1. Master, Dentistry Doctorate Students, Collective Health Area, School of Dentistry of Piracicaba – UNICAMP. Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. 2. Doctor, Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry – Federal University of Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil. 3. Doctor, Professor of Biostatistics, School of Dentistry/UNICAMP. Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. 4. Doctor, Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, School of Dentis...

Department of Restorative Dentistry, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba – UFPB, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil Department of Rsrtorative Dentistry, Goiania School of Dentistry, Federal University of Goias – UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil Operative Dentistry and Dental Materials Division, Uberlândia School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil Departm...

PET-Health is configured as a program developed by health courses guided by the principle Unified Health System (SUS), with the preceptorship of a professional from health public service. The aim of the research was to compare the performance between PET-Health undergraduate of Dentistry, Medical and Nursing courses by the results of National Student Performance Exam (ENADE) in 2010 with those ...

In the United Kingdom the National Health Service only provides dental implant treatment to patients who fulfil stringent clinical criteria outlined by the Royal College of Surgeons. Such treatment is normally in a hospital setting. The majority of dental implant work is otherwise carried out in the private sector. Concern about the quality of implant dentistry and training led the General Dent...

Recent reports by Special Olympics International and the U.S. Surgeon General have revealed significant disparities and unmet health needs encountered by persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD). Factors contributing to these disparities include deinstitutionalization, increased survival of individuals with MR/DD, lack of appropriately trained providers, and ...

Corresponding Author Dr. Nishat Shahi Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, M.M. College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala. Contact : 08968140058 Email: [email protected]

In an effort to improve patient care, there has been a growing trend across the nation and the world to embed the principles of evidence-based dentistry into mainstream care delivery by private practicing dentists. Evidence-based dentistry is an essential tool that is used to improve the quality of care and to reduce the gap between what we know, what is possible, and what we do. An evidence-ba...

INTRODUCTION Assessing the impact of a training programme is important for quality assurance and further development. It also can helps with accountability and marketing purposes. This study evaluated the impact of King's College London (KCL) Master of Science programme in Dental Public Health in terms of graduates' perceived learned skills and professional development. METHODS An online ques...

The purpose of this study was to determine if A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH) curricular content regarding community oral health has influenced graduates' dental practice choice and volunteering activities in their communities. At ASDOH, the community oral health curriculum consists of three components: 1) coursework in public health resulting in a cert...

The need for universal access to health care and the failure of the pedagogical model centered on only the transmission of knowledge has led to changes in the training of health professionals. The aim of this study was to provide a new alternative for evaluation of Dentistry courses based on the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG) of the area. For this, a logical model was formulated on the ne...