O exercício do Programa Saúde na Escola como prática da Equipe de Saúde Bucal na Atenção Básica: relato de experiência

Introduction: The School Health Program presents itself as a concrete form of health promotion of extreme relevance for the assistance of students, facilitating the population's contact with dental services. Objective: To expose the accomplishment of activities of the school health program by an oral health team of the unified health system as a health experience with students from the region of Borborema in the state of Paraiba. Material and method: The actions involved 41 students from classes of 05 and 12 years old from two municipal schools in the city of Esperanca- Paraiba. Site recognition visits were carried out to collect all data from each institution and activity planning. As methodologies were used game of friends and enemies of the teeth; audiovisual educational material on the ideal brushing technique; painting activity approaching the diet theme. Additionally, topical application of fluoride with 2% sodium fluoride was performed in children aged 5 years. Experience report: The two moments in which the activities were carried out were extremely fruitful and the students participated actively, as the target audience for the actions that, together with the cooperation of the primary care team, resulted in success in the objectives of health promotion and protection specific. Conclusion: The carrying out of educational actions in the school environment through the school health program is very important to improve the quality of life of the population.