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GOMES, Sabrina Fernandes  e  ESTEVES, Márcia Cristina Lourenço. Role of the surgeon dentist in ICU: a new paradigm. Rev. Bras. Odontol. [online]. 2012, vol.69, n.1, pp. 67-70. ISSN 1984-3747.

The dental care to hospitalized patients sufThe dental care to hospitalized patients suffering from systemic diseases contributes effectively to their recovery. The magnitude of the dental hospital in maintaining the oral health of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) causes improvement in the patient’s systemic condition avoiding the proliferation increase of anaerobic bacteria, fungi and Gram-negative infections and systemic diseases, representing risk for the patient’s health and nosocomial infection, particularly. The aim of this study was to conduct a review of literature, seeking information about the Dental Hospital in Brazil.

Palavras-chave : ICU.