Escolas de odontologia do Brasil - ensino sobre pacientes especiais

Abstract

Starting of the premise that if the academic training occur in practice developed in a multi and interdisciplinary approach, in relation to dental care to patients with special needs, this professional will be better able to meet the new demands socio-politico-ideological of the country, studies were made "Raising the number of dental schools that provide patient care in special need" and "Profile of the professional egress-forming to the concept of handicapped patients in dentistry" in order to verify which dental schools in Brazil are focused on the process of curriculum change. Through questionnaires sought to observe the teaching of education that students receive in this area as well as the profile of the egress-professional of UFJF Dentistry college. The results point out to needed changes in professional practice settings, therefore, in the view of the UFJF graduating students of Dentistry, in 2009, the disciplinary content for special patient care has not achieved its objectives, both in their professional education and in health promotion in favor of the special population that ceases to be assisted. On a national level is growing concern in schools that offer undergraduate content. In this study, we observed that 50.98% of colleges have adopted special care to patients as a compulsory subject and / or optional. However, we realize that there are challenges to be faced under the of dental schools in the country for the implementation of technical and scientific knowledge to patient care in special needs.