Índice de cárie elevado em crianças de dois a seis anos: uma proposta de intervenção

Abstract

Faced with a membership of many important socio-economic problems of the population assigned to the area covered by the PSF St. John I, the team had a commitment to acting with the greatest impact and the need for technical solutions and socially viable, which mobilized to search for better training and a Permanente Education in Health (EPS). This study aimed to evaluate the causes and consequences of dental caries in children from the area under the PSF, and shows the need to work with mothers, pregnant and postpartum women by improving the level of information, encouraging self-care and child care, seeking the quality of oral health. There is a need to create ties and co-responsibility between the staff of St. John I PSF, and mothers, pregnant women and mothers of the coverage area, because the worrying lack of attendance and full involvement of the population in educational activities. The prospect is that through information and will decrease host resistance to dental treatment among pregnant women and children, lack of information and prejudice has deepened their oral health problems.