Perception by professionals on the relevance of the oral health indicators in a metropolis of the Brazilian northeastern

Exploratory-descriptive study, with qualitative and quantitative approach, which aims to analyze the perception by professionals on the relevance of oral health indicators of the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement of Primary Care (PMAQ-AB) in Fortaleza, Ceará. The demotivation, the discontinuity in providing dental inputs, the abandonment of treatment by the patient, the popular culture in which the pregnant cannot carry out the dental treatment and the insecurity of the professional in the clinical handling related to dental prosthesis, to the attendance of the pregnant, to the attendance of dental urgency and to the diagnosis of user's oral mucosa alteration were problems identified in the operationalization of these indicators and mentioned as interference for the fulfillment of their goals.