Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
DH invites organisations to submit proposals for Outreach Oral Health Programme for Pre-school Children The Government is implementing oral health policies and action plans in accordance to the recommendations of the Working Group on Oral Health and Dental Care, adopting the strategies of widely promoting among citizens across all age groups prevention-oriented primary oral healthcare while providing essential dental care services targeting underprivileged groups.
Oral healthcare during the earliest stage of life is extremely important. Establishing appropriate lifestyles during pre-school years helps children maintain lifelong oral and general health. The OOHP is a key component of the strategy of developing community-wide preventive primary oral healthcare, providing kindergarten students with free on-site oral screenings, oral health risk assessments and fluoride application as appropriate, as well as oral health reports for parents and individualised oral care advice. Additionally, participating organisations will conduct oral health talks for the teaching staff of kindergartens. The DH will send letters to all kindergartens introducing the OOHP to facilitate arrangements between participating organisations and kindergartens for students to join the OOHP in the new school year.Issued at HKT 10:30
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