Abstract

NAVES, Marcelo Drummond; BASTOS, Juliana Vilela; CORTES, Maria Ilma de Souza  and  LIMA, Luiz Augusto. Dental emergencies. Arq. Odontol. [online]. 2011, vol.47, suppl.2, pp. 32-35. ISSN 1516-0939.

Emergency/urgent dental care is characterized by high demand and high costs, mainly due to the need for highly skilled labor. In the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the only public service that offers this 24 hour service is the Odilon Behrens Municipal Hospital (HMOB). The School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) has traditionally developed training activities, teaching, and research in conjunction with HMOB. One such activity is the extension project, entitled "Dental Emergency", formalized by a mutual cooperation agreement between the two institutions. The project, along with other activities, contributes to reinforcing the importance of the hospital environment as a pedagogical space in the formation of the dental professional and expanding the provision of emergency care within this space. The project, "Dental Emergency", integrated within the Dental Trauma Program from the UFMG School of Dentistry, is of strategic importance in coordinating the emergency service performed at HMOB clinics, as well as at the clinics from the UFMG School of Dentistry, where patients who have suffered traumatic dental injuries are referred to continue their treatment.

Keywords : Dental emergencies.; Tooth injuries.; Tooth avulsion..