O ensino odontológico em Libras: a importância da criação de sinais específicos da Odontologia.

Abstract

Several governmental initiatives have been undertaken to include deaf people in higher education. However, the admission of a deaf student in the School of Dentistry has several difficulties, including the lack of dental signs in Brazilian sign language (Libras). The aim of this work was to create specific dental signs in Libras and post them on a website created for this purpose. This study was carried out by a multidisciplinary team, composed of a student, a professor of the Dentistry course, a Libras translator/interpreter and a deaf Libras professor. After the search for the dental signs in the literature, it was observed that there is no publication concerning Libras issue. Therefore, the first terms to be produced were selected, and their technical concepts were explained to the deaf professor. Thereafter, the deaf professor created the sign, which was recorded by video and photographs. The signalization specific information was described and published with the photos and videos on the website “Odontologia em Libras”. It was concluded that the website production and availability of the specific terms in dentistry characterizes the beginning of the inclusion and permanence of deaf students in a Dentistry Course. This work must be continued to permit the constant signs creation and addition to the glossary, which will support the deaf people education and a better performance of Libras translator/interpreter. Then, this paper contributes in a pioneering way to graduate future deaf dentists.