Abstract

SOARES, Rafaella Zappe et al. Mapping of the network of attention to the oral health of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. Aletheia [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.1, pp. 68-83. ISSN 1413-0394.

The goal of the research was identify the organization of oral health care services, in the context of health care networks, in the municipalities of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. This is a cross-sectional survey of descriptive character. A census was held between oral health teams who participated in the second cycle of the program to improve access to and quality of basic care. Regular performance was observed in the program, for supremacy of the buccal health teams. The municipality of Gravataí presented the best estimates of performance among the evaluated in the study. With this mapping can be concluded that the oral health care network in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre is strengthened as the principles of the basic attention authorising officers.

Keywords : Oral health; health evaluation; Family health strategy.

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