Misión Sonrisa provides oral care to more than 48,000 Yaracuyans

Published at: 09/11/2024 02:12 PM

In the state of Yaracuy, a day of rehabilitation care was held for oral prosthesis, whose beneficiaries were added to the more than 48,800 Yaracuyanos, who received dental care through the Misión Sonrisa program.

This was announced by the Secretary General of the Government, Juan Torrealba, who said that in addition to having adequate facilities and equipment to care for dental patients, there are dedicated and trained staff to assist in medical services.

For her part, the coordinator of the Smile Mission in the state, Milena Gómez, highlighted that 70 prostheses were installed to treat 35 patients on the sixth day of delivery in the year, to reach the 4,872 prostheses installed during the work of Misión Sonrisa for greater patient well-being.

“Comprehensive management is offered at Misión Sonrisa; the patient's pathology is treated in general dentistry and from there assistance is derived in prosthetic rehabilitation, providing the prosthesis free of charge; likewise, according to the diagnosis, he is referred to be treated with stem cell regeneration therapies in endodontic and periodontal treatments, to restore vitality to the dental piece that has lost its pulp or bone regeneration at the oral level, important for dental sustainability,” he explained .

In addition, he pointed out that in these 12 years of management, 12,500 oral surgeries were performed; 3,800 pediatric dental patients were treated, and more than 24,700 restorations were performed. This program is carried out through the efforts of the governor of the state of Yaracuy, Julio León, together with the Ministry of Popular Power for Health.

VTV/Mazo News Team