Atenção a saúde bucal para adulto: a realidade do município de Couto de Magalhães de Minas - MG

Abstract

The health care network should be organized to meet all the demands of a population. Should be offered health promotion, prevention, recovery and rehabilitation. Many of these carried out aimed at specific groups such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, the handicapped and the elderly, but the adult population tends not to be involved in these programs. The aim of this study was to analyze the oral health care to the adult population of the municipality of Couto de Magalhães de Minas-MG. It is an exploratory, descriptive and documentary were observed where the demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological studies. Data were collected from sources such as IBGE,SIAB,DATASUS from March 2010 to May 2011 when the search was also made by theoretical Scielo on the website with the following key words oral health, public policy prevention and adult. The results showed that adult pubic is not served in their oral health needs. The adult has an increasing complexity of dental care, needing to work the system of reference and counter reference. Based on the data, we observed the absence of regular actions direct to the comprehensive care of the adult population, and so it is important to identify strategies that can contribute to the inclusion of this population in the organization and planning of health that promote health and quality of life.