REIS, Mariana Loch dos; LUVISON, Idiana Rita    FAUSTINO-SILVA, Daniel Demétrio. Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of doctors and nurses in the PHC of children. RFO UPF []. 2015, 20, 2, pp. 164-171. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: to investigate oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of childcare doctors and nurses - employees and residents from the Serviço de Saúde Comunitária do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição (SSC-GHC). Subjects and method: Application of a closed questionnaire, with 32 multiple-choice questions, developed by the researchers to assess oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of childcare doctors and nurses (employees and residents) from eleven of the twelve healthcare units of the CHS-HGC. The purposive sample was composed by 47 doctors and 27 nurses. Data were tabulated and analyzed with the SPSS software, through the chi-square test and t test, at a statistical significance level of p<0.05. Results: The results obtained show that there is little significant difference among the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of doctors and nurses from the CHS-HGC, including the time of professional training/ practice. Conclusion: Many doctors and nurses are still unfamiliar with some aspects of oral health in childcare, thus requiring permanent education on the topic.

: Oral Health.; Childcare.; Primary Health Care.; Family Doctors.; Family Health Nurses..