The work in oral health in the Family Health Strategy: is it a tough integration?

Abstract

This study analyzed the integration of the Oral Health team (eSB) to the Family Health Team (FHT) in the  Federal District. It is a qualitative study where  nineteen interviews, work observation and  documentary analysis were conducted, and the  collection and analysis, in triangulation, were based  on analytical categories formulated from public  policies that guide the work in oral health: teamwork,  educational and intersectoral actions, bonding and reception, access and coordination of care, planning  and continuing education, participation and social  control, qualification of care and working conditions.  The results have evidenced the integration of oral  health professionals in inter-consultation, team  meetings, home visits, in intersectoral actions focused  on school and individual and group health education  in a setting where biomedical model predominates.  Communitary workers stand out as facilitators of the  integration, while the oral health technicians  remain  invisible. It is concluded that the integration of eSB  with the FHT is incipient and limited by conflicts of  rules and the way work is organized in FHT in the  context studied, constituting a difficult integration.