Procedimentos realizados pela equipe de saúde bucal ao idoso hipertenso cadastrado no Programa Saúde da Família - PSF cidadania - Brasília de Minas/MG

Abstract

The aging population and declining birth rate have significantly altered the structure of the age pyramid in Brazil. In parallel with demographic transition, epidemiological transition is altering the patterns of morbidity and mortality, without, however, adequate provision of health care for this population group. The oral health of the elderly population is precarious, with high rates of edentulism, reflecting the historical inefficacy in public dental care, limited to serial extractions and emergency services, based on the curative model. This study aimed to raise the dental records of dental health procedures for the elderly with hypertension enrolled in the program Hiperdia Strategy Citizenship Family Health in Brasilia de Minas-MG in the period from January to September 2010. We use the following variables: number of seniors served by the family health team, number of elderly hypertensive patients treated by oral health teams, major events reported by the elderly to seek dental services and major procedures performed by oral health teams these users. Of the total of 376 hypertensive patients enrolled, 57% are female and 43% are male. Procedures performed by oral health teams, among the 59 elderly, we observed a predominance of removing root fragments with 44% and 6.5% of procedures for simple extractions, 43% of amalgam restorations and resin and 6.5% tartarectomia . This study contributed to the observed type of dental care that is conducted with the elderly and the occurrence of edentulism in the population. Also there was a need to change the curative model of care to a model of health promotion, strengthening the role of health professionals to focus on this segment of the population, only confirms the lack of access and planning of oral health team this age group of the population.