China News Service, September 20th (Reporter Chen Jing) The 20th is the 32nd "National Teeth Day", the fifth round of Shanghai’s five-year three-year action plan "Optimization of the "One Old One Small" Oral Health Service Model" oral benefits The citizen project was launched on the same day and will focus on the oral health of the two special groups of children and the elderly. During the critical period of the occurrence and development of children’s oral diseases, the "early 1,000 days of life" and the high incidence of chronic diseases in the elderly will carry out oral health management to reduce oral diseases in Shanghai. Prevalence.
The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission told reporters that the prevalence of dental caries among children in Shanghai is not optimistic. The prevalence rate of deciduous teeth in the 3-year-old age group is as high as 47.2%; the oral health of middle-aged and elderly people in Shanghai is also worrying, with a periodontal unhealthy rate exceeding 90%. , But the diagnosis and treatment rate is low.
It is reported that 1000 days in the early life is an important window period for the prevention of adult oral diseases, and the prevention threshold must be moved forward.
Oral diseases and chronic diseases share common risk factors. Among them, middle-aged and elderly periodontal disease and diabetes have a clear mutual promotion and two-way relationship, but the public's awareness of the risks and health management of diabetes and periodontal disease is still very weak.
The Shanghai Oral Disease Prevention and Treatment Institute stated that the establishment of a healthy diet can prevent both systemic and oral diseases.
The prevalence of dental caries among children in Shanghai is not optimistic; the oral health of middle-aged and elderly people in Shanghai is also worrying.
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According to reports, the Huimin Project will carry out oral health inspections, risk screening, disease intervention, follow-up and other oral health management for pregnant women, infants, and middle-aged and elderly patients with periodontal disease and diabetes in pilot communities to optimize the community’s "Small" oral health service model, establish oral health management of pregnant women, infants and young children, and pre-diabetes and periodontal disease risk screening standards.
During the interview, the reporter was informed that, in May 2020, the Shanghai Oral Disease Prevention and Treatment Institute, together with the Oral Prevention Committee of the Shanghai Association of Stomatology, and the Oral Health Care Committee of the Shanghai Preventive Medicine Association, recruited pregnant women and women Infant oral health science knowledge illustration activity kicked off.
After expert review, multiple awards were finally selected.
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