Introduction:
This initiative features awareness aspects, preventive applications, and therapeutic procedures in dentistry for primary school students.
Reasons:
- High incidence of tooth decay.
- Activate the existing partnership between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) with regard to promoting student health.
- The positive impact of education and training on students' acquisition of healthy behavior.
- The wide geographical spread of healthcare centers.
Overall objective:
Promote hygiene oral and dental awareness among primary school students.
Detailed objectives:
- Raise the health awareness among students.
- Hone students’ skills of dental disease prevention.
- Activate the role of educational cadres.
- Involve the family in promoting the healthy lifestyle in youth.
- Achieve the national goals to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- Cut the government spending by reducing the rate of dental diseases.