691. BRAGA: Oral health and urbanism mark Economic and Social Council

The meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Municipality of Braga was marked by the balance sheet to the municipal project on oral health. The meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the Industrial Association of Minho, also served for the municipality to announce new projects in the area of ​​urbanism.At this meeting, the social partners were presented with a report on the project "Braga a Sorrir - Oral Health Support Center", said the source, adding that the indicators related to the implementation of this innovative project [are] frankly positive.The figures for the measure launched by the Municipality of Braga, which benefit the populations in situations of socio-economic vulnerability, show that, since 2015, 1281 beneficiaries of the project have been covered. In all, 9 598 treatments were performed, 7,914 consultations were performed and 252 prostheses were donated.Those responsible for the project also distributed 2 387 folders and brushes, and the services involved a group of 17 volunteers.

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690. PORTUGAL: Most adolescents do not use dental checks

Since its launch in 2008, the dental checks program has already reached about two and a half million people. But according to the Público newspaper, which cites data from the OMD, in the younger population the program has not yet had a major impact, with only 38% of 16 year-olds reporting that they used these checks and 43% of 18-year-olds.According to the head of the Dentists Association, Orlando Monteiro da Silva, the condition may be that, in both groups, the checks must be issued by the health centers, at the request of the interested party or at the initiative of the physician. family. As this extension of the program to these two age groups has been little publicized, there are still few users.According to data from the OMD, between January and September 2016, about 227 thousand people used the dental checks, an utilization rate of 83%. Children and young people aged 7, 10 and 13 are the ones who enjoy the most of this possibility (92% of the total).

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ORAL HEALTH has already proven that the dental check does not meet the needs of the country 's children and youth. The news reports that young people with access to the dental check are very small, and only children with 7, 10 and 13 years old can have access to oral health care. Governments change, promises arise but competent entities do not respond to the needs of the overwhelming majority of children and young people.

Portugal remains a country where official entities continue to deny access to oral health care to the majority of children and young people, with the convenience of multiple stakeholders who persist in failing to solve the problem.

689. fifteen thousand children learn good oral hygiene practices

Colgate has just launched a new edition of the Healthy Smiles, Bright Futures School Program, in collaboration with the Mundo a Sorrir association, reaching some fifteen thousand children enrolled in Portugal, in order to provide the necessary tools to create good oral health habits.In Portugal, for the edition of this project, Colgate established a partnership with the World to Smile - Association of Portuguese Solidary Dental Doctors - to support two of its social projects, among the most disadvantaged communities: the project Learn to Be Healthy whose objective is to improve the oral hygiene and feeding habits of the children of the 1st cycle of schooling. To this end, daily dental brushing is implemented in schools, after lunch, in a classroom context, supervised by the teacher; and the Doctor Risadas project, aimed at children from 3 to 16 years of age, who were proven to be in need and supported by social solidarity institutions.

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