Educação em saúde bucal para escolares: uma revisão em busca da qualidade

Abstract

Despite of the factors that cause oral diseases and of the well known means of control, these diseases still represent important problems in public health. The promotion of health through oral health education is an alternative that has shown significant results, especially when dealt with schoolers, their familiars and teachers. The schoolers represent the favorite group of dental surgeons for this type of work and the school has the greatest reference for the community. For an educational program reach its goals it is necessary to have good managing plans and the professionals must be motivated and capable, because just the transfer of information is not able to promote a change of habit in the individual. In this study, was performed a literature review, to obtain the current status of oral health education for schoolers, considering: concepts, techniques and experiences of educational programs in order to guide professionals in the Family Health Strategy. Most professionals are graduated without any commitment to the social needs of the Unified Health System, and the actions taken, often do not reach the expected goals.