Produção Nacional
Conhecimento Sobre Odontologia do Trabalho dos Profissionais Integrantes da Saúde Ocupacional em Empresas
2010; Volume: 18; Issue: 36 Linguagem: Inglês
10.15603/2176-1000/odonto.v18n36p7-16
ISSN2176-1000
Autores Tópico(s)Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
ResumoAim: the purpose of this study was to analyze labor dentistry knowledge from occupational health professional in the companies, in the year 2005. Methodology: a cross sectional study was carried out involving occupational health professional of different branches of activities in the companies, from great area of Goiânia-GO/Anapolis-GO/Palmas-TO. A questionnaire of multiple choices with ten questions was applied through a sampling stratified by activity branch, to 88 companies. Results: in relation to the professionals’ position, the work safety technicians corresponded to 54.72% (n=29), following for the work safety engineers with 20.75% (n=11). Regarding the existence of workers’ occupational diseases, 66.04% of the professionals affirmed any occurrence not to exist among the employees. Treating of the company interest in relation to employees’ buccal health, 79.25 (n=42) of the professionals answered positively as for that interest. Only 22.64% of the professionals answered to have knowledge regarding the specialty labor dentistry. Conclusion: the present study evidences that the few professionals know on labor dentistry and they need to value the given attention the workers’ buccal health in the companies.
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