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UCHIDA, Tânia Harumi; TERADA, Raquel Sano Suga; TENUTA, Lívia Maria Andaló  e  FUJIMAKI, Mitsue. Preventive practices carried out by technicians in oral health: a qualitative study. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.1, pp. 110-124. ISSN 1679-5954.

Dental caries is a common disease that can be fully controlled. However, the perception of oral health technicians (OHTs) and its prevention is still little explored. The aim of this study was to identify the perception of OHTs with regard to factors that facilitate the adoption of practices in preventing the control of dental caries, participated in this study 10 OHTs belonging to the 15th Regional of Health of Paraná. The semi-structured interviews were conducted face to face and recorded. The transcript of the recordings was done manually and evaluated according to the content analysis proposed by Bardin, using the Visual Qualitative Data Analysis 7.0 software. The results showed 12 facilitating factors for caries prevention, including: professional training; awareness, satisfaction and motivation in performing preventive procedures and teamwork. In addition, the ability to work with health education and continuing education were relevant factors highlighted in the interviews. In general, the risk factors as the adoption of preventive practices in controlling dental caries, identified in the perception of OHTs were the consciousness of performing prevention in their daily practice; the communication skills to carry out health education and professional satisfaction in working with prevention. All of these reported factors appear to be necessary for the proper performance of the function of OHTs, surpassing biologicist model and advancing the understanding of the healthdisease, in order to implement strategies for the control of dental caries in the population

Palavras-chave : Dental Caries; Qualitative Research; Oral Health Technician.