ONLY 280 QUALIFIED DENTISTS CATERING FOR GHANA'S 25 M CITIZENS END NOW

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A school girl demonstrating how to brush the teeth at the World Oral Health Day
There are currently only 280 registered dental health practitioners in Ghana.

 Out of this number, 75 percent of these health experts are located in Accra, Tema and Kumasi alone with the Upper East and Upper West regions having only two each to cater for the dental health needs of the high number of people. 

The Dean of the School of Dental Health of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr. Francis Adu-Ababio made this known at a durbar of basic school pupils and teachers from selected public schools and the SOS Children’s Village at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region. 

The durbar was to commemorate this year’s edition of the World Oral Health Day which was on the theme: “Smile for Life”. 

The event was organized by the SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana to create further public awareness on the causes, effects and prevention of oral health problems. 

The Dean of the KNUST’s Dental Health School noted that even though oral health problem is not a global phenomenon, its incidence is in higher prevalence in low income countries with Ghana being no exception. 

Dr. Adu-Ababio mentioned tooth decay as the commonest oral health problems with tooth extraction also being the most sought remedy. He pledged the readiness of the KNUST’s Dental Health School’s to support the SOS Children’s Villages in the implementation of its oral health awareness creation project.

 The National Director of the SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana, Alexander Mar Kekula said the organization has started a project in Ghana to educate school children aged between three and 12 years in selected deprived communities on good oral practices to prevent dental diseases. 

The Chief of Asokore Mampong, Nana Boakye Ansah  Debrah  attributed the breakdown of some marriages in Ghana to poor oral health, which he explained, accounts for bad interpersonal communication among some married couples.

 He therefore commended the SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana, for the initiative to educate members of the public to take oral health serious. 

As part of activities commemorating the World Oral Health Day, the participating school children staged dramas to drum home the causes, effects and prevention of oral health problems. 

The health experts also used the occasion to educate the people on the best way to brush the teeth while all the school children were each given a tooth brush and tooth paste.

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