Activities carried out during the preceptorship in a family health unit

The interaction between the teaching-service-community of undergraduate dental students, made possible through preceptorship, can enable students to have contact with practice in the Unified Health System. The preceptor guides clinical care, and the activities carried out during professional practice with the preceptor range from simple to more complex procedures and have comprehensive patient care as their guiding principle. The aim of this study was to report on the activities carried out during the preceptorship of the dentistry course in a family health unit. This is a descriptive experience report, carried out in April 2024 by the dental surgeon preceptor and a dental student at a family health unit. There were 23 (19.8%) emergency appointments and 93 (80.2%) scheduled appointments, totaling 116 appointments in the month of practical activity. It can be seen that the majority of appointments were for scheduled demand, scheduled on an elective basis, but when necessary, emergency appointments were carried out, taking into account the resolution of the health need presented by the individual. 60 (51.7%) adult patients, 22 children (18.9%) and 11 elderly people (29.4%) were seen. Among the activities carried out were the treatment of alveolitis, pulpectomy, pulpotomy, abscesses, extraction of teeth, extraction of residual roots, access to the pulp chamber, removal of the nerve and referral to endodontics, making of veneers, prophylaxis, restorations, exodontia, cleaning of dental materials, participation in meetings and discussion of cases with the health team, health education activities in the waiting room. In this way, we believe that the practical activities carried out during the preceptorship of the dentistry course in a health unit were able to articulate theory-practice-living in service, as well as providing students with the opportunity to attend to various dental situations in all life cycles.