Transportable odontological module

• Grant number: 97/07240-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: June 01, 1998
• End date: November 30, 1998
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Social and Preventive Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre de Oliveira Rangel
• Grantee: Alexandre de Oliveira Rangel
• Company: Oliveira Rangel & Camargo Junior Ltda. - Oral Health
• City: Campinas

Abstract

The objective of this project is to develop a mobile odontological module, fitted with simplified equipment, easily carried from one location to another, so as to offer odontological services directly to the more needy areas. Today, mobile dental health teams are already a reality and have been established in various Brazilian municipalities based fundamentally on Clinical Modular Transportable Systems. These teams move about in order to assist priority population groups. For example, they visit primary and secondary schools within the municipality on a rotating basis, providing an initial service for first grade primary children and yearly checkups on students in the other school grades. Today, with their accumulated experience, in addition to teams dedicated to the care of children and adolescents, one can imagine mobile teams, working through a transportable clinical module system, meeting the needs of special groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, factory workers, etc. (AU)