On June 26-28, 2024, the 2nd Skills Development Conference of China Dental Care Foundation and 2024 Healthy Dental World was held in Hefei, Anhui Province. The conference mainly focuses on capacity enhancement and standardized training and typical cases of oral health work, disseminating information on cutting-edge oral technology led by digitalization and intelligence, and at the same time, there is an immersive experience area for healthy oral promotion and empowerment, which focuses on bringing together excellent oral science and technology achievements from all over the country, and further dedicating our efforts and advice to enhance the public’s awareness of oral health. The following is a review of the exciting content of the conference site.
Opening Ceremony: Accelerating the Development of New Quality Productivity in Dentistry
The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Mr. Rong Wensheng, Secretary General of China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation. Li Tiejun, Chairman of China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation, said in his speech that since the establishment of China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation, it has been serving as the advocate and participant of the National Dental Day, and is committed to popularizing the concept of oral health, promoting the oral health behaviors, and positively responding to the national call to serve the construction of a healthy China and the strategy of rural revitalization. Under the background of the new era, accelerating the development of new quality productivity has become the inevitable choice and objective demand of the oral health industry. It is believed that the exchanges and collisions in this meeting can stimulate more innovative thinking and cooperation opportunities, and inject new vitality into the development of the field of dentistry.
He Jiacai, president of Anhui Stomatological Association, emphasized in his speech that oral health is an important part of the health of the whole population, and a healthy oral cavity is not only related to the quality of life of an individual, but also has a direct impact on the level of public health of the society, and it is an important symbol reflecting the level of health and civilization of the residents of a country and a region. Gao Changlin, president of Anhui Medical Devices Industry Association, pointed out in his speech that, as an important branch of the medical device industry, the level of its development is closely linked to the quality of life of hundreds of millions of people, and with the development of the society and the improvement of people’s health consciousness, the demand for oral health care is growing, which brings unprecedented development opportunities for the industry. Zhao Bin, deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in his speech that the health system in Anhui Province will continue to study and implement the spirit of the twentieth CPC National Congress, and conscientiously implement the strategic deployment of Healthy China, accelerate the expansion of high-quality health care resources for the province’s people’s lives and health and economic and social development to provide a strong guarantee.
Academician Lecture: The Origin and Evolution of Teeth.
Academician Zhao Irimin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, director of the International Museum of Stomatology and chairman of the expert committee of the China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation, gave a lecture on the theme of “Where do you come from – the origin and evolution of teeth” through video. With the rapid development of technology, the law of natural selection has been broken and gradually replaced by intelligent design. Humans now have the ability to design new species characteristics to suit their needs, and the form and function of living things are increasingly shaped by technology. Whether medical science and technology can change the course of species evolution is something that needs to be pondered.
Exchange of typical cases of oral health work.
Distinguished leaders from three dental hospitals exchanged views on typical cases of oral hygiene work and shared their experience and wisdom in dental prevention and management.
Prof. Chen Qianming, Dean of the School of Stomatology Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine and Secretary of the Party Committee of Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, introduced the four-tier network structure health service system of oral public health with upward and downward linkage and horizontal collaboration, including several aspects of its historical structure, working mechanism, specific programs, featured programs, and future thinking. The prevention and treatment system is based on the people’s oral health needs in the new period and new situation, and implements the health policy of combining prevention with treatment.
Prof. Liu Zhonghao, vice president of China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation and president of Yantai College of Stomatology, shared the program and experience of multiple measures to comprehensively improve the oral health of the population, including the promotion of the top project of children’s caries prevention, the promotion of the city’s human resources, the opening of a new model of oral health management in schools, the creation of a successful case of comprehensive oral intervention, and the creation of a brand of appropriate oral health education and promotion, and other important aspects.
Dr. Yan Wang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (Shanghai Stomatological Hospital), shared the achievements and experiences of community oral health management in Shanghai, and thought about and looked forward to the improvement of the prevention and treatment system in the future: the government formulates laws and regulations on comprehensive upstream health strategies; professional organizations carry out “multi-disease prevention and comprehensive management” based on common risk factors; the community puts the oral health management model in schools, creating successful cases of comprehensive oral health intervention, and creating appropriate oral health education brands. The government will formulate laws and regulations to integrate upstream health strategies; professional organizations will carry out “multi-disease prevention and comprehensive management” based on common risk factors; communities will fully integrate oral health management into primary health care; and the public will shift from “passive medical treatment” to “active health”.
2024 Healthy Dental World Launching Ceremony.
The launching ceremony of 2024 Healthy Dental World was presided over by Mr. Yu Hongzhao, Deputy Secretary General of China Dental Disease Prevention and Control Foundation, and the much-anticipated Healthy Dental Promotion Ambassador Toolkit was officially released. As the old saying goes: “To do a good job, one must first make good use of the tools”, thanks to the support of caring companies, the Healthy Dental Promotion Ambassador Toolkit was unveiled today. The toolkit not only contains a series of professional oral health maintenance tools, it also carries a sense of social responsibility from the dental enterprises, and at the same time highlights the Foundation’s professional support and commitment to oral health communicators.
In 2022, CDF’s popularization communication platform took an important step in the field of new media by launching the “Young Dentist Advancement Program” together with Sina Weibo’s Health Channel. Since the launch of the program, it has achieved remarkable results: the cumulative reading volume exceeded 1 billion people, attracted 28,000 dentists to participate in the original topic, and held nearly 100 live broadcasts of health science. In order to further enhance the public’s awareness of oral health care, popularize oral health knowledge, and promote in-depth cross-sector cooperation, the Foundation officially announced the launch of the Oral Health for All program today. The project aims to mobilize the power of the whole society to launch oral health promotion activities on multiple new media platforms and encourage more people to participate.
Under the leadership of the China Dental Foundation, Healthy Oral Health Promotion Ambassadors and Healthy Oral Health Promotion Bases play a crucial role in improving people’s oral health. Currently, the Foundation has 2,776 Healthy Dental Promotion Bases, which have made outstanding contributions in raising public awareness, innovating educational methods, implementing standardized training, cultivating professionals, expanding science publicity, and providing practice platforms, and have formed a positive demonstration effect. At the launching ceremony of the 2024 Healthy Dental World, the Foundation held a plaque awarding ceremony for these promotion bases to encourage them to continue to play their role in oral health promotion.
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