Promoção de Saúde Bucal em Bebês

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Luísa Botta Martins de [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Botta, Ana Carolina [UNESP], Rosell, Fernanda Lopez [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://arquivos.cruzeirodosuleducacional.edu.br/principal/old/revista_odontologia/setembro_dezembro_2010.htm; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/126049
• topic: Oral Health; Pediatric Dentistry; Saúde bucal; Odontopediatria

This study is a literature review about promotion of oral health in babies and it discusses the importance of early preventive treatment. The conclusions are: 1 - The early treatment aims to reduce the dental caries prevalence in babies and to make familiar the dentistry´s office. It is important the creation of oral habits in children and in their parents. 2 - The high prevalence of dental caries in babies shows the necessity of programs with health promotion in the first infancy. The aim is to keep the oral health of these children. 3 - The success of the oral health promotion in babies depends on the awareness of the parents about the importance of oral hygiene. This fact must be considered during the planning and development of programs to this age.