Ileana LópezUlacit

CHINA

• This country has the distinction of having a system based on a socialist, understanding that the government is directly responsible for most of the health services. The Chinese government is responsible for ensuring the care and welfare of the oral health of all its inhabitants. That is why they created a fund type where there are custom insurance covering the costs of these services according to the needs of the patient.

Pine, C & Harris, R. (2007). Community Oral Health. New Malden, U.K.: Quintessence. Cap 18

• Compared to our country, China has most of its dental practitioners laboring at public institutions and only a small part is working in the private sphere. This nation is also shown to be aware of the oral health of its population because of this; they have implemented measures such as water and milk fluoridation.

Pine, C & Harris, R. (2007). Community Oral Health. New Malden, U.K.: Quintessence. Cap 18

• They also have implemented campaigns that seek the welfare of the oral health through preventive services from an early age such as in primary schools. Importantly, these campaigns have been around 15 years in this hard work. These campaigns expand across the country and its main objective is to reach the most remote places, those small towns for one or other reasons have been forgotten. There have been several campaigns that have been recognized worldwide and helped to better the quality of oral health in the participants.

•With all of these tools, China is able to offer its citizens better oral care and be more aware of the problems that beset the population.

Pine, C & Harris, R. (2007). Community Oral Health. New Malden, U.K.: Quintessence. Cap 18

• In Costa Rica it is necessary to implement public health services that most people can access, people who really need the dental service. I also believe that the government should be involved as much as in developed countries such as China, where the government monitors the oral health and well-being of its population.• It is important that the government is familiar with the real needs that beset the country and the people who suffer from poverty; Los Cuadros is a clear example of this.

Pine, C & Harris, R. (2007). Community Oral Health. New Malden, U.K.: Quintessence. Cap 18