ITINERANT CITIZEN - CIRANDA GOIANÉSIA: EXPERIENCE REPORT OF THE DENTISTRY COURSE

Abstract

ON JULY 10, 2017, THE PROMOTION OF THE EXTENSION PROJECT, CALLED THE CIRANDA GOIAN�SIA PROJECT, WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE CITY OF GOIAN�SIA, IN ORDER TO SERVE THE POPULATION OF GOIAN�SIA, PROMOTING HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF THE TARGET POPULATION. THE PROJECT COUNTED ON THE PARTICIPATION OF SEVERAL COURSES, SUCH AS NURSING, MEDICINE, PHARMACY, LAW, AMONG OTHERS. REGARDING THE DENTAL APPOINTMENTS, THEY TOOK PLACE IN THE TEACHING DENTAL CLINIC OF THE EVANGELICAL FACULTY OF GOIAN�SIA, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF BOTH PROFESSORS AND ACADEMICS, WHO TOOK TURNS ATTENDING ONE DAY IN FULL. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GREAT SUCCESS IN THIS SOCIAL ACTION, METHODOLOGIES OF SUPERVISED BRUSHING, PREVENTION, PROMOTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WERE EMPLOYED. SUCH METHODS WERE ESSENTIAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SO THAT IT COULD ARRIVE AT IMPORTANT AND DETERMINANT FACTORS SO THAT ONE CAN HAVE QUALITY ORAL HEALTH, BEING UNIVERSAL TO THE WHOLE POPULATION. THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT WERE SURPRISING, REACHING VAST NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF GOIAN�SIA, AS WELL AS PERFORMING CLINICAL PROCEDURES. IT IS INEXPLICABLE TO THE IMMENSE GRATITUDE OF THE PATIENTS, AND THESE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WERE ESSENTIAL FOR THE PERSONAL AND HUMAN GROWTH OF THOSE INVOLVED, ONCE THEY KNEW OF SUCH A PROJECT, THEY WERE COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE AND SEEK IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF ORAL HEALTH.

KEYWORDS: TOOTH BRUSHING. QUALITY OF LIFE. ORAL HEALTH.