Conhecimento de lactantes assistidas pelo banco de leite materno em Aracaju-Sergipe sobre saúde bucal na primeira infância

Abstract

To analyze the knowledge of infants about oral health in early childhood, a screening was applied through the virtual platform of Google and carried out at the Banco de Leite Humano Marly Sarney in the city of Aracaju, state of Sergipe. The form with semi-structured questions related to socioeconomic, cultural, demographic aspects and oral health in early childhood. The virtual communication channel of the Banco de Leite was used to send the video, letter of invitation and the online questionnaire, in the same way that field research was carried out with the approach of breastfeeding women in the institution's waiting room. The descriptive and qualitative analysis of the data obtained was structured using an Excel spreadsheet that allows the adaptation of the evaluation material with the aspects listed in the literature. It was observed that, within the limits of the study, 33 lactating women between 20-40 years of age who received dental guidance (57.6%) during pregnancy had a greater perception of oral health in early childhood, 85% agreed that breast milk does not cause caries, 45.2% of them take their children to the dentist only in case of pain or injury in the mouth, 51.5% did not mention that they should insert fluoride toothpaste during cleaning as soon as their teeth erupt, and 30.3% of mothers informed that they did not do the tongue test. The lactating women who received dental guidance during pregnancy had a greater perception of their children's oral health, with impacts on the procedures adopted in early childhood.