In Partial

Fulfillment of the

Requirements

In

NSTP II

(Community Welfare Training Services)

Dental Health Program

(Project Proposal)

Submitted to:

Prof. Elisa A. Villaver

Instructor

Submitted by:

ALLIAN,Maria Mercedes Ayesha H.

BSIT

Title : Dental Health Program

Objectives :

To reduce prevalence rate of Dental and Periodontal Diseases.To increase the proportion of Orally Fit Children and Adults.To control Oral Health risks among the Young people and Adults.To improve Oral Health conditions of Children and Young Adults.

Clients : People of Zamboanga / Tumaga

Venue : Barangay Tumaga,Zamboanga City

Procedure :

Visit chosen Barangay.Gather Barangay and Health Officials.Discuss your Project Proposal,its Pro’s and Con’s and Benefits to the constituents of the said Barangay.Conduct survey,data and information of the client.Prepare the Necessary Materials to be used.

Materials :

Leaflets,TarpaulinMarkers,Manila PaperDental Health Materials

Expenses :

Leaflets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P 100.00Tarpaulin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P 100.00Manila Paper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P 20.00Marker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P 50.00Dental Health Kits

a. Tootbrush (Adult:50pcs@15.00 each)- P 750.00 (Children:50pcs@10.00 each)- - -P 500.00

b. Toothpaste(50 pcs@ 8.00 each) - - - - - P 400.00c. Tissue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P 100.00d. Kit (100 pcs @ 20.00 each) - - - - - - - - - P1,500.00

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TOTAL : P3,520.00

Benefits of the Clients:

Oral health educational programs have been considered as an important and integral part of many oral health policies for a long time. Traditionally, they tended to focus too much on oral diseases prevention through health enhancement and voluntary changes in behavior as a consequence of learning opportunities.

Over the last few years, dentists are gradually becoming aware of the health promotion principles, a new philosophy that emerged opposed to the traditional, dominant, curative and ''high-tech'' model of health practices. Their strategies aim at reducing differences in the current health status and ensuring equal opportunities and resources to enable all people to achieve their fullest health potential. Henceforth, health educational interventions began to be focused as a core component of those health promotion strategies.

Thus, in the field of Dentistry, health education actions should address the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their patterns of oral health by providing them with knowledge concerning the prevailing oral health problems and methods for their prevention and control, besides providing them with the skills, social support, and environmental reinforcement they need to adopt long-term healthy behaviors.

Through this Dental Health Program, Clients will benefit from this because they will learn the proper way of Dental Hygiene thus preventing them from having Dental and other Diseases.

Recommendation :

The following recommendations should be incorporated in health programs in Barangay Tumaga.

Dentists working in public sector have an important role to play in Dental Health programs to reinstitute the oral and dental health of growing population in Barangay Tumaga.

It is important to enhance the knowledge about good oral health in parents,children and young adults by caring out workshops and seminars on oral and dental health by Health Professionals working in public health sector.

The Barangay and Health officials should incorporate dental surgeons in barangay health programs to give lecture on oral health, oral hygiene, plaque control, oral and dental diseases, oral cancer or smokeless tobacco use and hazards counseling and topical fluoride application.

Barangay and Health Officials are also advised to promote and maintain this program every six months to keep the constituents of the said Barangay aware and well informed.

The straight path to accomplish the above goal is achieved through strong support from Barangay Officials and from Health Professionals working in public sector.