Desafios na implementação da odontologia na atenção básica no município de Guaíba, RS.

Abstract

The Guaiba city is located in the metropolitan Porto Alegre, RS, has 95,204 habitants and nine Basic Health Units (BHU), six of which have dentists working. This paper aims, know the condition of the dental primary care in the municipality. This study had as a research tool a compound questionnaire of 12 questions, the questions were divided into three themes: human resources, equipment / instruments / materials and physical structure / ancillary equipment. The target audience was the six dental surgeons working in BHU, but five participated in the survey, because one was in maternity leave. The data show that there isn't Oral Health Assistant (OHA) in the dental office of UBS, and the nursing technician is responsible for the sterilization of instruments; the system of procurement of materials and dental equipment is by bidding, there sterilized material for the care of all patients; the validity and quality of input materials are always respected; there is exclusive use of paper towels and liquid soap for proper hand hygiene and the places have many of auxiliary equipment to facilitate treatment. By confronting the literature review with the results, see the importance of some favorable changes to the dental service: the inclusion of OHA in the dental office of BHU, retrofitted wall with smoother textures, placement of tile and without openings and the acquisition of an x-ray equipment to complement the diagnosis of oral problems. We conclude that these changes will enable improvements in work conditions for oral health team and a more skilled care for the population of the municipality.