Dental Health week finishes tomorrow. As is the custom, throughout the week the Dental Department has been pushing dental awareness - from proper tooth brushing techniques to eating foods that don't cause decay.
Dental clinics were also held at different schools assisting students with free fluoride applications. One school was St Joseph Primary. We stopped by today and had a chance to speak with Senior Dental Surgeon from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Raphael Samos.
Raphael Samos, Senior Dental Surgeon
"This is part of the dental health week that we are providing a little bit of fluoride varnish to the schools. Today we have selected St. Joseph School to do. Dental health week is actually from the 28th October - 3rd November under the theme "Healthy eating 
daily brushing, brighter smiles for a healthy Belize." Each district has their own sets of activities that they are carrying out from quizzes, poster competition, radio talks etc. This one directly falls perfect for the Halloween; people are really into that sweet."
"We start the fluoridation from the beginning of this week Monday 29th and today we are doing St. Joseph School. The main material that we received was donated by a voluntary group from the states; its fluoride varnish and it helps to protect the teeth."
Dental Health Week is being celebrated under the theme 'Healthy eating, daily brushing, brighter smiles for a Healthy Belize".
According to a release, The Dental Department has seen an increase of patients accessing the dental clinics from approximately 20,000 in 2009 to a record high last year 2011 of 31,430 patients countrywide.
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