İzmir Chamber of Dentists (İZDO) President in the Age of Sea and the board members celebrated the Community Oral and Dental Health Week and 22 November Dentistry Day.
After the moment of silence, the national anthem and the wreath ceremony held in the Republic Square in the presence of Atatürk, Ergin, who made a speech, said that they are working to protect the oral and dental health of the society and to improve the working conditions of the sector.
In the Age of Sea, "The week that covers November 22 in our country is Community Oral and Dental Health Week in order to increase awareness of oral and dental health, to gain correct oral and dental health habits, to evaluate the policies followed on oral and dental health, which is an integral part of general health, and to draw attention to professional problems. is celebrated. Oral and dental health diseases are among the most common health problems in almost all regions of the world. The amount of evidence showing that oral and dental diseases, which cause significant losses in terms of quality of life, plays a role in the development of many health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, growth retardation, premature birth, is increasing day by day. Oral and dental health problems should be prevented with preventive measures before they occur, and when diseases occur, they should be treated quickly.
NEW GRADUATES ARE CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE
Stating that the faculties of dentistry, which started to be opened rapidly in Turkey since 2000, are far above the demand in our country, İZDO President gave the following information in the Age of Sea: “As of today, the number of dentistry faculties in our country has reached 104. With the participation of 8 thousand young colleagues every year, the problems increase and our graduates are faced with the anxiety of the future. Especially since 2000, the opening of dental faculties has accelerated in Turkey. Faculties that are opened without any plan and program, without preparing the technical and physical infrastructure of the faculties and with insufficient teaching staff, appear as an important country fact.
In the Age of Sea, he finally said: “Health policies that will ensure that all dentists in Turkey, public, university and self-employed, provide preventive dentistry services to reach the public widely, are developed with the contributions of the Turkish Dentists Association, and the oral and dental health data of our society The goals of the World Health Organization and the World Dental Association must be achieved.”
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