Avaliação do acesso ao serviço de Saúde Bucal do município de Taquaraçu de Minas MG por meio da utilização do indicador de Primeira Consulta Odontológica Programática nos anos de 2007 a 2009.

Abstract

This work was developed in the town of Taquaraçu de Minas - MG aimed to assess the quality of access oral health services in the years 2007 to 2009, from the use of the indicator of first programmaticconsultation, based on equity and continuity of care until the completion of treatment. INTO index was used to analyze the oral health condition of users attended. The results showed that: 26.1% of assisted were not programmed, 73.9% of assisted were at their first consultation and follow-up visits until the completion of treatment, the percentage of users who received treatment was completed in this period at 88.68 %, more than 80% of those assisted in the period corresponded to the groups 0, 1 and 2 accordind with the classification INTO, the groups in which was majority demand for surgical, restorative procedures (groups 2, 3 e 4) had a higher average number of sessions for user and in some groups there was more number of sessions to completion of treatment. Concluded that the principle of equity is necessary, giving priority attention to those that more need, organizing the work process, reducing the number of sessions aimed at increasing the number of first programmatic consultation.