Protocolo de atenção à saúde bucal para gestantes na equipe da Estratégia de Saúde da Família da Casa da Comunidade Serrinha em Gouveia-MG

Abstract

Pregnancy is a period of both joy and anxiety in a woman`s life and is characterized by various physiological changes in her body. The oral cavity is also the seat of changes, such knowledge is essential for the dentistry for a special care of pregnant in health units. The Oral Health Team should work together with other professionals of the Family Health Team to ensure integral health care for pregnant women, including dental care in prenatal care. In the Basic Health Unit Casa da Comunidade Serrinha in the city of Gouveia/Minas Gerais there is no protocol for the standardization of dental care during pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a protocol of oral health care for pregnant women in this city, based on scientific evidence in order to monitor throughout the gestational period. For the elaboration of the protocol were surveyed published studies and protocols already implemented in other cities, consulted databases, in addition to obtaining data of the city. As a result, we designed a protocolmixed, divided into a protocol for organization of dental care and a protocol of clinical dental care for pregnant women, which addresses the oral health practices appropriate to each period, and educational activities to be carried out in groups of pregnant women.