The Ministry of Health through Rwanda Dental surgeons has launched campaign to raise awareness among Rwandans to clean their teeth so as to guard against any disease that can damage their teeth.
Physicians from the Ministry of Health have Thursday urged youth to adopt a culture of cleaning teeth before going to sleep at night in order to avoid getting dental diseases.
Speaking to pupils from Shyorongi school and St. Famille Primary school, dental surgeons explained the good techniques used in cleaning teeth adding that most of people’s teeth get damaged due to failure to comply with such cleaning techniques.
Kayiranga Epimaque, the secretary of Dentists Associations revealed that many Rwandans in different categories have the problem dental diseases due to failure to clean their teeth.
Dentists said it is better to clean teeth in period ranging between 5 and 10 minutes, however Kayiranga said many Rwandans take less than 2 minutes only dealing with the teeth hygiene.
Kayiranga said that it is better to consult a dentist every three months to get Dental tests.
The campaign against dental diseases will help youth to better know how to ensure their dental hygiene while at the same time teaching the rest of their families guard against the dental ailments.
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