rows of teeth do not close properly (open bite).

In addition, the suction puts in place a series of muscles of the face, which together with the language, make the teeth in the upper and lower jaw lose parallelism (cross bite). To that malformations are appreciable is estimated to be necessary to exert a pressure more or less constant for six hours daily. The time factor and energy that applies in the small suction make a difference here.

"That explains why many children who use pacifiers do not develop any kind of tooth deformation," emphasizes Jane Soxman, author of the study and member of the American Society of Pediatric Dentistry, referring to children who use the bottle off at times (to go to sleep, for example) or are confined only to have it in your mouth without sucking. Liberius Ribeiro, the Portuguese Society of Pediatrics, suggests the consequences of a prolonged use of chucha: "The buccal cavity adapts to the characteristics of the pacifier and deforms the dental arch." But not only. According to pediatrician at the hospital in Santa Maria, Lisbon, the sky's mouth (palate) develops is oval in shape, which affect the mastication, respiration (by mouth) and orality. "In such cases, the child breathes evil, it is difficult to articulate words and chew on. The later withdrawing from the bottle to the child [after three years] becomes increasingly difficult to repair the deformation of the mouth. "

The long experience tells you that most parents can withdraw the bottle in due time - up to three years - but "there are still many cases of bottle five and six years". In these cases, Liberius Ribeiro advises parents to take the bottle after the child prior explanation, so that the small realize the situation and gives them incentives such as trips to playgrounds. This process must be done on vacation, which will allow parents and children relax after nights bad nights.

Correio da Manhã

140) Care from the cradle

The recipe is simple: brush their teeth after meals and using dental floss. That is the main measure for children and adults who have good oral health and prevent the onset of caries. It's that easy.

(...) The professor of preventive dentistry and social Unirp, Andre Luiz Marçal Terrero, explains that the consumption of sweets and biscuits should always be after meals and before brushing. "Foods with sugar favor the installation of caries in the tooth," he says. (...) According Terrero, the habit of brushing begins in the first days of life. Until the six months, the mother should do the cleaning with the use of gauze and filtered water. From that age, already exists in the specific brush for use in babies. The mother must also accompany the brushing up to eight years of age when the child acquires motor coordination alone to remove the plaque.

Terrero said that the use of dental floss should be done as soon as the first teeth emerge in children. He is to remove the plaque that causes cavities. The disease, according to specialists, is caused by bacteria that are in the mouth. They consume the sugar ingested in food and produce acids that decalcify the teeth until the formation of the lesion. If not treated, the caries progresses and reaches the pulp of the tooth, which must be removed (known treatment for channel).

From there the tooth has no life and is arrested only by the root. You can also move to gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) and periodontal disease, which is the loss of bone that leads to the collapse of the tooth. Terrero directs that the main brushing should be done at night, before bed. "When a person falls asleep, the natural cleansing of the mouth is reduced because of reduced production of saliva and the risk of developing dental caries is greater."

The oral health also depends on good calcification of the teeth, which is guaranteed early in the gestation period. The "teeth-of-milk" beginning to graduate from the 6th week and standing from the 5th month of intra-uterine life. "The pregnant woman must have healthy diet rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamins so that the baby has a good dental calcification, says Professor Andrew Terrero.

He warns that the mother is more responsible for the transmission of microorganisms that cause decay. "As the caries is a disease can be transmitted to blow even when the pap or give a kiss on the lips of the baby. Mother or nanny must have good oral health standard, "he says.

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139) Trailer takes oral health to students

A trailer adapted with dental equipment will benefit students in the School Hall Maria Ovidiu Junqueira, with dental treatment free of charge from next Monday (12). The dental office sold by itinerant Sesi in partnership with City Hall, aims to bring oral health to students of 1st to 8th grades of municipal schools. In addition to basic treatment such as dental cleaning, filling and extraction, students will also receive as a work of prevention, talks of motivation, guidance of correct brushing and application of fluoride. The special treatment will be sent to the Center for Dental Specialties (CEO).

Students will be met from Monday to Friday from 7 am to 11 am and from 13h to 17h, for twenty-two professionals from dentists and auxiliaries, state and municipal network, which will rotate doing in school until meet all the demands of students. The professionals will be under the supervision of the coordinator of the Municipal Department of Dental Health, Agnaldo Augusto. " The trailer takes the oral care at all locations. Many of these children and young people have not yet had the opportunity to take care of the teeth, either by lack of guidance or financial difficulties. The trailer in the school will offer this contact and promote health, "said the coordinator." Before starting the treatment, students will go through a screening to detect if there is a need of treatment, to ascertain what degree of urgency of the problem mouth and with the permission of parents or guardians, the treatment begins, "said the current school director Maria Ovidiu, Rosemary Aparecida Perugini Torres.

The technique in dental hygiene Alice da Silva Jonsson, who will act as an auxiliary to the dentists, emphasizes the importance of working with students. "Here the students will be aware of the need to visit the dentist regularly. The trailer is at the school helps the student to receive guidance by the teacher of this need, and have the incentive and motivation the company's colleague, who also makes the treatment," said Alice.

The Oral Health Program of the Municipal Health Department also has two other dental trailers that are also working in rural areas.

Perfeituria Municipal de Poços de Caldas (Brasil)

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I think the whole interest that in Portugal, also is due to copy some practical examples exist in Brazil. Have you had the opportunity to talk about the Oral Health Program that exists in Portugal - missing now see in practice this program in all our schools.

Why is any unfair discrimination in health care, whatever the reasons, access to this type of program is required to be disclosed and made available to all children and youth of the country, lest we violate the fundamental rights of the human being. It is therefore made here to call attention of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education.

Gerofil

138) Dental implant

Who suffered bone loss and want to do dental implant without grafting or those who dream of entering into an implant on the same day and leave the office now with the provisional prosthesis but well installed can smile at will. This is possible thanks to technical innovations such as an anchor or fixing zygomatic. In addition to efficient, the technique of anchoring that is already held in Santa Maria, avoids the disadvantage of making the withdrawal a part of bones out of the mouth (chin, rib or pelvic) for graft in the jaw and then fix the implants and then the prostheses.

"With this method, which involves the zygomatic bone, the patient does not need to do bone graft. The titanium implants, measuring about 50 millimeters each, are placed in the back of the jaw, and set anchored to the bone cheeks. After installing the anchorages and the formation of bone around the implant, which runs the six-month period, are the definitive prosthesis, "explains the surgeon-dentist and periodontists, Jose Oscar Carlesso, 58 years, the first in town to do surgery. In total, as were five patients who returned the smile and safely recovered their self-esteem after the procedure which, he says, is less time (surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia and takes between 48 hours and 72 hours) and less traumatic . On the waiting list for more than 20 patients.

"With their teeth fixed, the sensation of eating better, smiling and talking with security being used to restore the self-esteem," celebrates one of the patients who came to surgery recently and who preferred not to identify. Without revealing figures, Carlesso, who is a member of the Latin American Academy of Osseointegration since 1993 and operates in 18 years with implants retirement, advance only that the procedure is on average 30% cheaper than the conventional. In conventional implants graft with the patient have to wait up to eight months for temporary placement of implants and wait one more time (around six months) for osseointegration to the placement of the long-awaited final prosthesis.

Lover of the profession, the surgeon-dentist who, as a child, came running out of the chair of a doctor in fear of the treatment, has courses in Sweden, London, Barcelona and Italy, among other countries and three children following the same path. "We never saw his father get home earlier and much less sad. A fact that just motivates us, "says one of the sons, Jonathan Carlesso, 23, which is post-graduate in implantodontic in Porto Alegre.

Elisete Tonetto

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137) Dental services in the NHS (Braga)

Website: Department of Stomatology

Hospital of San Marco (Braga)

Phone: (00 351) 25 320 9061

E-mail: estomato@hsmbraga.min-saude.pt

136) Dental services in the NHS (Oporto)

Website: Children's Specialized Hospital Center MARIA PIA

Office of Stomatology (Oporto)

Phone: (00 351) 22 608 9900

E-mail: addoentes@hmariapia.min-saude.pt

135) Dental services in the NHS (Lisbon)

Website: Department of Stomatology of

HOSPITAL OF SANTA MARIA (Lisbon)

Phone: (00 351) 21 780 5106

E-mail: estomatologia@hsm.min-saude.pt

134) "True national disgrace" (?)

"The National Health Service is able to achieve what the Portuguese ask, to fairness and quality arising from the decriminalization of a situation that is truly a national disgrace." (Correia de Campos, the prepositional the referendum on the Law of abortion, in: Public 12-02-07)

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Minister, if in fact the National Health Service is able to achieve what the Portuguese ask, then it is requested that an immediate end to the shameful waiting list for dental consultations that in some hospitals, it reaches 3 years of waiting for a consultation - this is a real national disgrace in a country member of the European Union. Because you have been lucky enough to not go through that others passed (link), the rest of the conversation is meant as pure political demagoguery directed to the public.

Gerofil

133) Babies can have problems with teeth and oral cavity detected in the first year of life

Parents are worried about the oral hygiene of children and so it is increasingly common babies up to a year, making his first dental consultations. According to Marcelo Bonecker pediatric dentistry, the ideal age for the baby made his first visit to the dentist is the six months of life, a period in which the teeth begin to rise.

"It's interesting that parents bring the child to the dentist in the first year because their parents are more receptive to us to guide them and thus they use the methods outlined for the oral hygiene of children," said Bonecker. Moreover, in this age the child is also open to changes in habits, such as the care of their teeth.

In the first consultation, the pediatric dentistry is an analysis to see parents and children for, well, there are those such as food and hygiene habits of the family. "After that first conversation, we do a clinical examination to examine whether the baby is all right or if there is a problem in the dentition, oral cavity, or others. If there is, starts to be the most appropriate treatment, "emphasizes Marcelo.

In this first stage of life, parents are the main "agents of oral health", therefore, for children, they are the main examples. "Healthy Habits for hygiene, like brushing your teeth after meals, and meals are essential for the promotion of children," explains the pediatric dentistry. The brushing teeth begins as soon as the teeth start to rise and parents need to help children up to seven years and supervise up to 12 years.

Another point that parents can help greatly in the oral health of children is the prevention of diseases such as caries. Bonecker says that sweetened foods help prevent this action. "If the child receives sweetened milk or even the chest, or consume any food containing sugar, it is necessary to make the oral hygiene. Also, give preference to toothpaste with fluoride. " The pediatric dentistry also says that fluoride is the main vehicle for the prevention of caries.

"The quantity and frequency of application of fluoride in a dentist's office depends on each child, depends on whether you have cavities or not. Recalling that the minimum age of the baby is six months for this action, "said.

Caries, trauma, such as broken teeth and problems with the bite are the main problems that children face. "At this stage, children are learning to walk, run. So is the high incidence of injuries, "reports. Even so, parents have more access to information than in the past, and may help prevent more on issues of oral health of children.

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