Abstract
Educational actions and campaigns in the area of dentistry geared towards children are addressed, focusing on the introduction of dental cabinets, or offices, at public schools and the creation of "good teeth" competitions to spread modern precepts of hygiene. Dentists were key agents in the spread of "modern dental science" at schools and different institutions, taking part in educational activities and also in actions and struggles for public policies that recognized the issues of oral health. The article is based on extensive research of a variety of documental sources and, through dialogues with the new cultural history, questions the ways oral health was prescribed in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Highlights
Este artigo recupera e problematiza as ações, propagação de preceitos e campanhas educativas voltadas à infância na área odontológica, abordando aspectos centrais como a implantação de gabinetes dentários nas escolas públicas e a criação de concursos de “bons dentes” para a divulgação de regras da dita higiene moderna
Educational actions and campaigns in the area of dentistry geared towards children are addressed, focusing on the introduction of dental cabinets, or offices, at public schools and the creation of “good teeth” competitions to spread modern precepts of hygiene
Dentists were key agents in the spread of “modern dental science” at schools and different institutions, taking part in educational activities and in actions and struggles for public policies that recognized the issues of oral health
Summary
Este artigo recupera e problematiza as ações, propagação de preceitos e campanhas educativas voltadas à infância na área odontológica, abordando aspectos centrais como a implantação de gabinetes dentários nas escolas públicas e a criação de concursos de “bons dentes” para a divulgação de regras da dita higiene moderna. Os dentistas foram agentes decisivos na difusão da “ciência odontológica moderna”, presentes nas escolas, clínicas dentárias e diversas instituições, com atuação voltada para atividades informativas e educativas, agindo também no âmbito de ações e lutas por políticas públicas que reconhecessem as questões de saúde bucal.
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