World Oral Health Day

WEBSITE: www.dent.cz
CONTACT: Jitka Landova (landova@dent.cz)

• On the occasion of World Oral Health Day, the Czech Dental Chamber will organise a General Assembly in Prague on 13 September 2008 at 10 a.m.
• Information about World Oral Health Day has been listed on the website and magazine of the Czech Dental Chamber.

WEBSITE: www.kys.be/html/extra.htm

• Organised on 10 September, a press conference about the first World Oral Health Day. There was good coverage on radio, television and journals. (Press release in Dutch .pdf)
• Commercial Spot - to be broadcasted more than 50 times on television (6 times on 12 Sept)
• Launched a song about oral health
• Distributed posters to all dentists to hang in their waiting room
• Created a mask that goes with the commercial and posters for dentists to distribute to youngsters
• All materials can be downloaded from www.kys.be/html/extra.htm
• Kids Top 20 (popular television series for kids) highlighted oral health in their 6 Sept and 13 Sept broadcasts.
• Announced new education for dental assistants

WEBSITE: www.msd.org.mk
CONTACT: Dusanka Velkovska (msd@t-home.mk)

• Seeking to organize an event on occasion of World Oral Health Day with a letter of support the the Ministry of Health of the Repbublic of Macedonia from the FDI.

WEBSITE: www.nil.org.pl
CONTACT: Dr Anna Lella, Vice-President of Polish Chamber of Physcians and Dentists & FDI National Liaison Officer (annalella@hipokrates.org)

• On 17 June 2008 a seminar was organized in Warsaw by the Chamber devoted to the issues of improving oral healthcare in Poland. The seminar was an introduction of the further activities connected with the World Oral Health Day. It was attended by representatives of dental profession, Medical Universities, the Ministry of Health, the National Health Fund. The special guest was Prof. Kenneth Eaton. The seminar was also attended by a number of media representatives.
• Information about the World Oral Health Day and related materials are on the website of the Dental Practitioners’ Committee of the Chamber (www.stomatologia.nil.org.pl) and have been disseminated to the Polish dental professionals.
• A number of articles related to the World Oral Health Day have been published in the magazine of the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists – Gazeta Lekarska. This topic was well underlined on the front page of the magazine. Gazeta Lekarska is a monthly journal published by the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists. A free copy is sent to all doctors and dentists in Poland. The readership of the journal includes other healthcare personnel, pharmacy staff, health-care administrators staff of companies in the healthcare field and future doctors, i.e. medical students. The print run is 149,500.
• Special media announcements and programmes on the occasion of the World Oral Health Day are planned, eg. a radio interview with Prof. Maria Wierzbicka.

WEBSITE: www.iads-web.org
CONTACT: secretary@iads-web.org

• Promotion of the World Oral Health Day among IADS members
• Information about the World Oral Health Day and related materials available on the IADS website
• Special announcements on the occasion of the World Oral Health Day are planned

WEBSITE: www.mundoasorrir.org
CONTACT: geral@mundoasorrir.org / +351 220 169 882

• The portuguese NGO "Mundo a Sorrir", is a Association of Portuguese Solidary Dentists, and will be commemorating the World Oral Health Day 2008 by visiting the Oporto State Penitentiary of Custóias. The program will have two different components: the 1st part - where some oral health knowledge will be explained and a second part - where toothbrushes and toothpastes will be distributed among the inmates.
• The NGO "Mundo a Sorrir" was born in July 2005 to work in the oral health field, with the main objective of promoting the well-being of the most disfavored, excluded and marginalized people. The NGO aims to implement preventive, formative and care giving programs, both in and out of Portugal.

• A stand will be set up in Freedom Square, Valletta between 9am and 4pm, where we will be promoting the relationship between a healthy mouth and a healthy lifestyle to lead to an overall improvement in general health.
• This event is being organised by the Dental Public Health Division of the Primary Health Department with the collaboration of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the University of Malta, the Health Promotion Department with the aid of Colgate, Crest, Laboratorios Kin, Oral-B and Sensodyne.