A inserção de odontólogos no Sistema Único de Saúde do Brasil

Abstract

The diseases of the oral cavity and its sequels are still very prevalent in our country, which becomes a public health issue. For an individual to have a real full health it is essential that your oral health is ideal. But not always Dentistry had this importance, since it was introduced late in public health in Brazil. This had consequences not only for dentists and for the whole population. Because of this, it is necessary to understand the inclusion of dentists, and dentistry in the Unified Health System of Brazil, with its historical and relevant actions that facilitated this process, especially in the Family Health Strategy, priority program primary care in the country. Furthermore, it is important to highlight the difficulties in the process of paying the dental health team, and the possible solutions to this. Thus, this literature review, with work done in the last ten years, searchable databases on the internet google scholar and Virtual Health Library shows that most studies believe that the main problem of the actual insertion of dentists in Health System in university education is deficient, resulting in unprepared professionals to act in the public service, there is need for curricular reform in undergraduate courses. Moreover, it is clear that public policy Smiling Brazil has brought many benefits, but there are still problems to be overcome, such as the shortage of specialized audiences.