Caries generation [interview]

05 September 2013 13:55

Caries in children is not only their parents’ fault. In many EU member states, public institutions are responsible for mouth disease prevention. In those countries dental diseases are not trivialised. Poland is still far from that. “And we’re already paying high price for that” – says Piotr Wasilewski, Director of the Health Department at NIK.

NIK report on dental care in Poland brought alarming data. As many as 92 percent of Polish teenagers have caries and the number of toothless adults is growing. It is no better in case of small children - only a little part of the youngest generation is free from mouth diseases. Many people still believe that milk teeth are not worth treating anyway. Why do Polish people go to the dentist’s only when they have a toothache, in other words when it is too late? Does the state guarantee effective dental protection? Piotr Wasilewski from NIK’s Health Department comments on the NIK audit results.

Interview with Piotr Wasilewski on dental care in Poland

Caries generation

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Andrzej Gaładyk

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