Protocolo para atenção à saúde bucal de crianças de zero a 24 meses no município de Brumadinho - MG

Abstract

The high rates of early childhood caries suggest that we must focus on actions to promote oral health in childhood, from birth. The early dental care is essential and through it we can work with health education to contribute to the prevention of oral diseases of children. The objective of this work is, through a literature review, propose the standardization of the work for oral health care for children from zero to 24 months. Narrative review was conducted through the Virtual Health Library and Virtual Library NESCON - Agora program, to search for articles published in Portuguese and English, and 13 articles were selected for reading and analysis. It is proposed, then draw up a protocol with oral health care of children 0-2 years, aimed at preventing early childhood caries with the inclusion of dentistry during routine visits, through a multidisciplinary approach, involving all the Team Family Health. It is necessary to monitor the eruption of all the deciduous teeth, in order to contribute to increase the number of caries-free children who become teenagers and adults with good oral health. With the development of this protocol, we studied the causes and consequences of early childhood caries and relations with breast feeding and socio-economic and working in conjunction with the various professional team. The protocol, if implemented, will work effectively in the prevention of dental caries in childhood, thus avoiding the aggravation and the consequences for adolescents and adults in the future.