163) National Association of Dental Technicians of Angola (ANTEA)

The National Association of Dental Technicians of Angola (ANTEA) will hold the 1st National Congress on "Dental Medicine in the country" during the days 20 and 21 July this year. The event is in line with the continuous training of technicians, dental, in collaboration with the Order of Doctors Dentists Portugal.

The information was made recently in Luanda, the vice president of Antea, Avelino Cachilandala at the end of the lecture on "the importance of oral health buco and the prevention of diseases of the mouth" at the seminar of "Training of trainers of community agents "that runs on the premises of the Pediatric Hospital of Luanda. When Congress participate physicians, specialists in dentistry, nurses, technicians, diagnostics, and businesses, the distribution of medicines.

According Avelino Cachilandala the dental situation in the country because it is controlled in all provinces Antea has the technical and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health have developed training and actions of the campaign on dental health. The specialist said that oral hygiene is the implementation of a series of activities, using different elements to remove the waste of food, among other plaque from tooth surfaces, gums, tongue and mucous. For good dental health, Avelino Cachilandala recommended a good diet with fruits like banana, papaya, apple, other foods such as cereals, meat, fish, plants, vegetables, bread, cheese, milk and yogurt, which are rich in calcium, vitamin A and help care for and strengthen the teeth.

As for individual brush, the specialist advises the public to be replaced every three months and replace if it is used very much. "After using the brush, wash it with water and shake itself to be saved. You should avoid eating fresh for many citizens are not getting cavities or gengivites, "wrapped up.

A cavity, according Cachilandala Avelino, and is an infectious disease. It happens when there is the association between plaque cariogenic (a kind of film composed of bacteria live and food waste that would be deposited on and between teeth), inadequate diet and poor hygiene.

"When the sugar comes into contact with the plaque, made up acids that are responsible for removal of minerals from tooth", he stressed.

Jornal de Angola

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Let's see if the OMD is also due to efforts to look into and solve the serious problems of oral health that affect much of the population of Portugal.

Gerofil