The dento-stomatic disease prevention and school and public dental health -situation and solutions
- Author:
Truong Van Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dentostomatic disease
- MeSH:
Oral Health;
Periodontal Diseases;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):11-22
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
More than 90% of Vietnamese people and children suffered from a very high prevalence of dental and periodontal diseases. In the last 10 years with the effective oral preventive project, the close cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the active response of the provincial administration, regional health and education authorities in various areas, the SDHC program has been implemented at a quick tempo, especially there appear model of SDHC complete coverage gradually district to district, province to province, 4 mios school children were covered by this program. However, there has remainly a large number of school children (7/11 mios) who are waiting for this project. But together with the SDP, it is necessary to begin the dental community-based strategy of oro-dental health care for adults, since this urgent program will meet the urgent need of oro-dental health care among adult population, whose oro-dental morbidity shows very alaming figures (50-60% of the population are affected with dental decay, and over 90% of them with gingivitis and periodontitis). Within this situation, the oro-dental diseases and the negligence of oro-dental hygiene among the population in the countryside and the moutainous region are the key factors contributing to raise up high incidence figures of this pathology: from 3 to 8 DMF teeth index/person. In some areas there is not yet practical habit of using fluoride-tooth paste, or tooth brushes for oral prevention. In almost countries in the world, their respective governments show much concern and care for community-oro-dental health. The school dental program in collaboration with the dental community program, is an effective measure to gradually rule out the dental and periodontal diseases.
