{"id":45223,"date":"2025-02-07T09:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/?p=45223"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:41:04","slug":"iniciativa-dental-del-recinto-de-ciencias-medicas-de-la-upr-impacta-a-800-estudiantes-en-el-20-aniversario-del-dia-de-la-sonrisa-a-los-ninos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/iniciativa-dental-del-recinto-de-ciencias-medicas-de-la-upr-impacta-a-800-estudiantes-en-el-20-aniversario-del-dia-de-la-sonrisa-a-los-ninos\/","title":{"rendered":"Iniciativa dental del Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas de la UPR impacta a 800 estudiantes en el 20 aniversario del D\u00eda de la Sonrisa a los ni\u00f1os"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-45221 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-252x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Doctores en un salon frente de ni\u00f1os que est\u00e1n sentados en el piso\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27252%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20252%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27252%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-200x238.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-400x477.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-600x715.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-800x953.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-860x1024.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-1200x1430.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1-1289x1536.jpg 1289w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-1.jpg 1343w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a>La Escuela de Medicina Dental del Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas de la UPR celebr\u00f3 el 20vo. aniversario del \u201cD\u00eda de la sonrisa en los ni\u00f1os\u201d, con sesiones simult\u00e1neas de orientaci\u00f3n sobre salud oral, cernimiento bucal y aplicaci\u00f3n de fluoruro a unos 800 estudiantes en cinco planteles escolares en el \u00e1rea metropolitana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mediante juegos interactivos, ilustraciones y di\u00e1logos, los ni\u00f1os, de 3 a doce a\u00f1os del sistema educativo p\u00fablico, recibieron orientaci\u00f3n sobre la importancia de la higiene bucal y de visitar al dentista regularmente para prevenir las caries y otros problemas dentales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-45219 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-225x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dentista examinando la boca de un ni\u00f1o\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27225%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20225%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27225%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-2.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Luego de la parte educativa, los m\u00e9dicos residentes, bajo la supervisi\u00f3n de los docentes de Escuela, realizaron trabajos de cernimiento y aplicaci\u00f3n de fluoruro a los alumnos. Este ejercicio les permiti\u00f3 identificar a los estudiantes que tienen la necesidad de recibir servicios dentales, a los cuales les dieron referidos para que sean atendidos por los profesionales de la cl\u00ednica de la Escuela de Medicina Dental del Recinto o por otros dentistas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los trabajos estuvieron a cargo de los estudiantes, el personal y la facultad de la Escuela de Medicina Dental, en colaboraci\u00f3n con los programas graduados de Ortodoncia, Odontopediatr\u00eda y de Residencia en Odontolog\u00eda General, y los estudiantes y la facultad del programa de Asistencia Dental del RCM.<\/p>\n<p>Los centros de ense\u00f1anza impactados fueron:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Escuela Montessori del residencial Luis Llorens Torres<\/li>\n<li>Escuela Instituto Loaiza Cordero<\/li>\n<li>Escuela Amalia Mar\u00edn<\/li>\n<li>Escuela \u00c1ngeles Pastor<\/li>\n<li>Head Start del municipio de Guaynabo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-45220 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-225x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"grupo de ni\u00f1os con libros para colorear compartiendo una caja repleta de crayones de diferentes colores.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27225%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20225%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27225%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dia-3.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u201cLa Escuela de Medicina Dental cumple con su compromiso de promover la salud oral de la ni\u00f1ez, llevando nuestro mensaje de prevenci\u00f3n en el mantenimiento de una buena salud oral a unos 800 ni\u00f1os. Como en ocasiones anteriores, nos unimos a la Asociaci\u00f3n Dental Americana para celebrar el D\u00eda de la Sonrisa a los Ni\u00f1os (Give Kids a Smile Day, GKAS). Estos celebran su 23 aniversario a nivel nacional este a\u00f1o. En Puerto Rico, la Escuela celebra veinte a\u00f1os de participaci\u00f3n en esta iniciativa\u201d, dijo la doctora Alice Arroyo-Juli\u00e1, jefa de la Secci\u00f3n de Comunidad de la Escuela, quien estuvo a cargo de la organizaci\u00f3n del evento.<\/p>\n<p>La doctora Arroyo-Juli\u00e1, tambi\u00e9n directora interina del Programa de Residencia General de la Escuela de Medicina Dental del RCM, agradeci\u00f3 el auspicio de las compa\u00f1\u00edas Colgate y Henry Schein para la realizaci\u00f3n de las visitas a los centros educativos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Escuela de Medicina Dental del Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas  [...]","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":45222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicados"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45225,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45223\/revisions\/45225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}