Data shows that poor oral health affects nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide and has a profound impact. However, people often do not realize the serious impact that oral diseases can have on their lives.
According to Huang Xiaojing, oral diseases not only cause pain and discomfort, affect people's eating, speaking and self-confidence, thus affecting the quality of life, but also are closely related to many systemic diseases, such as respiratory diseases, diabetes, premature and low birth weight infants, and even lead to cognitive dysfunction.
Just like other major diseases, prevention, early detection, and treatment of oral diseases can help prevent any negative effects on other parts of the body. Ms. Wu, a resident of Fuzhou, is reading the dental knowledge popularization on the exhibition board, deeply touched by this sentence.
Previously, I felt old and my teeth were loose or missing. There was no major problem. I didn't brush my teeth properly, but now it hurts like hell. "Ms. Wu, 67 years old, had loose and painful teeth due to not taking good care of them. She said that sometimes the pain can lead to loss of appetite and high blood pressure, which is very uncomfortable.
According to the fourth national oral health epidemiological sampling survey data, the average number of teeth retained by elderly people aged 65 to 74 in China is only 22.5, including cases of loose and damaged teeth. How to better take care of elderly dental patients in prevention, health care, and treatment has been a hot topic in the field of oral medicine in recent years.
The dental health level of elderly people in China still needs to be improved. This is also the purpose of walking into the streets and communities today, "Huang Xiaojing told reporters. Many people believe that" old teeth "are normal, and this view is incorrect. In fact, as long as everyone starts from now on, paying attention to oral health, mastering correct and effective oral cleaning methods, regularly checking, and maintaining a complete dentition are no problems.
During the activity, volunteers popularized the correct brushing methods and guided the public to establish a correct awareness of oral health care through on-site inspections, oral model demonstrations, video science education, and performing science popularization sketches. In addition, volunteers also provide free consultations to citizens who come for consultation and consultation to answer questions and clarify their doubts.
The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Fujian Medical University currently takes the "Tooth Angel" volunteer service team as the main body and the "Smiling Express" brand project as the carrier to carry out regular and institutionalized oral science popularization and education, screening intervention, interactive experience, and love learning assistance and other oral public welfare volunteer activities. In the past five years, the hospital has organized nearly 200 volunteer service activities both inside and outside the hospital, with over 1000 employees participating in volunteer activities. The total duration of volunteer service is over 4000 hours, serving more than 20000 people, and benefiting more than 500000 people online.
