Describing the Primary Care Actions of Oral Health Teams in Brazil

Clarice Magalhães Rodrigues Dos Reis, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga Da Matta-Machado, João Henrique Lara Do Amaral, Marcos Azeredo Furquim Werneck and Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães De Abreu
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Clarice Magalhães Rodrigues Dos Reis: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270.901, Brazil
Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga Da Matta-Machado: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270.901, Brazil
João Henrique Lara Do Amaral: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270.901, Brazil
Marcos Azeredo Furquim Werneck: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270.901, Brazil
Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães De Abreu: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270.901, Brazil

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Objective : To describe the primary care actions performed by oral health teams (OHTs) that participated in a large national survey led by the Ministry of Health in 2012. Methods : A total of 12,403 dentists from OHTs completed a set of survey questions (response rate = 85.01%) on the organization of care, basic dental procedures and oral health surveillance actions of OHTs. Descriptive and hierarchical cluster analyses were developed. Results : The majority of OHTs (85.2%) reported that they performed “patient welcoming”. The delivery of services was based on a patient’s identified disease risk (83.1%), and continuity of care was ensured by 85.9% of OHTs. Individual preventive, restorative and surgical procedures were performed by the majority of the teams; however, screening for oral cancer and construction of dental prostheses/dentures occurred less frequently. Cluster 1 was composed of OHTs with the lowest proportion of oral healthcare actions related to oral cancer and dental prostheses/dentures, and the Southeastern and Southern regions had higher proportions of OHTs from cluster 2. Conclusions : OHTs adhere to some of the principles of primary care organizations; however, the teams perform fewer actions related to oral cancer treatment and rehabilitation with complete dentures. The geographical distribution of the clusters was unequal in Brazil.

Keywords: primary health care; oral health services; evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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