The aim of this study was to establish the association between dental status and demand for dental care in preschoolers at urban and underprivileged urban schools in the city of Mendoza. Dental status was diagnosed in a purposive sample of preschoolers at urban schools (Group U: n = 148) and underprivileged urban schools (Group UnU: n = 155) in Greater Mendoza city, by determining the following...

Dear Editor, A careful reading of the article “Oral cancer from a health perspective promotion: experience of the diagnosis network in Ceará” by Sousa et al.1 published in Brazilian Oral Research sparked our interest in debating the reported results. As stated by Sousa et al.,1 oral cancer prognosis is rare in Brazil. We have recently published an article showing that the 5-year survival rate i...

An important responsibility of each dental school to its graduating dental students is exposure to and evaluation on a mock board that simulates one or more of the examinations given by its respective regional testing agencies. An introduction to the procedures and environment that will be encountered on a qualifying examination will hopefully increase a student's chance for success on such a t...

Research has proliferated in recent years regarding the relationship of oral disease to systemic conditions. Specifically, periodontal disease has been studied as a potential risk factor for multiple conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, while other research focuses on exposures or behaviors associated with oral disease. However, few articles have been ...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the teaching of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach in Brazilian dental schools. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire on this subject was sent to Pediatric Dentistry, Operative Dentistry and Public Health Dentistry professors. The questions approached the following subjects: the method used to teach ART, the time spent on its t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between being a recipient of the Bolsa Família program and oral health conditions in Brazilian schoolchildren. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,107 schoolchildren aged between eight and 12 years from 20 public and private schools in Pelotas, RS, Southern Brazil. A list of all children receiving the Bolsa Família program was provided by...

EDITOR: The power of patient sedation to blunt the stress response to surgery is important in dentistry [1,2]. The advantages of the available sedation techniques should be evident to teachers of Dental Schools, to dental students, to dentists, to all involved dental practitioners and, obviously, to dental patients [3–5]. Unfortunately, this knowledge is not so widely shared in Italy, so that t...

Sources of Additional Information For a list of accredited programs in dental laboratory technology, contact: † Commission on Dental Accreditation, American Dental Association, 211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Internet: http://www.ada.org For information on requirements for certification, contact: † National Board for Certification in Dental Technology, 1530 Metropolitan Blvd., Tallahass...

The object of this review is to discuss the state of dental education and describe current developments at dental schools in the Nordic countries. The main focus is the undergraduate dental education; however, the postgraduate system will also be addressed. The curriculum model for undergraduate dental education in the Nordic countries is based upon the odontological tradition. The influence of...