[Oral health: a challenge for the health care team]

The objective of this study is to reveal the knowledge of nursing and medicine students from a university in Rio Grande do Sul regarding the importance of promoting dental health. A questionnaire with three semi-structured questions was answered by 26 students from the nursing school, and by 32 students from the medical school. Through the method of triangulation it was concluded that these students had deficient knowledge regarding dental health. Since a small number of the population in Brazil has access to dental clinics, we consider important that nursing and medicine professionals know how to promote dental care among children.