Inserção da odontologia no programa de saúde da família: relato de uma experiência

Abstract

The objective was to understand and analyze the process of integration of oral health teams (ESB) in the Family Health Program in Betim / MG by reporting experience. To this end, consultation was made to documents of the Municipal Health Betim on the process of implementation of oral health teams. Observed progress in quantitative expansion of coverage after 30 ESB deployment in different regions of the municipality. To define the geographical areas to be covered by the new teams were used criteria guided by basic principles espoused by SUS as the universality and equity. This allowed the organization to rethink and change the service to build a new model with improved service quality and access and commitment to the needs of users. Possible to guarantee comprehensive health care through the arrival of new professions that are involved in joint work by a multidisciplinary care. By contrast this study shows that oral health care yet it's difficult to plan activities with an educational and preventive. Access is still predominantly individualized recovery and suffers from specialization. Failure to implement collective activities / preventive that produce lasting changes in behavior in order to overcome the dichotomy between curative and preventive activities, running them together through the same programs.