Dentist's practices in coping with COVID-19 in the family health strategy: an experience report

Objective: to report the actions developed by the professional dental surgeon in coping with the pandemic of COVID-19, in the context of the Family Health Strategy (FHS). Method: this is an experience report about the strategies of action of the dental surgeon linked to the FHS, allocated in a munic...

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Autor: Rodrigues, Lorenna Palmarella
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15059
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/15059
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Atención Primaria de Salud
Odontología Comitaria
Infecciones por Coronavirus
Pandemias
COVID-19.
Atenção Primária à Saúde
Odontologia Comunitária
Infecções por coronavírus
Primary Health Care
Community Dentistry
Coronavirus Infections
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Sumario:Objective: to report the actions developed by the professional dental surgeon in coping with the pandemic of COVID-19, in the context of the Family Health Strategy (FHS). Method: this is an experience report about the strategies of action of the dental surgeon linked to the FHS, allocated in a municipality in the interior of Bahia, during the confrontation of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the period from March 2020 to March 2021 Results: it was evidenced that many practices were developed by dentists as an aid in sanitary health barriers, monitoring of patients by telemonitoring, production of materials for health education in addition to urgent and emergency care. Conclusion: the dentist can and has contributed to Primary Health Care (PHC) in several ways over the past few years and it was no different at this time of pandemic. After the report, it is clear that these professionals have added and contributed to the promotion, prevention and recovery of the population's health.