Protocolo da odontologia hospitalar na unidade de terapia intensiva do Hospital Naval de Salvador: prevenção de infecção

Abstract

The poor oral hygiene is common in patients aadmitted to the Intensive Care Unit, wich facilitates the colonization of the oral biofilm by pathogenic microorganisms, especially respiratory. Studies clearly showed that the amount of dental biofilm in Intensive Care Unit patients' increases with the lenght of stay also occurs in parallel with increased respiratory pathogens that colonize the oral biofilm. GIve the possibility of oral microorganisms to contaminate the lower respiratory tract or lung, either by aspiration of oropharyngeal contents, inhalation of infected aerosols, spread or through areas of extrapulmonary infectious, dentistry has is inserted into the multidisciplinaryteam of hospital settings in order to obtain a better quality of life for patients, preventing or minimzing enfection. Thus, this short communication records in teh scientific desing of the implementation of protocol of Dentistry at the Naval Hospital of Salvador, in order to demonstrate the performance of the dental surgeon inserted in the Intensive Care Unit multidisciplinary team, as well as assist other institutions in the infection control hospital.