Missions smiles general aims and promote prevention through education and training to teachers from different schools, crèches, and professionals of health that are related in the maternal and child stage school in the province.
To this end, the Federation Missions Dental provide dental kits and training program in a first stage will Posadas Capital Area, and then continue with the Central zone and the northern area.
The task is to educate recipients for proper brushing technique, control of bad habits and dietary advice.
Luis Triadani, representing the Federation of Dentists Mission explained that through a joint agreement with the province’s lieutenant governor, Sandra Giménez, and holders of the Ministries of Social Development, Joaquín Losada, Culture and Education, Luis Arnaldo James, Public Health, Jose Daniel Guccione was launched this plan has provided the first activity on 19 June with the training of teachers in the South Zone Dental Circle.
Veronica Sosa, Program Coordinator said: “The proposal arises from the incidence of dental caries in the population targeted and the high treatment costs associated with these problems in both surgical and rehabilitation, in addition to tooth loss.”
He added that “epidemiological reports indicate that 90 percent of the population has the disease, which is infectious and transmissible multifactorial leading to the destruction of dental structures.”
The coordinator said the program will aim to develop preventive aspects through educational activities and information as well as dental practices.
For this task, Smile missions involve educational institutions, crèches eaters and Social Development, Hospitals and Caps.
Triadani explained that a team of accredited professionals who are dedicated to oral education shall be responsible to train and explain to various audiences about proper oral health behaviors, with their methods and techniques and equipment which when combined with the user can promote health of the individual, family and community and strengthen healthy habits and constructive patterns of behavior.
Sosa explained that advocacy will be developed in workshops for pregnant women, in the Caps and Hospitals, in order to maintain their oral health and that of their children and emphasize the importance of dentistry at an early age.
In both in schools and kindergartens, Sosa explained that the training will be made to teachers and staff to take the children to motivate and encourage small inputs through preventive toothbrushes and toothpastes.
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