Diretrizes de saúde bucal no Brasil: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

The 2004 National Oral Health Policy brought a restructuring of oral health care model in Brazil. The search for qualification of the actions and services offered by the Unified Health System was an important factor in its development. In order to garantee actions to promote, prevent and restore oral health, the use of guiding instruments for the organization of care networks becomes essential. The qualification of work processes and comprehensive care can be facilitated when there are guidelines, protocols and manuals that provide professionals and users with all the information about the functioning of the health network in their municipality. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the oral health guidelines of some Brazilian municipalities, verifying the content present in each of them, their focuses and their structure, through a narrative literature review, with arbitrary selection of documents. Initially, documents from Brazilian capitals were sought, followed by the analysis of documents from other municipalities and, finally, state documents. In total, 22 documents were analyzed. In view of the readings, it is observed that there is no standardization in the development of municipal and state guidelines and that their use was also not related to oral health coverage rates. However, more studies of reflections on the topic are necessary to encourage the development of guiding documents for the oral health care network, as they can influence professional satisfaction.