Oral Health Promotion in Children with Microcephaly After Social Isolation by Covid-19: Experience Report

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to report extracurricular activities performed by professors and students of the Dentistry course at the State University of Southwest Bahia. Their goal was to promote oral health to microcephaly patients and their parents, after the period of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, a university extracurricular activity, more than ever, must assume its social responsibility, establishing new paths for public health care and regarding these actions correlating the academic community and society.

Keywords

microcephaly; public health; dentistry; universities

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  • Language & Pages

    English, 7-12

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    NLMC CODE: WU 113