Plano de ação para enfrentamento da cárie dentária em crianças e adolescentes residentes no Município de Bias Fortes/MG

Abstract

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease, considered a public health problem that affects people of all ages. The municipality of Bias Fortes has shown high rates of the disease in children and adolescents, despite holding collective preventive activities. An aggravating factor is that the water supply of the city is not fluoridated. The aim of this study was to develop an intervention plan to deal with this problem. The fluoride varnish was chosen as the method to be used. Initially it was performed a situational diagnosis by the method of situational strategic planning. For the theoretical foundation, a search was carried along the Virtual Health Library (BVS) , LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences), MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library online), as well as books, monographs, thesis and manuals of the Ministry of Health, in Portuguese and English, between the years 1975 and 2013. It was concluded that there is need for greater investment and improvement in the structure of health services and purchasing materials to better serve the population. It is expected that the intervention plan developed can respond to the challenges experienced by this population of the municipality and may contribute to the organization of the municipal health system, as well as to deliver comprehensive routine.