Proposta de um protocolo para o atendimento odontológico do paciente idoso na atenção básica / Proposal of a protocol for the elderly patient dental attendance in basic health attention
With the considerable increasein the eldery population, growing demand for trained professionals to deal with this age group. Because their morphofunctional changes, this populationneeds a differencial approach and care. The oral health deserves special attention, because this population group is holding high levels of edentulism, periodontal disease, bone and muscle, in addition to the inappropriate use of prostheses. One reason is due to the scarcity of programs for oral health facing the elderly. The purpose of this study is to develop a protocol for dental care for the elderlypatients in the program of family health, an reorientation of the proposed practice of dental procedures, emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary care for the prevention, control and treatment of their diseases. The sources were obtained in the databases from BIREME, LILACS, BBO and SCIELO, and all articles published in national journals in the period 200 to 2008 in addition to Notebook basic care (No. 17) 2006 Ministry of Health.