Desenvolvimento de um APP com dúvidas mais frequentes em odontologia para leigos como ferramenta de alfabetização em saúde bucal

Abstract

Oral health education is considered the most effective and cheapest alternative for the promotion of oral health in the population. Technological and communicational advances increasingly allow the democratization of access to information of public utility, such as hygiene measures and basic concepts of the health-disease process. As such, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defined oral health literacy as, “the degree to which individuals are able to obtain, process, and understand basic oral and craniofacial health information and services needed to make decisions appropriate health conditions.” The objective of this study was to develop an application with the purpose of informing the lay population about the most frequent doubts in Dentistry, to promote education in oral health. Initially, a study design was conducted, where a survey of the state of the art of the literature was conducted with the most frequent doubts in Dentistry, to know the expectations and desires related to the development of the application. Under instructions from the research group, DOD researchers created a layout outline of the screens of the application, to elucidate the steps of the subjects, topics, and lessons. The content of the application is available to the user in the form of questions and answers categorized according to Dentistry topics. There is also the possibility of sending questions through a form for later response by the professional. In accordance with the proposal of the research work, an application was developed with a simple and intuitive interface for the patient to be informed and participate more in the maintenance of their own oral health and seek dental care when necessary.