Empoderamento da saúde bucal em famílias assistidas pelo Projeto Saúde Criança, através dos guias de saúde bucal materno infantil da Global Child Dental FUND / Empowerment of oral health in families assisted by the Saúde Criança Project, through the Global Child Dental FUND's maternal and child oral health guides

A saúde bucal é resultante e do bem-estar físico, mental e social e é nesse contexto que a cavidade oral se torna um órgão a ser preservado devido a sua importância nas mais variadas funções que a boca desempenha. Trata-se de um estudo observacional e descritivo de natureza quantitativa. A amostra foram famílias assistidas pela Organização Não Governamental (ONG) Saúde Criança. Foram realizados dois encontros onde foi utilizado um questionário sobre conhecimentos de saúde bucal elaborado pela própria equipe, após o preenchimento dele foi realizada uma palestra sobre saúde bucal junto ao manuseio do guia de saúde bucal materno infantil da Global Child Dental Fund. Os resultados demonstraram que através de palestras de saúde bucal associadas a guias de saúde bucal apresentaram uma melhora na aquisição e retenção de conhecimentos sobre saúde bucal. Concluindo que havendo certa frequência e consistência nos conhecimentos passados aos grupos, o conhecimento é fixado e, através deles, a educação em saúde é multiplicada para a família, propagando prevenção e a longo prazo, evitando novos adoecimentos. (AU)

Oral health is necessary for physical, mental and social well-being and it is in this context that the oral cavity becomes an organ and remains preserved due to its importance in the most varied variables that the mouth plays. The aim of the present study was to verify oral health education based on the Global Child Dental Fund's oral health guides. can improve levels of retention of knowledge about oral health when its content is presented with a certain frequency and accessible form. This is an observational and descriptive study of a quantitative nature. Sample of families assisted by the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Saúde Criança (n = 157). Two meetings were held with an interval of at least 3 months. A questionnaire on knowledge of oral health elaborated by the team was used that addressed several subjects within the area of oral hygiene, after completing a lecture on oral health together with the handling of the child oral health guide of the Global Child Dental Fund. The results showed that, through oral health lectures, they are applied to the guides, as families that had an improvement in the acquisition and retention of knowledge about oral health. Concluding that with a certain frequency and consistency in the knowledge passed on to groups, the knowledge is fixed and, through them, health education is multiplied by a family, spreading prevention and in the long run, avoiding new illnesses. (AU)

The effects of non-thermal plasma and conventional treatments on the bond strength of fiber posts to resin cement.

OBJECTIVES: This study compared the effect of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and ammonia (NH3) plasmas on the bond strength of resin cement to fiber posts with conventional treatments. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-five fiber posts were divided into 5 groups: Control (no surface treatment); H2O2 (24% hydrogen peroxide for 1 min); Blasting (blasting with aluminum oxide for 30 sec); NH3 (NH3 plasma treatment for 3 min); HMDSO (HMDSO plasma treatment for 15 min). After the treatments, the Ambar adhesive (FGM Dental Products) was applied to the post surface (n = 10). The fiber post was inserted into a silicon matrix that was filled with the conventional resin cement Allcem Core (FGM). Afterwards, the post/cement specimens were cut into discs and subjected to a push-out bond strength (POBS) test. Additionally, 3 posts in each group were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy. The POBS data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and the Tukey's honest significant difference post hoc test (α = 0.05). RESULTS: The Blasting and NH3 groups showed the highest POBS values. The HMDSO group showed intermediate POBS values, whereas the Control and H2O2 groups showed the lowest POBS values. CONCLUSION: Blasting and NH3 plasma treatments were associated with stronger bonding of the conventional resin cement Allcem to fiber posts, in a procedure in which the Ambar adhesive was used.