The Medical Sub ISSSTE adds to the actions carried out at national level in terms of promoting oral health and dental services strengthen the institute.
The purpose of the program is to optimize the material, financial and human resources through educational and preventive, curative and rehabilitative activities. In addition to promote prevention, detection, control and surveillance of oral diseases in order to reduce oral diseases in the insured population.
For the above discussions related to detection and control of dental plaque, topical application of fluoride, sealing pits and fissures occur, they are taught the techniques entitled brushing, instruction flossing, fluoride rinses sodium review of oral tissues, revision prosthesis and self oral and is invited to come to the dentist.
But according to Dr. César Marcos Malpica Melchor, State Coordinator of Stomatology the biggest obstacle to the health sector related to diseases of the mouth is, is that patients do not take preventive measures and serve as disease mouth is advanced. «So if nothing else for us to turn to prevention would avoid high costs, the whole area of dentistry is the most expensive thing exists in the area of health, the cost is very high, unfortunately there is nothing that makes the Mexican, then the institute invests heavily in the area of oral health. »
He noted that during 2014 were treated 42 000 459 beneficiaries with oral problems and people who presented major problems were children between 0 and 15 years, followed by the elderly.
He currently estimated that every 20 minutes a patient is treated by oral problems in any of the medical units that comprise the ISSSTE; among which Puebla, Teziutlán, Tehuacan, Huauchinango, Tlatlauquitepec, Acatlán de Osorio, San Martín Texmelucan, Cholula, Atlixco, Tecamachalco, Izúcar Xicotepec Matamoros and Juarez.
César Marcos Malpica Melchor pointed out that the largest expenditure is focused on curative care and mentioned as an example, two of the mouth problems with higher incidence: the temporary filling for which they were treated during 2014, 11 000 619 beneficiaries who were held to remove decay and place an amalgam of test. Other 10 000 patients were treated with placement of amalgam.
Finally the warrant for derechohabiencia is to increase preventive actions to avoid removing pieces that eventually leads to the loss of bone structure because the bone is absorbed, stomach problems caused by inability to chew properly or failing placement of dentures, which are annoying, they do not allow a proper bite.
