The Importance of Oral Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Situations of Social Vulnerability

Abstract

The usual oral health for a population depends on many factors, when analyzed by groups, several ramifications of points necessary to be studied are noted. The social inequality factor mainly places vulnerable groups at the forefront. Children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability are mostly affected by oral diseases, including caries, periodontal diseases and clinical diseases in general, which in turn can include reversible or irreversible pathologies. Culturally, acquiring the habit of ideal care for oral health is based on the principle of hygiene, which is learned from the birth of the first deciduous teeth by parents or guardians, and in a reality where these children do not obtain the level of basic structure family, becomes an obstacle in the balance between oral health and the quality of life of these children and adolescents.