Abstract
Objective: The objective of this work is, through an experience report of extension students from the “Heroes of the Smile: humanizing looks for a rescue of attitudes” program, to emphasize the importance of promoting oral health in a children's hospital environment, emphasizing the need to prevent caries disease, in addition to promoting care and autonomy with oral health. In addition, the objective was to clarify the importance of periodic visits to the dental surgeon. Experience Report: Recreational and educational activities were developed by university students with children aged 3 to 15 years in a children's hospital, of the state of Paraíba, during 2019. The purpose of the project was to make the condition of permanence of the child in the hospital a little more tolerable, distracting the patient in such a difficult moment of illness, besides providing knowledge about oral health. Final Considerations: It was evident that the duration of the project enabled dental students to work with oral health practices outside the academic environment, as well as to act in recreational activities that improve the children's educational process about oral health, in addition to helping in children's clinical and hospital conditioning, in specific and linear prevention and care practices.