Organização de um programa de educação em saúde bucal para crianças da Escolinha Municipal Branca de Neve domunicípio de Santo Antônio do Retiro-MG

Abstract

This paper presents descriptions and analysis of interventions of an education program on oral health in School Snow White, in Santo Antônio do Retiro Minas Gerais. The goal was to organize the oral health care of children up to five years to promote health by preventing lesions from dental caries and early loss of deciduous teeth. We conducted a survey of oral health status of children of four and five years, guidelines and questions to the parents about the perception of health-disease process, the view that parents have the presence or absence of dental caries in their children, their understanding of causation of caries. Actions were performed disclosing plaque, tooth brushing, videos, drawings and demonstration macromodels. The results showed that before the intervention the majority of children brushed their teeth once a day and without parental supervision, and more than 50% of children had decayed, filled or extracted. The guidance to mothers reached the goal of enlightenment and it is believed, some visual teaching resources used to address the issues helped in bringing the action, which was most effective. Mothers were concerned with the health status of their children and receptive to advice and referrals received. It is hoped that the information obtained can be used in action planning and intervention programs, through measures that meet the mothers and educators who are effectively responsible for the care of children, causing an improvement or not the their health conditions.