Importância dos programas educativos para mudança de hábitos e promoção de saúde bucal

Abstract

The present work shows the experience of a group of students from the Technical Course in Oral Health in their final course work, in the Project of Multipliers in Oral Health. The activities were developed by these students in the Association “Recicle a Vida‟, of recyclable material collectors from Ceilândia-DF. The main objective of the work was to train multipliers to promote educational and preventive actions in oral health for the workers and collaborators of the Association. Lectures and debates were held on prevention and promotion of oral health, highlighting the main diseases of the oral cavity, brushing and flossing techniques, guidance on healthy and unhealthy foods, oral cancer and systemic diseases with dental interactions. In addition, students created parallel tools to publicize their work through an account on the Instagram social network and the creation of a website with details and records of all the work developed. Our main finding demonstrates the value of a work of proximity and continuity in oral health care, based on the formation and training of permanent multipliers in the coverage area.