Simulacro odontopediátrico com recurso à estratégia de ensino roleplaying em educação para a saúde oral

The aim of this article is to demystify within the scope of a pedagogical act, i) the eruption of permanent teeth in the child; ii) establish salutogenic habits from an early age; and iii) create communication and health education tools, thus evidencing the importance of both relational and therapeutic communication of Dental Medicine. The theoretical bases were founded according to Chernoff, (1973), Dranka (2012), Magalhaes et al. (2013), Mota-Cardoso (2012) and Santos (2017). A therapeutic-pedagogical simulation in the pediatric dental environment was carried out by the students with recourse to the role-playing technique, consolidating the experience of a therapeutic bond, the admission, the empowerment of the students, in the context of learning their communication. It is coherent that the role play, as a teaching-learning strategy, allows students to develop knowledge about their (self) communication skills from a critical reflection of their own experiences and / or of their classmates.