“…18 It is recognized, however, that in Brazil there is no culture of valuing Nursing specialties, as in other categories, a factor that Stomatherapists in the world of work Costa CCP, Soares SSS, Vieira MLC, Oliveira MD, Pedro RS, Chaves USB, Souza NVDO contributes to the fact that stomatherapy is not yet as widely disseminated in the health services. 1,2,10,11 It is noteworthy that stomatherapy is a relatively young specialty in the Brazilian context; therefore, it does not yet have a well-anchored historical basis between the health professionals and the general population. It also has terminology similar to a specialty of dentistry -Stomatology -whose objective is the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the mouth and attached structures, consequently producing some degree of confusion.…”