Programa de atendimento a pacientes transplantados da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: uma história bem sucedida

Abstract

This study aims to describe a University extension program that focus on the dental treatment of patients before and after bone marrow, liver and kidney transplantation - Faculty of Dentistry of UFMG, since it was a University extension project. The project started its activities in 2002 and 470 students have already been involved on that, treating comprehensively 881 patients. In 2016, fifty-two undergraduate dental students, five graduate students and twelve professors worked in this program. In the program, the students can wel-come the patients, humanizing their care and integrating healthcare actions. Thus, in addition to control possible sources of infection also restore the patients ́ masticatory function. The student also collaborates in the production of knowledge through the development of research and analysis of the data generated from the patients ́ dental charts. The program is an academic strategy for the development of useful and applicable theoretical knowledge about dental care of patients before and after transplantation