Saúde bucal na primeira infância: percepções dos profissionais da estratégia saúde da família / Oral Health in early childhood: perceptions of Family Health Strategy professionals
The inclusion of the dentist in the family health team provides a broader approach to users in the context of comprehensive and multidisciplinary care, particularly for children in the infant stage. This study seeks to understand the perception of Family Health Strategy (FHS) professionals regarding the oral health of children in early childhood. It is a qualitative, exploratory study, consisting of semi-structured interviews on the oral health care of children practiced by professionals from Family Health Teams of two health units in Fortaleza, Ceará, between November 2015 and January 2016. The data analysis consisted of information pairing and subdivision into categories according to thematic analysis. The results were three categories and their subcategories Perception of oral health in the FHS; Work Process Organization (Prenatal dental care and care workflow in children's oral health ); and Oral health care. There is a perception among professionals of the importance of dentistry in the FHS, but the establishment of assistance workflows for children is not defined, with care and practices that reinforce the hegemonic biomedical health care model.