School Dental Prevention Program
The School Dental Prevention Program in the Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs is considered to be one of the most significant leading programs in the field of health awareness and education for children. The main target of the program is to decrease the percentage of caries among students in in the Ministry of National Guard through visiting their schools.
The program begun on Tuesday June 5 2007 under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Mitib bin Abdullah, Minister of State, member of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the National Guard, guiding staff in giving the best preventive and remedial services to the children of Ministry of National Guard.
Program Objectives:
- Apply preventive treatment, awareness programs, and oral health education as prevention is the best cure and the key in reaching high levels of oral health care.
- Proper application of preventive treatment and school dental prevention programs lead to a decrease in the percentage of dental cavities and caries and concurrently reduce the financial costs of dental treatment and oral diseases.
- Apply healthy nutrition programs and reducing the consumption of sugar. Managing the quality of food provided to children in schools and reducing sugars and sugar-sweetened beverages.
- The application of preventive procedures such as: applying fluoride, composites, and explaining brushing techniques.
- Early diagnosis and treatment of dental cavities and caries for permanent and milk teeth.
- Follow up to achieve continuity in applying preventive programs.
Mobile Clinics for the School Dental Prevention Program: 
There are four well prepared mobile clinics. Each clinic contains two well-equipped clinics with the latest materials and staff include two dentist and their assistants as well as the oral health specialists. This is in addition to Bader clinics in the housing of King Abdulaziz Medical City which receive difficult cases that cannot be treated in mobile clinics.
Program Achievements:
The program visits started on February 23, 2008. The visits underwent several phases and began with screening then miner dental treatment through provide necessary treatment for students with fluoride application and permanent and preventive fillings in the mobile clinics.
To this day, the program continues its mission in providing preventive and curative services. And from its inception, nearly 19406 students received its services.
Social Participation:
Participated in the National Festival for Heritage and Culture at Al-Janadriyah for many years since 2008 until 2014 to perform screening and educate visitors.
Participated in the 20th Saudi International Conference for Saudi Dental Society and second conference in the National Guard Health Affairs which held in King Fahd Cultural Center in 20-22 April 2009.
Participated in the 3rd National Guard and Saudi Endodontic Society International Conference on which was held in the Marriott hotel in Riyadh in 16-19 October 2011.
Participated in the educational campaign for oral health in Al Granada Mall. More than 1,000 people benefited from the campaign.
Participated in the 2nd Social Responsibility Exhibition which was held in the Intercontinental Hotel in Riyadh on 15 April 2012.
Participated in the 4th International Dentistry Conference in National Guard Health Affairs, and second conference of College of Dentistry in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in National Guard which held in the conferences center in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh from 29 September - 2 October 2013.
Carried out an educational campaign in collaboration with the College of Dentistry in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Al Hayat Mall, Riyadh on 19-20 October 2013. The campaign benefited more than 1700 and more than 500 children received fluoride application.
Participated in the regional conference for the Child Support Hotline in Saudi Arabia which was held in the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Conference Center on 16-18 December 2013.
