witnessing 5000 visitors
The activities of the first phase of the campaign of the College of Dentistry at the University of Taif to promote oral and dental health that coincided with the Gulf Week of Oral and Dental Health held in the Mall of the Heart of Taif concluded and continued on Thursday and Friday, 4-3 / 6/1435 AH. College Vice-President Dr. Ammar bin Saleh Al-Shamrani said that the campaign witnessed an intense presence of the public estimated at about 5,000 people during the two activities days, during which an examination was conducted for about 1500 patients, most of them children. The work of fluoride applications for about 1000 patients of children’s slice, in addition to the presence of several awareness and educational pillars for oral and dental health. Brochures, brushes and toothpastes were distributed in attendance, as well as a special corner for children with an entertainment program for them in which gifts were distributed.
The Vice-Chancellor added that the next stage of the campaign will be a team of the college visits to students and students of schools in the Taif Educational Zone aiming to increase awareness of oral and dental diseases and explain the factors that cause decay and how to prevent them and ensure periodic detection and work of applying fluoride to children to increase tooth resistance to decay and permeates the campaign Doing a field survey to reveal the percentage of caries in the Taif region and its suburbs, especially in the age group between 6-12 years to achieve part of the mission and goals of the College of Dentistry in particular and the University of Taif in general in community service and then make plans for prevention programs based on statistics and recommendations that will come out after the end the campaign.
