Tratamento restaurador atraumático no controle da cárie em escolares do município de sarzedo MG: uma proposta de intervenção

Abstract

This work presents a proposal for intervention for rural zone "Capão da Serra", belonging to the microregion Brasília, in city of Sarzedo, Minas Gerais. A survey of oral needs, conducted in the city, showed deficiencies in the oral situation of the region. The "Capão da Serra" showed difficulties of access and non-fluoridated water. Thus, it has been emerged an idea of project to adopt a technique that does not require conventional dental equipment, which is simple and fast and easily applied in various scenarios: Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART): The Literature Review contributed to the creation of "Projeto Capão." Its focus would be on children in Capãos Schools, making the Dentistry to overtake the "four walls " of the dental office, connecting children and Oral Health professionals and helping the treatment overloaded of the Unit Family Health's dentist. Then, The "Projeto Capão" would be a way to promote the oral health of these children, aiming to be expanded to the entire city in future. Measures, such as that, are promising and should be used as a way to extend care to oral health, which sometimes lacks practices that go beyond the conventional.