Promoção de saúde bucal nas consultas de crescimento e desenvolvimento na atenção primária: um relato de colaboração interprofissional

Abstract

Introduction: Childcare is the main pillar of comprehensive health care for children. In the context of Primary Health Care, the Growth and Development - CD consultations are the materialization of this practice, where Interprofessional Collaboration can be seen as a potentiator of actions and results. Purpose: To demonstrate the integrality of the care directed to the children, reporting an experience of the partnership of the Multiprofessional Residency Program in Basic Attention of the Multicampi School of Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte with a unit of the Family Health Strategy. Methodology: CD consultations were carried out in a "collective and shared" modality, where the children were classified by age group and established a schedule, counting on the participation of social worker, dental surgeon, nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, nutritionist , a psychologist - along with the nurse who governs the said unit. Results: The actions took place in the nurse's room, where a scenario was set up to facilitate its execution. At the beginning of the consultation, an informal conversation with the mothers / guardians was stimulated, and later one of the professionals explained about their expertise in child health care, opening up to the Inter professional collaboration where, to finish, traditional surveillance measures were taken. childcare. Conclusion: The interaction among the professions, within each expertise, was able to promote aspects of prevention and promotion of Oral Health, boosting the area of Dentistry and strengthening Interprofessional work