In conjunction with World Oral Health Day which falls on March 20, the Department of Dentistry of the Warsaw University School of Medicine and the Hospital of the University of Olomouc have prepared several precautions to remind children in particular about the principles of dental care. and oral hygiene.

Interested members of the general public can attend the lecture, which will take place on Sunday, March 20, starting at 11:00 am at Knowledge Fortress, and which is also included in the ongoing Brain Week. During three short presentations, experts from the clinic will focus on bad habits and habits related to oral hygiene, as well as how to break bad habits and thereby prevent tooth decay or, for example, periodontitis.

In the following days, members of the Dental Student Association from among students of Dentistry and Dentistry will visit schools and kindergartens in the Olomouc region, where they will explain the principles of proper oral hygiene to children with fun way.

On Tuesday, March 22, there is also a morning program at Benteng Ilmu for children from kindergarten, elementary school, and orphanage. “Children will be educated through playing about proper hygiene, what is healthy and what is not healthy for teeth and what to do to avoid cavities. They will complete the task and will receive a reward for a successful solution,” explains Iva Voborná, head of the organizing clinic.

Friday, March 25, will include an online conference of dentists, dental hygienists and dental nurses směv 022. The program mainly consists of presentations by graduate students and young doctors, the main topics being current trends in endodontics and failure prevention in dental prosthetic rehabilitation. There will also be presentations from students who will briefly present World Oral Health Day and the activities of the Czech Republic Dentistry Student Association. Conference program and other information available here.

Dental Clinic students will conclude this year’s World Oral Health Day series of events on the last day of March. “In the clinic office, they will prepare online webinars for children from kindergarten and first graders, where they will try to show in an entertaining way how the treatment takes place in the dentist’s chair and that nothing needs to be done. . afraid to go to the dentist,” added Iva Voborná, adding that information about individual events will be added in of this event on Facebook.

World Oral Health Day is observed every year on March 20. The aim is to remind the importance of oral health and raise awareness of the importance of oral hygiene in preventing oral disease at any age. More about today here.