THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MULTI-PROFESSIONAL TEAM WORK IN THE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CLINIC OF UNIMED/UNIODONTO JABOTICABAL-SP

Introduction and Objective: The prevention of diseases, is one of the biggest challenges in the health area. The patient, frequently attends the clinic with symptoms of an illness in advanced stage. So, the treatment becomes more difficult, long and expensive. It’s important to detect diseases on early stages to minimize the patient suffering, diminish cost and length of the treatment, increasing the chances of therapeutic success. Our objective is to demonstrate that the multi-professional team work accomplished in the Primary Healthcare Clinic, is able to detect health problems in an early stage, preventing the illness aggravation. Method: Patient E.S, 28 years old, attended a dental appointment in the Primary Healthcare Clinic in 12/2015. During the clinical exam, black lesions were found on the buccal mucosa. After discussion of the case with the multi-professional team, the patient was referred to Dermatology. A biopsy was done in order to confirm a diagnostic hypothesis of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, which is characterized by the presence of black lesions on the buccal mucosa, as well as polyps in the digestive tract. Results and Conclusion: The presence of a dentist in the multi-professional team of the Primary Healthcare Clinic is new to private medicine in Brazil. The Unimed/Uniodonto Jaboticabal-SP are the first ones to embrace this system as partners. This case report shows the importance of the multi-professional team work in the health area. The group discussion of the clinical cases, promotes better interaction among the team members, as well as, better approaches of the therapeutic actions.