Oral Health And Pregnancy: Challenges And Fragilities On Care Under The Perspective Of The Results Of Previne Brasil

Abstract

Introduction: For several years, oral health had been on the fringe of public policies in Brazil. In 2004, with the establishment of the National Policy for Oral Health, there had been a proposal for reorganization of care in every assistance level in the scope of the Brazilian National Health System. When the quality of assistance to specific populations is availed, the analysis of the indexes becomes increasingly scarce, what directly affects the funding of primary care teams, as with the ascension of the new model of funding, the Previne Brasil (Directive nº 2.979/2019), some forms of transfer to municipalities are changed. Objective: Investigate the dental care during pregnancy under the perspective of the results of Previne Brasil, using the time frame of the three latter four-month periods of 2020, in the city of Belém, in Pará. Methodology: Descriptive study based on the data available for public domain from the Basic Care Information System. These data were tabulated on the Microsoft Excel® software. The data analysis had been done based on the theoretical framework available at the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) and on official documents from the Ministry of Health. Results: Belém has 23,94% of oral health coverage, with a population that has surpassed 1 million inhabitants. When the proportion of pregnant women with dental assistance is analyzed, Belém presented 4%, 3%, and 5% respectively, in each four-month period of 2020. Conclusions: The data revealed that to reach a satisfactory level of access and supply of dental health services in the Amazonian city, there must be strengthening and expansion of oral health public policies, without excluding the attention to the care lines contained on the National Policy for Oral Health, such as the pregnant women.