Eighteen thousand tooth brushes will be delivered to children from 40 schools from the municipal network of Santa Bárbara d ’ West, in São Paulo. The distribution was made yesterday by the Secretary of health and is part of a partnership of the organ with the Education Secretariat.
By deal daily with children, teachers, monitors and officials of schools receive guidance on oral health throughout the school year
.
the Secretariat of health also has a dental health programme with visits to schools for permanent work of preventive dentistry. distribution of brushes is the beginning of this ” program coordinator, explained Ravaneli Dorival. Educational lectures are also part of the initiative which performs also supervised brushing with fluoride use in network
students.
hygiene habits should start early and not always the family environment provides this for the kids. Schools are also responsible for training of students ”, considered the head of the Department of Pedagogical Studies and Standards from the Education Secretariat, Ernestina Conceição Kinsui
Zanqueta.
