Month: November 2012

The Pernambucan Dental Congress discusses situation and innovations for dentists. Brazil increased by 70% to search for dental treatment in accordance with World Health Organization. Only the Ministry of health invested r $ 2.7 billion to improve the oral health of the population, between 2007 and 2010, through the Smiling Brazil. the study, conducted between 2003 and 2010, points out that there has been a 26% drop in the incidence of tooth decay to 12 years, which ranked Brazil as a country with a low incidence of tooth decay. In addition, data from the Brazilian Association of the industry of personal hygiene, perfumery and cosmetics (ABIHPEC) show that this industry turnover in 2009 r $ 2.2 billion (17.54% growth over the previous year) and the prospects for 2011 are closing the year with r $ 3 billion, an increase of 20% compared to 2010. Indexes that already include the Brazilians as the second most important consumer market of products geared towards health and oral hygiene, getting today behind only the United States. the latest data released by the national oral health Survey by the Ministry of health, in Recife, in January 2011, reveal a critical situation, even though some assistance policies have been reinforced in the poorest communities in the period as the survey. The information revealed, at the time, draw attention to aggravating factors: the lack of water...