Odontologia do trabalho : relevância do cirurgião-dentista do trabalho na saúde do trabalhador.

Abstract

The labor Dentistry is the specialty that has as objective the permanent search of the compatibility between the labor activity and the preservation of the oral health of the worker. The interest in the area may be considered recent and there is a need for more detailed research and studies on its relevance and benefits. Tramites a bill that seeks to include the labor Dentistry in art. of the Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho (Consolidation of Labor Laws), in order to oblige companies to provide dental assistance to their employees. This proposal follows a perceptible tendency of alliance between health and work, seeking that the employee is well attended in matters related to health and, in response, becomes more productive and reduces absenteeism, in a classic case of gain for both sides. The objective of the present study is to verify, in the literature, the relevance of the labor dentist in the health of the worker.