Objectives: To analyze the dental health-illness process using the  buccality  concept proposed by Botazzo

Botazzo, C

Kovaleski, D

Torres, S

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English Latin American Social Medicine
7-9-2008
Disciplinarization of the mouth, the autonomy of
the individual in a working society
D Kovaleski
S Torres
C Botazzo
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Kovaleski, D; S Torres; and C Botazzo. "Disciplinarization of the mouth, the autonomy of the individual in a working society." (2008).
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Kovaleski D, Torres S, Botazzo C. Disciplinarização de boca, a autonomia 
do individuo na sociedade do trabalho. [Disciplinarization of the mouth, the 
autonomy of the individual in a working society]. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) 2006 January-March; 11(1): 97-103. 
Objectives: To analyze the dental health-illness process using the "buccality" 
concept proposed by Botazzo.  
Methodology: Interpretative analytical.  
Results: The article shows how the traditional limits of dentistry have resulted in 
the failure of Brazilian policies for the oral health of the population. They note that 
social problems are absent from the discourse of dentistry, as factors apart from 
the mouth itself are underestimated and poorly understood. To dentists, the 
processes involved in caries are only chemical, physical, and biological. The 
result is that the dental health-illness process is compressed into an 
impoverished vision that lacks any link whatsoever with social theory. The mouth 
is seen in isolation, is technified and poorly understood. The authors cite a study 
by Freitas which proposes that caries is socially produced and determined. The 
authors also treat the concept of discipline as producing “useful,” “docile” bodies. 
They accuse dentistry of uncritically positioning its practice alongside the 
interests of capital, and lacking a commitment to the health of individuals let 
alone of the population.  
Conclusions: The authors propose “buccality,” a previously theoretical concept 
that attempts to change the focus of dentistry from one of considering the mouth 
less in isolation and more in an autonomous, collective perspective. 
 


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