The medical
dentists of the Local Health Unit of the Northeast participated, on July
8, in the 1st National Meeting of Dental Medicine at the National
Health Service, which took place in Aveiro. This
initiative aimed to promote a discussion and analysis of working
conditions, forms of access by users, interconnection between different
levels of care and sharing of organizational experiences.
In the presentation made
at the event, the head of the Dental Medicine at the ULS Nordeste, Dr.
Susana Silva (right in the photo), highlighted the work developed in
this area in the district of Bragança, at the level of prevention and
promotion of Oral Health. The geographic
dispersion (the district of Bragança being the 5th largest in the
country), associated with the problems of accessibility and the specific
conditions of interiority are the main characteristics of the territory
served by ULS Nordeste.
In this context,
the team, composed of five Dentistry doctors, ensures this valence in
all Health Centers in the district of Bragança. The
work developed in this specialty is directed to users between the ages
of 3 and 16 enrolled in the School Park of the locality associated to
each Health Center. The work developed by ULS Nordeste in this area has
proved an asset for the Target population and the
district, namely the increase in the number of children free of dental
caries, reduction in the severity of dental caries, greater
personalization in contact with the user, easier access to consultation
and improvement of Public Health.
Following the
communication, the ULS Nordeste team was praised by Dr. Manuel Oliveira,
member of the Commission for the Reform of Primary Health Care, at the
level of his method of work. ULS Nordeste
professionals were also invited to participate in the next Congress of
Dental Physicians of the SNS of the Archipelago of the Azores, by its
responsible Dr. Ricardo Viveiros Cabral.
