Atenção à saúde de minorias sexuais e de gênero nos cursos de odontologia das instituições de ensino públicas do Brasil.

Abstract

Sexual and gender minorities, known as the LGBTQIAPN+ community, is the term that refers to the social group whose gender identity, sexual orientation or practice differs from that of the majority of the society in which they live. In this context, the dental surgeon needs to recognize the heterogeneity of this group in order to offer a quality dental service, in a way that conveys confidence and offers adequate assistance, verifying the indispensable role of teaching sexual and gender diversity in the dental courses of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) of the country. This study presents itself as a cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach, with a sample consisting of the pedagogical plans of the dentistry courses of public HEIs from all over the country, whose objective was to evaluate curricular components that address the theme of health care from sexual and gender minorities in the dentistry courses of public HEIs in Brazil. The results showed that, in 2022, there were fifty-seven HEIs offering dentistry courses in Brazil, most of them in the southeast and northeast regions. Only five HEIs, in the Northeast, Southeast and South, offer subjects that address themes and content related to the health of sexual and gender minorities, with a similar distribution for optional and mandatory subjects, with course load varying from 30h to 60h, mostly in the 3rd semester of graduation. It was observed, therefore, that this theme is still little addressed in public universities, demonstrating the need to rethink the pedagogical plans of dental courses, seeking to promote the inclusion and welcoming of this community.