Minister highlights importance of oral health

Minister of Well being Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar in his message for World Oral Well being Day (WOHD) reminded the general public on the significance of sustaining good oral well being.

The minister mentioned, “Let’s collectively make well being, together with oral well being, as our duty to make sure our nation will get nearer to realising Brunei Imaginative and prescient 2035 of attaining a top quality of life.”

WOHD, organised by the FDI World Dental Federation, is widely known each March 20, the minister mentioned, including that the day supplies a platform to boost consciousness on oral well being.

Themed ‘A Comfortable Mouth is A Comfortable Physique’, this yr’s celebration stresses on the significance of oral well being for each particular person because it impacts the well being of the whole physique.

The minister mentioned, “Our mouth will expertise issues if we don’t listen.”

Tobacco use and consuming meals excessive in fats, salt and sugar can contribute to a wide range of continual ailments together with oral ailments, he mentioned.

The minister additionally shared that 90 per cent of the world inhabitants endure from oral ailments all through their lives, amongst them dental caries (tooth decay), periodontal illness (gums illness) and mouth most cancers. Some 60 to 90 per cent of schoolchildren expertise tooth decay, and toothache is the primary purpose to skip faculty and work.

In keeping with the nationwide oral well being survey carried out from 2015 to 2017, 71.5 per cent of kids aged 5 to 6 and 64 per cent of adults didn’t search therapy for tooth decay.

The simplest technique in decreasing tooth decay is to keep up oral well being with the usage of water fluoridation and fluoride toothpaste.

The Division of Dental Companies will proceed its effort to boost public consciousness on tooth decay prevention by means of dental instructional talks, dental verify, the Senyum SiManja programme for kids below 5, Senyum Pelajar programme for main schoolchildren and the Kasih programme for people with completely different talents. – James Kon