To mark the "World Oral Health Day" the Institute of Dentistry, LUMHS Jamshoro arranged a "Public Awareness Walk" at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro.
While addressing the participants, Vice Chancellor LUMHS Professor Noshad A Shaikh expressed that World Oral Health Day is celebrated every year. It is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote world-wide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of looking after oral hygiene because 90% of the world's population will suffer from oral diseases in their lifetime and many of them can be avoided with increased governmental, health association and society support for prevention, detection and treatment programs.
The Principal Institute of Dentistry Dr Feroz Ali Kalhoro expressed that the World Oral Health Day offers the dental and oral health community a platform to take action and help reduce the global disease burden. This year our efforts will be on wishing everybody a lifelong and healthy smile at all ages.
The theme for World Oral Health Day 2015 is "Smile for life" which has a double meaning 'lifelong smile' and 'celebrating life'. In addition, it implies 'positivity' and 'having fun' as people only smile if they are happy and have a healthy life.
The Chairman Department of Community Dentistry LUMHS Dr Muneer Ahmad Banglani expressed that Oral health is not only important to appearance and sense of well-being, but also to overall health. Cavities and gum disease may contribute to many serious conditions. Untreated cavities can also be painful and lead to serious infections. Smoking is a major risk factor for oral and dental disease, including oral cancer. Tobacco smoke is very harmful to gum tissues and other tissues in mouth. Toxins in smoke can cause oral cancer and also damage the bone around teeth which is a major cause of tooth loss.
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