The inclusion of Oral Health Teams in the Family Health Strategy represents a shift in public health. This study aims to get to know the views of graduates and coordinators of the technical training provided by the Technical Health School for Oral Health Technicians in municipalities in Northern Minas Gerais based on the Smiling Brazil Program. The methodology that was used is exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative emphasis. The graduates claim that taking the course benefits the service provided to the population through actions in health education, it affords greater efficiency and understanding, and improves the quality of activities done in clinics. Coordinators and graduates emphasize the improvements that take place in biosecurity actions. The perception of the oral health teams, represented by the graduates of the technical course in oral health and by the coordinators of the teams in which they were in, confirms the hypothesis that investing in education for Unified Health System workers helps improve service quality.
oral health teams; oral health technicians; Unified Health System
