PROJECT COME SEEK YOUR SMILE

Abstract

The intervention project “Vem Buscar o Seu Sorriso” was developed by students Anaelson Bugarim Pires and Jean Carlos F. Correia from the Dentistry course at the Faculty of Theology, Philosophy and Human Sciences Gamaliel - Fatefig, during their undergraduate degree in dentistry, under the supervision of Preceptor Prof. Esp. Vânia de Cássia Souza da Silva. carried out in the municipality of Tucuruí, state of Pará.

The objective of this project is to propose, through Municipal Organic Law, an intervention in the oral hygiene process of individuals who find themselves in socioeconomic difficulties, through the availability of free mini oral hygiene kits in UBS pharmacies to this population served in the region. of the city of Tucuruí-PA, covering all pharmacies at health centers in the city of Tucuruí/PA. Seeking to reduce the flow of patients seeking dental treatments at health centers, lower the costs of these treatments, both in primary, secondary and tertiary care, providing a better quality of oral health and life for these citizens who do not have the resources to acquire a toothbrush and toothpaste, or even changing them when they no longer perform the correct role of oral hygiene.