Solidarity dentist: free treatment for those in need
The Italian Public Health Service, with its SIdP project, offers citizens in situations of social vulnerability free dental treatment.
Amid the pandemic, the issue of citizens' dental health was widely debated, as services were drastically reduced during this period, which, before the pandemic, already covered a small portion of dental care, around 5% of them.
In today's articles, we will talk more about the SIdP project and access to a supportive dentist for needy families. Check out.
Solidarity Dentist with free treatment
The Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology and the SIdP Onlus Foundation, in union with the San Vincenzo de Paoli Society, launched on April 30 of this year a project entitled Il Dentita Solidale (The Solidarity Dentita), which aims to guarantee urgent and free dental health care for needy citizens.
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This was an initiative due to World Health Day, which is celebrated on April 7th around the world, and is followed by more than 250 dental hygienists It is dentists of SIdP, who dedicate around an hour a week to providing free dental services and exams for the poorest population.
This social service in favor of the socially vulnerable population is carried out with the help of Società San Vincenzo De Paoli, which identifies these people in need and supports them.
SIdP Onlus Foundation Project
The president of the SIdP Onlus Foundation, Mario Aimentti, highlights that the Solidarity Dentist project “in addition to intervening in an emergency context to allow urgent treatment, aims to raise awareness of the importance of prevention and correct oral hygiene practices”.
“In Italy, dental services are essentially private with minimal coverage by the public system and consequent economic barriers for citizens”, he concludes.
According to Istat data from 2019, it is shown that one in every two Italian citizens goes to the dentist. A number that is reduced by 14% among citizens in poverty situation and for only 9% for those who are in a situation of extreme poverty.
“Furthermore, among foreign citizens, access to dental care is less than half that of Italians and the pandemic has worsened these inequalities”, adds Aimentti.
In this way, the Solidarity Dentist project makes a huge difference for Italian citizens and for the entire population residing in the country and who find it difficult to receive this type of care.
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