O papel do cirurgião-dentista nos cuidados paliativos relacionados ao câncer de cabeça e pescoço

Ana Paula  Bernardo Ferreira; Katiéli  Fagundes Gonçalves; Débora  Poliana Bernardo Ferreira; Maria Eduarda  Tiburtino Silva

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7837-7848

Authors

Ana Paula Bernardo Ferreira Acadêmica de Odontologia pelo Centro Universitário UNIFASIPE. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-6626
Katiéli Fagundes Gonçalves Cirurgiã-dentista. Mestre em Saúde Bucal Coletiva, professora titular das disciplinas Odontologia Social e Preventiva I e II, Embriologia e Genética, Estágio Supervisionado em Saúde Coletiva II e em Unidade Básica de Saúde I do Centro Universitário UNIFASIPE. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0252-3302
Débora Poliana Bernardo Ferreira Acadêmica de Odontologia pelo Centro Universitário UNIFASIPE. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-8009
Maria Eduarda Tiburtino Silva Acadêmica de Odontologia pelo Centro Universitário UNIFASIPE. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7441-1724

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7837-7848

Keywords:

Palliative care, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Dentistry

Abstract

Palliative care is performed by health professionals who seek to provide a better quality of life for the patient. These can be
implemented in situations of coping with terminal or incurable cancer. Objective: to discuss the role of dentists in the practice of palliative care and head and neck cancer. Method: a literature review was carried out, through books available in the UNIFASIPE library and scientific articles, available in Portuguese and English, obtained from electronic databases such as PubMed, SciELO and Academic Google between the years 2000 and 2020. Result : Research has shown that dentists can assist in the early diagnosis of head and neck cancer, in addition to providing greater comfort to patients affected by the disease. Conclusion: dentists play an important role in caring for these patients, aiming to prevent and reduce possible oral complications, providing greater comfort to patients who are terminally ill.