Fifth national oral health survey to begin on March 10

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Colombo, March 5 (Daily Mirror) - The Fifth National Oral Health Survey will commence on March 10, aimed at assessing the oral health status of people across the country.

The survey will be conducted in line with recommendations by the World Health Organization, which advises countries to carry out a national oral health survey at least once every 10 years to better understand oral health conditions among different population groups.

Accordingly, data collection will take place from March through November 2026, covering school students as well as adult age groups in every district across the island.

Health authorities said the survey will provide important data to guide national oral health policies, planning and preventive programmes in the future.

To ensure public awareness and cooperation for the success of the survey, a promotional discussion was organised by the Deputy Director General of Dental Services in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Mass Media of Sri Lanka Promotion and Publicity Division.

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J J Thursday, 05 March 2026 10:15 PM

I am a Sri Lankan living in Britain, here getting a Non Private dentist is almost impossible as all the Dentists have gone private. Their charges are so high people are living without dental help. The British government does not give a hoot about the national problem but prepared to give billions of pounds to Ukraine to fight the Russians. You have to live here to really see how idiotic the British are . No wonder Trump treats Britain with utter contempt . The picture we have of Britain in Sri Lanka is completely different from reality.

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Gert Jan, the Netherlands Friday, 06 March 2026 07:01 AM

Russia is a big threat to Europe. If we don't support Ukraine then soon Russia will take over Europe and there will be no dentist available at all for you.

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Dr. Dee esqu Thursday, 05 March 2026 10:23 PM

Check some of those 159 ! They stink whenever they open to utter blatant lies!

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