O papel e a importância do cirurgião-dentista na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva
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2023
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Universidade Brasil
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Patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU) need dental follow-up, due to their
unsatisfactory oral conditions that originated before their admission or developed
during the hospitalization period, since they are susceptible to oral infections and other
injuries resulting from changes in the flow salivary or oral colonization by respiratory
pathogens, causing risks and discomfort to critically ill patients, directly interfering with
their clinical evolution and quality of life. Therefore, dental care performed by dentists
within intensive care units is aimed at preventing, diagnosing and treating infectious
processes of the stomatognathic system, providingrelief from pain and symptoms of
various oral alterations, which interfere systemic formin the patient. It is indisputable
that maintaining the patient's oral health significantly contributes to their clinical
improvement and consequently reduces the use of medications and length of hospital
stay. Based on this information, the present study aimed to analyze the role and
importance of the dental surgeon within the ICUs. With the realization of this, the
extreme need for the presence of the dentist became evident,since the studies showed
that the patients treated improved their oral and systemic conditions.
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Atendimento odontológico, Hospitalização, Unidades de Terapia Intensiva, Saúde bucal, Dental care, Hospitalization, Intensive Care Units, Oral health