Ministry of Public Health Organizes Awareness Seminar on Oral Health Care for Elderly in Qatar.

The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with its partners in the health sector, organized the second symposium of a series of awareness seminars on oral health care for the elderly, targeting human doctors, dentists, dental assistants, and nurses, as part of efforts to intensify awareness about oral and dental health in the country. Qatar.

A number of doctors from Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation gave various lectures during the symposium, during which they focused on the importance of maintaining oral and dental health for the elderly. Because it enhances their general health.

The participants in the symposium were introduced to the importance of oral health care for the elderly through patient-centered health care, and the need for cooperation between doctors, nurses, dentists and other medical specialties as a single work team, to obtain the best results with regard to oral health for this important segment of society.

Dr. Kholoud Al-Mutawa, Head of the Non-communicable Diseases Department at the Ministry of Public Health, said: This symposium includes important awareness lectures targeting the medical and paramedical staff who deal directly with the elderly working in the public and private sectors. With the aim of raising awareness and intensifying efforts to care for the health of the mouth and teeth of the elderly, in line with the special care provided by the health sector for this group in society, and within the framework of the commitment of the Ministry of Public Health to provide an appropriate health service for each individual in society according to his situation.

She added that periodic seminars will be organized four times a year. This is to maximize the benefit of the medical staff, especially after the success of the first symposium held last March in achieving its objectives.

In her turn, Dr. Wafaa Al-Mulla, oral and dental health specialist at the Ministry of Public Health and director of the symposium, stressed the importance of focusing on oral care and paying attention to the dental health of the elderly, especially those who are forced to wear full or partial dentures and other various oral devices that the elderly may need. Referring to the relationship between the oral health of the elderly and the incidence of some common diseases such as diabetes and other diseases.

The symposium shed light on the latest scientific developments related to how to treat oral and dental diseases in the elderly, how to make medical referrals between different specialties when needed, and explain the relationship of oral health to the elderly and some common diseases. The symposium also reviewed the efforts of Hamad Medical Corporation in providing health care services to the elderly. , whether with regard to oral and dental treatment or in the various specialties related to this category, in addition to the efforts of the Primary Health Care Corporation in providing oral and dental health services, which the Corporation provides to the elderly through joint cooperation between all medical specialties in the Corporation.