The Integrated Primary School Francisco Ornelas, in Praia da Vitoria, is the stage of an initiative to raise awareness of oral health carried out by the dentist Carla Vilas Boas and her collaborators Clinic MedicAngra. The aim is to screen and prepare a report to deliver to parents about the state of the mouths of children, since they are at a critical stage of transition from teeth.
This assessment will cover 300 children in primary education. The medical team works every Thursday morning and serves between 25 to 30 children per day until the month of May.
"Happy Tooth" - This trace left of a private initiative, in the case of clinical MedicAngra in the city of Angra do, where its head, Carla Vilas Boas, saw interest in understanding the local situation on the health and oral hygiene. 'Happy Tooth' was the name given to the project whose main aim "to realize the state of dental health of children, instilling important concept of oral hygiene, to demystify the figure of the dentist in the minds of children."
The ages involved in this study, between 6 and 12 years, are still unclear to dentists in the region, since "most had never been to a dentist, and not the class knows very well as are the mouths these children. " Actually that brings us to a problem worse, "the children's parents are unaware of how 'oral health of their children", because there is the idea that while the surfaces of lens available, it is not necessary to have consultations and monitoring professionals.
According to Carla Vilas Boas this idea is completely wrong because "the transition from teeth to another is gradual and take place in this process problems that worsen with growth, and malformation of teeth, cavities that are milk teeth to the final among other even more serious." The children are excited and being in an environment they know, the school, feel safe, with no fear of the problems that happen in offices.
After a diagnosis, identify existing problems and cataloging of the permanent teeth, are transmitted and advice to young people especially are "encouraged to see a dentist regularly." As a reward for participation and how to encourage children is provided with a textbook, a toothbrush, toothpaste and a balloon. The results have been encouraging, many problems and many children who should have an effective monitoring and improved by professionals, or even by the parents in instilling the best oral hygiene habits.
In the diploma to be distributed to children to deliver to parents and guardians will mention the problems that have been detected so they can still be solved in time. "There are free consultations at health centers and should be used by parents to prevent such problems in children with this initiative we want to make parents feel the need to consult a dentist," says the charge.
Cavities, tartar and bad formation or growth of permanent teeth are the most recurring problems. "In the vast majority are due to bad habits and oral hygiene practices, others are involuntary and need professional help to avoid future complications and longer and more expensive. Schools must also take a role in the education of best practices in oral hygiene, not only an informative but more active. The vast majority of children have a meal in school and have no way of cleaning the teeth, especially the children.
"This initiative was made possible with support from some private companies, with the participation and commitment of the Integrated Primary School and Praia da Vitoria, in collaboration with the Medical Clinic of the beach and with the participation of my collaborators in MedicAngra" concludes Carla Vilas Boas.
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Here is the proper recognition for the initiative. What other entities know the same example to the rest of the country.
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