Buccal health lecture applied in the porta do sol operation, Itatuba-PB and in the state school Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São Paulo-SP

Abstract

The University extension plays a fundamental roll in students citizen formation. The Rondon Project seeks social integration allied to university students volunteer work approaching in every operation the themes Health and Oral Health. The objective of the work developed was to raise the awareness to oral health and the prevention from oral and systemic diseases, to encourage the personal hygiene and to teach the correct dental brushing technique. The workshops of oral health occurred in January and April, 2015 and they took place in Itatuba-PB, in the “Operação Portal do Sol” of the Rondon Project and in São Paulo-SP, on the S.S. Júlio de Mesquita Filho. The workshop provided expository lesson about oral health, a dialogue about the importance of dental brushing, followed by a dynamic where enlarged mouth and toothbrush were used. In Itatuba-PB 125 persons participated in the workshop and 500 toothbrushes were distributed along the operation period. In São Paulo-SP around 580 students participated of the proposed action and more than 500 toothbrushes were handed to them. The distribution of the toothbrushes contributes to the good hygiene habits and helps to decrease the influence of socioeconomic conditions. The university student acts as a multiplier of extremely important information that contributes to the wellbeing of a target population, action which is preconized by the Rondon Project and that answers the role that the university extension plays on the community.