Percepção de acadêmicos de odontologia sobre o envelhecimento

• Autor(a) principal: Moimaz, Suzely Adas Saliba [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba [UNESP], Lolli, Luiz Fernando [UNESP], Dossi, Ana Paula [UNESP], Nayme, João Guilherme Rodrigues [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://revodontolunesp.com.br/article/51ae4aa51ef1faca3d0034a4; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133367
• topic: Aged; Health care; Health of the elderly; Idoso; Atenção à saúde; Saúde do idoso

The changes on learning space where Dentistry Students stay in front of social reality, by university extension, represent a strategy to form dentists according to Brazilian Curricular Directresses. In Araçatuba Dental School (FOA-UNESP), one of alternatives to add students on real locals of dentistry practices is the “Always Smiling Project – Dental Attention for institutionalized elderly in Araçatuba City, São Paulo State – Brazil”. The aim of this study was to verify the self-perception of dentistry students about aging before and after participation in this Project during one school year. To data collection, an instrument with 3 opened questions was performed and applied on 45 students, in the beginning of activities in 2009 and after 8 months. The answers were analyzed by content categorization. The results showed that the perception of students about old people was negative relating them with frail person that needs help and the students’ expectations were higher about clinical aspects of attention. In the end of school year was clear the difference of students’ comprehension about aging and their thoughts demonstrated the empathy resulting from relation. Besides, students related knowledge gain and noted that health attention involve others aspects that are over than biological space. It was possible to conclude that insertion of students in “Always Smiling” contributed to reflection and learn about aging process and suggest that practices like these should be added in Brazilian Universities.