CEOAFRICA gathered that the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Federal Government have resolved to establish774 dental clinics across the country.

Dr. Emmanuel Otoh, Director, Inter-Country Centre for Oral Health, said this on Tuesday, noting that the project was to improve oral health service delivery in the country and will be done after the ongoing training of primary health workers in the country on basic dental and mouth related diseases.

He revealed that they had concluded arrangement to start two-day free medical treatment for teeth and other mouth-related diseases in Makurdi local government area between October 23 and October 24, stressing that the trained health workers will assist in identifying some of the cases, treat the few they can and recommend the others to appropriate hospitals for treatment.

Otoh however has appealed to the government to make oral health training courses compulsory in all health institutions in the country for the purpose of improving good health, the policy which is line with the 2005 WHO survey on the state of dental personnel in the country.