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VALE, Izabelle Maria Ferreira da Silva et al. Approach of dentists of the family health strategy of the city of Patos-PB to users with hypertension. RFO UPF [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.3, pp. 297-303. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: to verify the knowledge of dentists of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the city of Patos, PB, Brazil, in serving users with the measurement of Arterial Hypertension (AH). Materials and methods: cross-sectional analytical study, with the application of a structured questionnaire to 21 professionals of the FHS units from the city of Patos, PB, Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential bivariate statistics (chi-square and Fischer's exact tests). Results: from the respondents, 85.7% could define arterial hypertension, but only 44.4% of them answered it correctly; 95.2% correctly answered the normal value of blood pressure. Xerostomia was the most mentioned change caused by the use of antihypertensive (85.71%); Lidocaine was the anesthetic of choice (61.9%); the most mentioned drug interaction (48.6%) was of antihypertensive with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, and of analgesics with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). From the total respondents, 66.7% participated in the Hiperdia program, and 33.3% reported measuring blood pressure of users depending on the anamnesis performed. Statistical association was observed between working in another location and correctly determining AH (p = 0.006). Conclusions: the professionals who participated in the survey showed relatively good knowledge with compatible behavior to what literature suggests, but still requiring further clarification on the subject, to meet their major difficulties.

Palavras-chave : Local Anesthesia.; Hypertension.; Dentistry.; Vasoconstrictors..