Ações de prevenção de cárie dentária em São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo ESF Guanabara

Abstract

Despite its decline along the last years, dental caries can still be found in a large part of the population, especially among those in socioeconomic disadvantage. Although providing assistance to its population the city of São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, presents results similar to other cities with worse structure, regarding caries-based lesions. This work aimed to prepare an action plan and programs for healthpromotion and prevention against caries for the Oral Health Team of ESFGuanabara, in São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo. The foundation of this work was made through searches in SciELO and Lilacs databases using the keywords: "dental caries", "oral health", "health planning" and "primary health care". Specialized websites as the Health Ministry and NESCON/UFMG were also used. Articles from 1970 to 2013 were used in this study. The construction of the action plan was made in the steps of the Situational Strategic Planning (Planejamento EstratégicoSituacional - PES). The action plan focused on addressing the etiologic factors of the disease caries, through proposals for prevention and health promotion, besides higher equality with accessibility improvement programs. It was concluded that besides investment, having action planning is necessary to promote equality in the scope of the dentistry policies of SUS, and the PES is a key tool. Not less important for the fight against dental caries, the collective actions of supervised tooth brushingand access to fluorine are featured once they target the population as a whole.