Through the activities of Love Teeth Day, we will increase the publicity and education of oral prevention knowledge, enhance the concept of oral health and oral health care knowledge, pay attention to the oral health of the elderly, and create a good social atmosphere conducive to oral health. September 20th, 2023 is the 35th national love teeth day. In 2023, the propaganda theme of "national love teeth day" was "Oral Health and General Health", and the sub-theme was "Caring for the oral health of the elderly and enjoying a healthy life".
With the joint efforts of experts from the National Dental Prevention and Control Steering Group and Advisory Group, 1989 was jointly signed by the Ministry of Health, the National Patriotic Health Association, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the National Committee on Aging, and designated September 20th of each year as "national love teeth day".
Its purpose is to mobilize all sectors of society to participate in and support oral health care through the "national love teeth day" activities, extensively carry out mass oral health knowledge popularization education, enhance the self-awareness and ability of oral health care, and improve the oral health level of the people throughout the country.
The "national love teeth day" campaign put forward the following three requirements:
First, actively plan and strengthen organizational leadership. All localities should attach great importance to oral health publicity, co-ordinate resources from all sides, and jointly carry out various publicity activities with relevant departments. Give full play to the advantages of social organizations such as the Society, the professional advantages of the Chinese Stomatological Association and the National Stomatological Center, mobilize social organizations, grassroots communities and other forces to create a good atmosphere for the participation of the whole society.
The second is to innovate the form and pay attention to the effectiveness of publicity. All localities should, in conjunction with the propaganda departments, actively innovate the forms and carriers of propaganda, enrich the means of propaganda, and give full play to the role of online and offline propaganda platforms. Carry out various forms of oral health publicity activities for the elderly, expand the breadth and depth of publicity and education coverage, and improve the pertinence and effectiveness of publicity.
The third is to highlight key points and strengthen publicity. All localities should highlight the key points of publicity, strengthen popular science propaganda in view of the main problems existing in the oral health of the elderly in China, and carry out publicity activities close to people's lives in communities, grass-roots institutions and pension institutions in combination with reality, so as to enhance the awareness of oral health protection of the elderly and promote the development of oral health behaviors of the elderly.