King Khalid University - Media Center

Grade 6 students from Dentistry College, King Khalid University, Abha organized a campaign to raise awareness of oral health under a slogan " I want to smile" The campaign took place in the 12^th Elementary School for girls, Abha and lasted for two and half hours last Thursday .

From her side, Nora Al-Shahrani, a student in grade 6, Medicine College and responsible for the group explained that we got the idea from our study of "Oral Preventive Medicine" subject which includes a lot of ideas regarding protecting our teeth particularly for children. We found great acceptance to the idea , especially with the opening of student Dental Club, and everyone cooperates with us. Al-Shahrani also showed that the campaign included awareness corner , corner to diagnose fluoride in collaboration with students at grade 9 , coloring corner and a corner of decayed teeth .

She said, " During the campaign, we were keen to distribute gifts to the students; a bag containing toothpaste and brush , a schedule for brushing teeth and a drawing for coloring. Thanks to Allah, ​​the campaign made a great success ."

From her side, Kawther Ahmed Dafa Allah, lecturer at Dentistry College, King Khalid University confirmed that the interaction of the students with the campaign was a strong indicator of their awareness of oral health .