Primary Health Care Now More Than Ever
By Dr.Lamya Alazzawi
Elements
Dental Health Care
•Dental Health may be defined as a state of complete normality and functional efficiency of the teeth and supporting structures and also of the surrounding parts of the oral cavity and of various structures related to mastication and the maxillofacial complex.
•Community dental health services : Are those dental services which have an educative ,preventive or curative nature which organized by governments
Goals of Generals dental care are
• Dental health promotion • Prevention and treatment of dental diseases
Primary health care offers to whole populations a mean of preventing dental diseases and maintaining a mouth with sound teeth and healthy supporting gums and bone throughout major part of each individual s life
P.D.H.C. can be considered under four steps these are: • 1.Socially : The community itself must take the principle role in D.H.C. activity .It is the responsibility of dental profession to teach the people that they should not regard dentistry as simply the provision of services to relieve pain and restore function and appearance ,but they must be motivated to use prevention measures themselves from birth to old age to keep their teeth in a healthy mouth
•The primary prevention package for oral health should comprise of Oral Health Education .The lectures and audiovisual aids can be imparted to small groups of individuals in the community at regular intervals in different areas of villages
Each community must primarily be educated about •The benefits of fluoride in reducing dental caries •Various oral hygiene measures for removal of dental plaque •Correct food habits (restriction of eating sweet not more than three times a day and between snacks) •Harmful effects of habits such as smoking •Early recognition of precancerous and cancerous lesions(e.g. ulcer in the mouth not healing for 2-3 weeks ,should consult dentist
• The importance of regular visits to the dentist for routine examination • 2.Technically : Oral health teams must be developed which enable both dentist and auxiliaries to guide their community population towards a desired level of oral and general health through the development of an appropriate primary health system
• 3.Economically • Those responsible for dental health care services must develop systems which utilize the resources a available to prov
المادة المعروضة اعلاه هي مدخل الى المحاضرة المرفوعة بواسطة استاذ(ة) المادة . وقد تبدو لك غير متكاملة . حيث يضع استاذ المادة في بعض الاحيان فقط الجزء الاول من المحاضرة من اجل الاطلاع على ما ستقوم بتحميله لاحقا . في نظام التعليم الالكتروني نوفر هذه الخدمة لكي نبقيك على اطلاع حول محتوى الملف الذي ستقوم بتحميله .
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