TALK: "Things you didn’t know about your oral cavity"

12th of December, 9h30pm @ Reitoria

This is a free entry talk targeted to all students (including Erasmus’ students in the U.Porto). The main subject is oral health and hygiene.

It is organized by the students of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto Beatriz Pereira (collaborator of the Department of Public Health of ANEMD), Edgar Yengoyan and Júlio Marrara, with the collaboration of Prof. Marta Resende (FMDUP), Portuguese Dental Students Association (ANEMD) and Rectory of the U.Porto, to be held on December 12th at 9:30 p.m., at the Rectory of the University of Porto.

The first segment, presented by Edgar Yengoyan in English, is about the topics "Development of dental diseases", "Tattoos and Piercings" and "Facts and innovations".

In the second segment, Beatriz Pereira, is going to talk about "Sexually Transmitted Diseases related with Oral Health" and "Main methods of oral hygiene", in Portuguese.

Finally, in the third segment, Júlio Marrara is going to discuss "Mindfulness" and "Additional methods of oral hygiene", in English.

This event aims to correct some habits in students’ oral hygiene and to show them how oral health influenciates general health.