Machado, Flávia Christiane de AzevedoAraújo, Isabela Dantas Torres de2023-11-102023-11-102018ARAUJO, Isabela Dantas Torres de; MACHADO, Flávia Christiane de Azevedo. Evolução temporal de indicadores de saúde bucal em municípios do Rio Grande do Norte Revista Ciência Plural, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 73-86, 13 fev. 2019. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21680/2446-7286.2018v4n2id16840. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/rcp/article/view/16840. Acesso em: 31 out. 2023.e2446-7286https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55267Introduction: The use of indicators is essential for health surveillance in the perspective of monitoring and evaluating the quality of services for the effectiveness of public policies.ObjectiveTo describe the temporal evolution of the oral health indicators of the Guidelines, Objectives, Targets and Indicators Role 2013-2015 in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the period 2008-2015 in comparison with Natal and Rio Grande do Norte.Methods: Ecological study of data available in DATASUS for the years 2008 to 2015 of oral health indicators of the Guidelines, Objectives, Targets and Indicators Role 2013-2015.Results: Regarding the indicator of oral health care coverage, Santa Cruz exceeded the results of the State of Rio Grande do Norte showing high coverage for the population. However, the indicators of average supervised dental brushing and percentage of dental extraction in relation to the procedures showed unsatisfactory results.Conclusion: It is verified that Santa Cruz has a dental care model of mutilatory characteristic and it is necessary to improve the organization of oral health services in order to allow Unified Health System’s user an integral attention with effective practices directed to health promotion and disease preventionsaúdesaúde bucalatenção primária à saúdeindicadores básicos de saúdegestão da informação em saúdepublic healthoral healthhealth information managementprimary health carehealth status indicatorsarticlehttps://doi.org/10.21680/2446-7286.2018v4n2ID16840