香港大學牙醫學院舉辦“世界口腔健康日”公開活動

每年世界牙醫聯盟都會宣傳“世界口腔健康日”，今年的主題是“健康牙齒擁有健康的生活！”。是次活動的三個主要信息是（1）良好的健康飲食，（2）在家中的口腔護理要有效（3）定期見牙醫檢查牙齒。今年，世界各地都舉行各種不同的活動，為提高人們日常生活中保持口腔健康的意識，及強調口腔健康與生活質素及健康生活的關係。此次宣傳活動的網址(www.fdiworlddental.org) 。 “世界口腔健康日”的宗旨是“鼓勵個人、家庭、社區及政府降低口腔疾病”。

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“Tooth decay is still one of the world’s most common but totally preventable health conditions, and the World Health Organization recognises it as a pandemic infectious disease,” says Professor Lakshman Samaranayake, HKU Dean of Dentistry and the Director of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital. “We hope our Faculty’s ‘Oral Health Info Desk’ will offer useful knowledge and practical tips for the public, and that it will become an annual event, every 20th of March, to mark World Oral Health Day.”

World Oral Health Day is promoted each year by the FDI World Dental Federation, and this year’s theme is “Healthy Teeth for a Healthy Life”. The three key messages of the campaign are (1) Healthy eating, (2) Effective home oral care, and (3) Regular dental visits. This year, events are being held worldwide to raise awareness of maintaining oral health throughout life, and its relation to quality of life and healthy living. According to the campaign website (www.fdiworlddental.org), the overall aim of World Oral Health Day is to “encourage individuals, families, communities, and governments to take action to reduce the global burden of oral disease”.

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Media contact:
Ms Sau-wan Cheng, Knowledge Exchange Officer, HKU Faculty of Dentistry; Tel: 2859 0410; E-mail: dentke@hku.hk