The oral health program will treat 1,050 people from Braga without resources

Tomorrow, the Braga City Council is expected to approve an increase in the funds allocated in 2024 for the “Braga a Sorrir” programme, which has made it possible to carry out various dental treatments for several thousand people from Braga without the necessary financial resources for it. Go to the dentist. The proposal submitted by the majority to the Council indicates the allocation of 209,237 euros and nine cents for the continuation of the program during the next year, which must serve 1,050 users. These expectations were assumed by the “Mundo a Sorrir” administration, with which the Municipality of Braga maintains the protocol for providing oral health care to the most disadvantaged residents of Braga. Documents accompanying the proposal submitted by the “Juntos por Braga” coalition state that in 2024 “12,000 dental treatments will be performed integrated into 6,000 dental consultations and care for 1,050 users.” Launched in 2015 to combat social exclusion, promote inclusion and contribute to correcting social and economic inequalities, the program has already made it possible to solve dental problems for more than four thousand people. «Since the start of the project, in April 2015, until October 2023, about 46 thousand 585 consultations and 85 thousand 729 dental treatments have been carried out» reveals the proposal that will be submitted to the municipal executive, knowing also that within eight years of During the program, 2,910 artificial teeth were installed, 4,431 social services were provided, in addition to 5,640 toothbrushes and toothpaste. This project is funded by the Municipality of Braga. The proposal submitted by the “Juntos por Braga” coalition adds that since its launch, the “Braga a Sorrir” program has provided answers to 3,172 beneficiaries. According to the proposal that will be voted on at the council meeting tomorrow, December 11, the budget for the “Braga a Sorrir” program will allocate 151,147 euros and 69 cents to the employees in charge of the project, including the various dentists; 53,751 euros and 90 cents for technical resources, which are consumables and equipment; And 4 thousand and 337 euros and 50 cents for operating expenses.