The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the Ministry of Health, has authorized the distribution of 803,084 euros to Cantabria to expand the oral health portfolio.
In total, the autonomous communities and cities will receive an investment of 68 million euros for the Oral Health Plan which, since its implementation in 2022, and including the amount allocated in these budgets, has had a total investment of 180 million euros.
The Oral Health Plan aims to achieve a twofold objective: to standardize benefits in the national territory, guaranteeing equity in their access, regardless of the place of residence; and to increase common services that, until now, were not provided by public health.
In addition, to increase these services with a fundamentally preventive approach and prioritizing the following groups where investment in health is manifest: children and young people, pregnant women, people with disabilities and people with cancer, specifically those diagnosed with oncological processes of the cervicofacial territory.
In 2023, with an investment of 68 million euros, the autonomous communities executed 84.5% of the budget, 57.5 million euros in committed expenditure.
Featured results in 2023:
- More than 1.1 million children from 0 to 14 years of age attended (23.33% coverage).
- 111,755 pregnant women attended (34.07% coverage, an increase of 2.42 points compared to 2022).
- Care for oncological patients and people with disabilities.
Oral Health Plan Goal 2024
The objective of the Plan for the financial year 2024 is to incorporate the following public dental services and preventive measures.
- The entire population will be offered individualized health information and recommendations on the basic hygienic and dietary measures necessary to achieve and maintain oral health; dental advice; treatment of acute dental processes; pharmacological treatment of oral pathology that requires it; exodontia, surgical exodontics and minor surgery of the oral cavity; early detection of premalignant lesions and, where appropriate, biopsy of mucosal lesions.
- In addition, in the case of the child and youth population and people over 14 years of age with intellectual disability or with a disability limiting the mobility of the upper limbs, periodic reviews are included; preventive treatments such as tartrectomies, application of remineralizing, antiseptic and desensitizing substances, the sealing of graves and fissure; and also restorative actions, such as seals in lesions that do not associate irreversible pulp damage, pulp treatments and the relocation, stabilization and ferulization of incisive teeth and definitive canines in case of traumatism.
- In the case of people who present severe behavioral alterations and who are not able to maintain the necessary self-control that allows adequate attention to their oral health, the services will be guaranteed through the corresponding sedative treatment or general anesthesia.
- For pregnant women and people diagnosed with oncological processes of the cervicofacial territory, the clinical examination is also contemplated, as well as, when indicated, the tartrectomy and application of remineralizing, antiseptic and/or desensitizing substances.