Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry
Actions to promote, protect and recover the workers’ health have been ensured by Law 8080/90. The aim of this study was to present Labour Dentistry as a new specialty and to reveal the context in which it should be applied. The Brazilian Federal Dentistry Council Resolution 25/2002 in 3rd article es...
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| description | Actions to promote, protect and recover the workers’ health have been ensured by Law 8080/90. The aim of this study was to present Labour Dentistry as a new specialty and to reveal the context in which it should be applied. The Brazilian Federal Dentistry Council Resolution 25/2002 in 3rd article establishes the performance field for Labour Dentistry specialists are: a) Identification, evaluation and surveillance of the environmental factors that constitute risk to oral health at the work place, in any of the production phases; b) Technical advises and attention regarding health, safety, ergonomics and hygiene at work, as well as the protection towards individual equipments; and the professional must be inserted in the workers’ multidisciplinary health team; c) Planning and implantation of permanent campaigns and programs for workers’ education in relation to work accidents, occupational diseases and health information; d) Organization of disease and mortality statistics related to oral origins and investigation of their possible relationships with professional activities; e) Accomplishment of dental examinations for labour welfare. The conclusion is important to support the development research necessary to ratify the need for this new specialty |
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| spelling | doaj.art-907a320cf00e459ea8c9e6bd0e3920512022-12-21T22:55:26ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences1677-32252015-11-0141410.20396/bjos.v4i14.8641832Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in DentistryDagmar de Paula Queluz0Department of Community Dentistry - Piracicaba Dental SchoolActions to promote, protect and recover the workers’ health have been ensured by Law 8080/90. The aim of this study was to present Labour Dentistry as a new specialty and to reveal the context in which it should be applied. The Brazilian Federal Dentistry Council Resolution 25/2002 in 3rd article establishes the performance field for Labour Dentistry specialists are: a) Identification, evaluation and surveillance of the environmental factors that constitute risk to oral health at the work place, in any of the production phases; b) Technical advises and attention regarding health, safety, ergonomics and hygiene at work, as well as the protection towards individual equipments; and the professional must be inserted in the workers’ multidisciplinary health team; c) Planning and implantation of permanent campaigns and programs for workers’ education in relation to work accidents, occupational diseases and health information; d) Organization of disease and mortality statistics related to oral origins and investigation of their possible relationships with professional activities; e) Accomplishment of dental examinations for labour welfare. The conclusion is important to support the development research necessary to ratify the need for this new specialtyhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8641832Labour. Dentistry. Specialty. Worker’s health |
| spellingShingle | Dagmar de Paula Queluz Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences Labour. Dentistry. Specialty. Worker’s health |
| title | Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry |
| title_full | Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry |
| title_fullStr | Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry |
| title_short | Labour Dentistry: a new specialty in Dentistry |
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| topic | Labour. Dentistry. Specialty. Worker’s health |
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