Atuação do cirurgião-dentista no tratamento de pacientes em unidade de terapia intensiva: revisão de literatura

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Hospital dentistry is the area of expertise of the dental surgeon responsible for diagnosing and treating oral changes with possible systemic repercussions, as well as local oral changes as a result of systemic diseases. It is also responsible for the implementation and management of oral hygiene protocols. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the role of dentists in the hospital environment, specifically in ICU beds,presenting the concept of hospital dentistry, describe how the performance of the dental surgeon in the hospital environment, show the importance of the dental surgeon in the hospital environment, describe the performance of the dental surgeon in the ICUs. METHODOLOGY: The present work consists of a literature review on the theme in which the databases used were SCIELO, PUBMED and Google Scholar. Articles published from 2010 to 2021 were select. The inclusion criteria were specific articles about the dentist's performance in the ICU and exclusion of very old articles. The keywords used were: Hospital dentistry; Intensive care unit; Oral hygiene; Hospital infection; Pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation; Oral and Covid manifestations 19; Multidisciplinary team and its terms in English. RESULTS This paper aims to describe the details of the performance of the dentist in the hospital environment,focusing on ICU patients. CONCLUSIONS: Its objective is to assess the importance of the dental surgeon as part of the team within the ICU.