Protocolo clínico de cuidado odontológico ao usuário portador de diabetes mellitus na atenção básica em saúde da família no município de Sarzedo- MG

Abstract

Currently Diabetes Mellitus constitutes a serious health problem that spans all social classes, men and women alike, and its incidence increases with age. It is a chronic degenerative disease resulting from absolute or relative insufficiency of insulin, caused either by low production of insulin by the pancreas, and the lack of response of peripheral tissues to insulin. Its main symptoms are glycosuria, polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria, weight loss, and its complications result in major injuries of the way of life of patients with Diabetes Mellitus and society. The care for this disease enters the Group Priority Attention in the Family Health Program. This work of literature review used the Health Sciences Descriptors in Virtual Health Library in LILACS, SciELO with keywords and other sources cited below. Conceptualized the disease, the pathophysiological mechanism, oral manifestations, such as xerostomia, glossodynia, gustatory disorders, periodontal disease and its important relationship in glycemic control in illness, among others such as oral candidiasis, angular cheilitis, alveolar bone decalcification, hypoplasia enamel, parotid gland swelling, ulcers and recurrent outbreaks of infection. Stressed the need for dental surgeon to follow a clinical approach to dental care not only technical, but facing prevention, promotion and rehabilitation of the quality of life of patients of Diabetes Mellitus by integrating multidisciplinary team in primary Health.