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 Dental Health
Description of the Program
The Dental Health Program is carried out in all six districts. In Punta Gorda the Dental Department consists of 1 dental clinic with 1 dental
surgeon and 1 Dental Assistant. The principal programs include the following:
1. Dental Health Education Program.
2. Out Patient Care Program
3. Prenatal Clinic Program
4. Mobile Dental Clinic to Rural Areas.
Purpose:
1. To preserve and maintain all 1st permanent molars.
2. To preserve and maintain all permanent incisors in optimum alignment.
3. To prevent the premature loss of all primary molars which serves as eruption guide for the permanent teeth.
4. Create a greater awareness in primary school children regarding good Dental Health
5. Promote the practice or habit that will reduce dental decay and form diseases.
6. Educate pregnant mothers about chemical changes and how to care for their baby’s teeth.
7. The relief of acute pain.
8. The reduction of Dental Disease.
9. The promotion of positive attitudes towards Dental Health and Dental personnel.
10. To conduct monthly Mobile Dental Clinics to School-age children in rural areas.
Priority Areas:
1. Create a greater awareness in primary school children regarding good Dental Health.
2. Educate pregnant mothers about chemical changes and how to care for their baby’s teeth.
3. To conduct monthly Mobile Dental Clinics to School-age children in rural areas.

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 DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM
Region: Southern District: Toledo Month: January

Month Expected Results Indicators Monthly Target Production Monthly Accumulative Coverage Remarks
Coverage (%) (%) The cumulative
coverage is carried
forward)
January Dental health 1. Comprehensive 1. Visit 2 school 1. 0 schools 0 out of 0 = 0% 0 out of 0 = 0% Dental health
education program dental health in rural area. visited in rural education was not
carries out in all urban program to be areas. carried out in rural
and rural primary carried to 42 2. Conduct 2 schools due to
school to children urban and rural visits to 2 2. 0 visits 0 out of 0 = 0% 0 out of 0 = 0% transportation and
3- 14 years primary school of schools in the conducted. shortage of supplies.
the Toledo rural area.
district. 3. 0 children
3. Sensitize all were
2. Conduct 42 children with the sensitizing 0% 0%
visits. importance of with the
good dental importance of
3. Distribution of health. good dental
preventive dental health
health materials 4. Conduct 4
and educational sessions to 4. 0
materials schools in the educational 0 out of 0 = 0% 0 out of 0 = 0%
rural area. sessions
4. Conduct 84 conducted.
dental health
education

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Out Patient Care Program

Region: Southern District: Toledo Month: January

Month Expected Results Indicators Monthly Target Production Monthly Accumulative Coverage Remarks
Coverage (%) (%)
January Comprehensive out 1. Provide oral 1. Examined all 1. Provided 100% (This is 213 patients visited
Patient care program exam for dental patients with dental all the patients the clinic for this
provided to the general disease to the dental diseases examination coming into month
population. general who are visiting to all patients the clinic since
population. the dental visiting the we have no 133 patients had
clinics. clinics. control of the extraction
2. Provide amount)
extraction of 2.Extract teeth 2. Provided to The amount of
teeth which are with all patients, 100% teeth extracted
irremediable. irremediable simple (represents all) were 167
problem. extraction of
all
irremediable
tooth.

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 Prenatal Clinical Program
Region: Southern District: Toledo Month: January

Month Expected Results Indicators Monthly Target Production Monthly Accumulative Coverage Remarks
Coverage (%) (%)
January Dental Health Care in 1. Dental health 1. Conduct 8 dental 1. 8 dental 4 out of 4 = 8 educational
pregnant women educational health education health 100% sessions were
improved sessions provided sessions to educational provided.
to all pregnant pregnant women. sessions
women attending conducted All 4 pregnant
prenatal clinics 2. Evaluate all women were
pregnant women 2. All 4 referred for
2. Dental referred for dental pregnant screening, health
screening to all screening. women 4 out of 4 = education and
pregnant women referred were 100% prophylaxis.
referred from evaluated,
MCH clinic screened and
treated

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 Mobile Dental Clinic
Region: Southern District: Toledo Month: January

Month Expected Results Indicators Monthly Target Production Monthly Accumulative Remarks
Coverage (%) Coverage (%)
January Dental Health 1. conduct mobile 1. Mobile 0 Mobile 0 out of 0 = 0% 0% This program was
Outreach program in outreach to rural outreach to 2 rural outreach clinic not carried out
rural schools. primary schools schools. were conducted. due to lack of
with children 3- 14 resources.
years. 2. Provide dental Health education 0 examine 0%
health education to rural schools 0.
2. Provide dental to 2 rural primary
health education. school.

3. Provide tooth 3. Provide tooth Tooth brushing 0 out of 0 = 0% 0%

brushing drills. brushing drills to 2 drill to rural
rural primary schools 0.
4. Provide topical schools.
fluoride
application. 4. Provide topical
fluoride
application to 2
rural primary
schools.