Diagnóstico oral e teleodontologia: apresentação de um website para a disciplina

Abstract

The search for information on the internet has proved to be a widely used resource and required by patients, students and professionals, being one of the main and most agile vehicles for disseminating information about health information. Concomitant to this, the new teaching-learning methodologies have emerged based on digital information and communication technologies (TDIC), which are a set of technological resources that integrate the transmission of information that, when associated with the Internet, allows the individual to interact with the contents. The number of people who use the Internet grows every day and allied to this, is also increasing the search for information in the health area. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in February 2018 there were 48.1 million households that used the Internet (IBGE, 2018), and this number is growing steadily. The TDICs play a strong role in the dissemination and search for knowledge in the different areas of health and also in dentistry. This work aims to develop a website for the discipline of Oral Diagnosis, for the dissemination of information about oral health and instructions on oral self examination, it is one of the work plans of the extension project: "DIGITAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION (TDIC) AT ORAL DIAGNOSTIC DISCIPLINE. " The didactic material to be developed consisted of explanatory texts and images of the internet that are based on the need of greater knowledge of the target public. The current link for access is: ufsdiagnosticooral.wixsite.com/diagnosticooral. The action in prevention and early diagnosis increases the possibility of a good prognosis in early cases of certain pathologies.