Doctors from Urumqi Stomatological Hospital on "World Down Syndrome Day" went to the Xinjiang Rehabilitation Service Guidance Center for the Disabled to carry out oral lectures and free consultation activities for children with disabilities
World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated annually on 21 March. Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, also known as congenital stupidity or Down syndrome, is a disease caused by chromosomal abnormalities (an extra chromosome 21). On the eve of World Down Syndrome Day, on the morning of March 18, volunteer doctors from Urumqi Stomatological Hospital walked into the Xinjiang Rehabilitation Service Guidance Center for the Disabled to conduct free dental examinations and fluoride for 30 children with autism, intellectual disabilities and hearing impairments, and to give oral health knowledge lectures to parents of children. Lv Ping, secretary of the Xinjiang Rehabilitation Service Guidance Center for the Disabled, and Zhu He, director of the Xinjiang Rehabilitation Service Guidance Center, attended the event.
The lecture was held in the activity room on the fifth floor of the rehabilitation center, which was fully packed. Parents of children with disabilities welcomed the arrival of the doctors of Urumqi Stomatological Hospital with the warmest applause. At the event, Secretary Lv Ping introduced the history of Down Syndrome Day and the rehabilitation effect of the baby with Down syndrome, and she called on parents to firmly establish confidence in rehabilitation and promote the children to integrate into the society as soon as possible with the joint efforts of the teachers of the center; at the same time, on behalf of the center, she thanked the Urumqi Stomatological Hospital for its continuous care and help for the disabled children in our center, and called on more organizations and units in the society to effectively help the disabled children to solve the difficulties of the life center like the dental hospital.
Subsequently, Dr. Kang Lei of Pediatric Dentistry of Stomatological Hospital gave a wonderful oral health lecture. Dr. Kang told everyone in a kind and interesting language about the knowledge that children need to master in the growth and health care of teeth, such as "how to maintain deciduous teeth to replacement, bad habits lead to malocclusion deformity, dental health standards, how to brush teeth effectively, and so on." During the interactive session of the lecture, parents raised their hands and actively asked questions, and Dr. Kang answered the oral questions that everyone cared about one by one. In the lecture, everyone listened with relish, looked carefully, applauded continuously, and the atmosphere was very warm.
After that, the doctors who conduct oral free consultations for children are divided into multiple groups, entering the classes of hearing impaired children, intellectually disabled children and autistic children, and carefully checking the children's oral mouths with the cooperation of the class teacher, and eliminating the children's fear with a warm smile. Through the oral examination of children, it was found that some children did not do oral hygiene and had dental caries, and the doctors carefully registered the oral examination for each child, reminding parents to carry out oral treatment in time for the child's situation.
The center hopes that through this activity, the whole society will arouse the attention of the whole society to children with Down syndrome, improve the public's understanding and understanding of the knowledge, diagnosis and related research of Down syndrome diseases, and call on parents, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, special education teachers, experts and scholars, medical staff and volunteers of children with Down syndrome to unite and make a joint effort for the rehabilitation of children with Down syndrome.
Contributed by the Xinjiang Rehabilitation Service Guidance Center for the Disabled