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LORETTO, Nelson Rubens Mendes; CATUNDA, Raisa Queiroz  e  TEODORO, Maria Kaline Romeiro. Evaluation of the ergonomics knowledge in undergraduate of the professional course in a Dentistry's Faculty of the higher education public system in Pernambuco. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.1, pp. 37-44. ISSN 1677-3888.

Objective: To investigate the level of ergonomics' knowledge and its application in clinical practice. Material and Methods: descriptive and observational study of a sectional cross realized with 174 students, of both genders enrolled between 4th and 9th semesters of the old curriculum of the Dentistry's Faculty of the higher education public system in Pernambuco by applying a survey containing 16 regards basic knowledge of Ergonomics and 10 ergonomic situations to be required by the clinical disciplines. Results: The sample was predominantly female (67.2%). The concept was perceived by the most in the Concept of ergonomics can not miss words to comfort, safety and efficiency (92.0%) and was apprehended less Most equipos of faculty concept is ISO / FDI 3 / (13.2%). Only a knowledge is linked to gender, to age two, and thirteen of the period attended. The best accuracy rate was the 9th time and the worst of the 7. The most ergonomic situation was related disciplines required by the correct use of PPE (50.7%) and less required was related to gymnastics (2.7%). The discipline with the highest average requirement of ergonomics' knowledge and its application was the Integrated Clinic II (2.40) and lowest average was the Fixed Prosthodontics II (1.55). All cases were associated with ergonomic period attended. Conclusions: The knowledge of ergonomics are lost over time and this loss is partly due to lack of demand disciplines. Discipline of Integrated Clinic II is looking more demands that knowledge and its application.

Palavras-chave : Human Engineering; Ocupational Health; Students Dental; Dentisty Educational; Dental.