Formação de recursos humanos em odontologia quanto as disciplinas de gerontologia e odontogeriatria / Training of human resources in destistry in relation with the disciplines of gerontology and geriatric dentistry

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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The process of population aging affects all regions of Brazil, although at different stages. In the search for healthy aging, the reality in which the oral health of elderly Brazilians is worrying, presenting itself fragile, characterized by high prevalence of edentulousness, teeth, denture needs, poorly adapted prostheses and periodontal diseases. Facing the reality of an aging population and the precarious condition of the oral health of the elderly Brazilian, training of human resources in dentistry with quality is of fundamental importance. Thus, coupled with an aging population, the precariousness of the oral health of elderly Brazilians and the need to train human resources with quality aimed to identify the provision of courses of Dental Schools, public and private, the State of São Paulo, which contain issues related to the health of the elderly; describe the socio-demographic context and health of the population residing in the municipalities of the state and relate to the geographical location of the Colleges of Dentistry and identify relationships between supply of courses and conditions for the oral health of the population elderly indicated by epidemiological data and the provision of dental services, mapping such relations. The study was conducted in the municipalities of the State of São Paulo to obtain secondary data, including those with Colleges, public and / or private to obtain primary data. A hybrid study, with a horizontal approach to the initial description of the primary data collected and later an ecological approach for studying the relationship between the data side of the municipalities with and without College. Access to the Internet, making it is therefore a survey of secondary data aimed at identification of the situation. Already the collection of primary data was done by questionnaire. Data collection was performed from the assent of the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the UNICAMP and the authorization of the participants in this study. The data from epidemiological and other variables geographical / space were analyzed in space. College of the 11 State of Sao Paulo, who participated in the study, 27% have discipline-specific or Geriatric Dentistry or Gerontology at graduation. Already in the courses of expertise, the presence of the subjects mentioned above is 18%. Regarding the rate of tooth extractions in the city without College the average was 6.07, ie above the city with College, presenting average of 2.33. As for socio-demographic variables, it is observed that the municipality with Faculty of Dentistry has better conditions than those without college, which helps the health of the population. These indicators suggest that municipalities with College have better structural conditions than the average of other municipalities. It was important to train human resources careful with the Brazilian reality, in terms of the demographic and public health services. To that end, it is necessary to conduct a diagnosis of the current situation in which experience the institutions of Brazilian education.

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oral health health occupations envelhecimento aging estudantes de ciencias da saude students saúde bucal

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