Innovative practices in oral health education for health promotion: experience report

Abstract

The Brazilian Health Promotion Policy (PNPS) points strategies to produce health, been the school, the school as a privileged space to developed these actions. This article aims to report the experiences during oral health education actions developed by undergraduate and graduate students of dentistry in an extension project (EP) aimed at elementary school students. The EP stood out by adopting the PNPS referential, the Freire’s methodology, surpassed the traditional model of oral health education, favored the planning, execution and evaluation of the actions, developed the necessary skills for the future dentist from the tripod teaching, research and extension in dental education. It was concluded that this academic experience favored general and interdisciplinary education, a real bond, exchange of knowledge and innovation in health education practices articulated with the priority themes of PNPS.

Keywords

• Saúde Bucal
• Ensino em Saúde
• Extensão Comunitária