Evaluation of teaching low intensity laser in perspective dentist

Search knowledge dentist front surgeon to low intensity laser through a questionnaire. They were selected randomly in the city of Juiz de Fora and region 91 Dental Surgeons of Minas Gerais. These employees were sent during the months from July to October 2013, a standard form printed with questions about laser education assessment of low intensity. Of the 91 participants, 42 (46.2%) were female and 49 (53.8%) were male. Fifty-seven (62.6%) had dental public institution of higher education; 32 (35.2%) attended a private institution and 2 (2.2%) did not report this data. Eighty-nine dentists reported the time of graduation, and this varied with a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 38 years of training, the average being 11 years and this is the standard deviation of 10.7. The age of these professionals is on average thirty-five years, ranging from twenty-two years to sixty-five years of age and the standard deviation of this is 10.8. The distribution according to academic title was: 35 dentists (38.5%) had a degree in dentistry; 13 (14.3%) were specialists; 14 (15.4%) had master's and 4 (4.4%) doctorate. 25 (27.5%) did not report the academic title. The most relevant mentioned specialties were general practitioner, endodontics and implantology. We can conclude that the Juiz de Fora dentist - MG and region makes little use of laser therapy and this is mainly due to little knowledge acquired at the undergraduate and graduate education.

Urgent care frequency of the assessment carried out in a School Clinic of a Dental College of Minas Gerais

To evaluate the frequency of dental emergencies and specifications, along with the patient's profile attended at the Clinical School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Juiz de Fora Health (Supreme). We selected 152 medical records of clinical dental school of Juiz de Fora University Hospital - MG were selected and assessed the patient's profile and the classification of emergency cases. It was found that 57.2% of the patients were female and 42.7% male. The age of these patients is on average 44 years and the most frequent causes of visits were: dental prosthesis, endodontic and dental trauma. It can be conclude that some of the diseases found in dental emergencies are likely to be prevented or identified early on. Patients with pain are part of most attending emergency care services. In order to control the emergency care and improve the solvability, preventive actions should be developed, promoting a preventive rather than curative health.

Colocando Ciência na sua prática clínica / Linking Science to clinical pratice

Até bem pouco tempo atrás, os profissionais da saúde orientavam sua decisões clínicas alicerçados na prática clínica e, a priori, em livros textos. Atualmente, acredita-se que o cirurgião dentista, dentre os profissionais da saúde do século XXI, não pode estar à margem da tomada de decisão baseada em evidência, aliando a prática clínica às evidências científicas para melhor tratamento dos pacientes, um dos princípios da Odontologia Baseada em Evidências (OBE). Frente ao exposto, o objetivo do estudo é apresentar por meio de uma situação problema a utilização da OBE. Este estudo demonstra, com um exemplo da prática clínica, o uso das sistematizações PICO e FIRE na aplicação da OBE. A sistematização PICO e FIRE apresenta-se como importante ferramenta de busca que deve ser sempre utilizada pelo profissional antes da realização da intervenção (AU).

Until recently, health professionals guided their clinical decisions grounded in clinical practice and a priori in textbooks. Currently, it is believed that the dentist among health professionals of the 21st century cannot be outside of evidence-based decision making, linking clinical practice to scientific evidences for patients better treatment, one of the principles of Evidence- -Based Dentistry (EBD). Based on these, the objective of the study is to present through a problem situation the use of EDB. This study shows through an example of clinical practice, the use of PICO and FIRE systematizations and the implementation of EDB. The PICO and FIRE systematization is presented as an important search engine, that should always be used by the professional prior to the intervention (AU).