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| Author(s): |
Naiara de Paula Ferreira Nóbilo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba |
| Defense date: | 2014-02-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria do Carmo Matias Freire;
Viviane Elisangela Gomes;
Tatiana Ribeiro de Campos Mello;
Cinthia Pereira Machado Tabchoury
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| Advisor: | Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa; Jaime Aparecido Cury |
| Abstract | |
Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent oral health problems, which mobilizes economic, political and social efforts for solving them. Its unequal incidence between populations and between countries around the world has been an issue of increasing concern by its greatly phenomenon of polarization. Thus, it is necessary to monitor and evaluate the integration of knowledge in the field of Cariology (as the scientific understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of caries and other events related to disorders of the dental tissue) through the formation of Dentistry students. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the teaching of Cariology in Brazil, using diversified methods in a quantitative and qualitative approach: document analysis of curriculum from public colleges in the country, identifying aspects of the curriculum related to the topic of Cariology; application of a questionnaire Knowledge about Cariology, containing tests related to basic, clinical and public health contents, as well as a discursive question about the concept of caries applied to graduates of public and private colleges in all regions of Brazil; utilization of a clinical case to verify the conduct of graduates ahead of caries disease; and use of semi-structured interviews with professors from different regions of the country to investigate the prospect of these professors on the teaching of Cariology. 44 public colleges (total of 47 in the country), 842 students (among the universe of 1,000 colleges surveyed) and 92 professors took part in the study. Public dentistry schools in Brazil demonstrate a commitment to addressing the contents of Cariology disciplines, but with emphasis on clinical cycle. Knowledge of Cariology trainees of Brazil was focused on a biologicist outlook, with emphasis on issues related to curative clinical practice, as well as the way they face caries, being discreetly signaled, among students investigated, the possibility of an approach more conservative. The participating Professors have diverse concepts of Cariology and many refer to the need of structural changes and reorientation of practices in order to get improvements while teaching Cariology. In conclusion, the teaching of Cariology in Brazil presents distributed in subjects along the course of Dentistry and is identified with curative approaches, through a biologicist perspective among students, professors and educational institutions, thus interventions are necessary to expand the possibilities of entirely understanding of this field of knowledge and more conservative interventionist practices (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/24042-9 - Teaching of Cariology in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Naiara de Paula Ferreira Nóbilo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |