Este trabalho resume as alterações ocorridas na história da odontologia no Brasil entre os anos de 1856, quando ocorre o primeiro registro por escrito relacionando quais as exigências que se faziam para o exercício da odontologia no país até o ano de 1931 quando um currículo mínimo para todas as instituições que contassem com cursos superiores de odontologia é estabelecido. Esta tese aborda ainda as alterações pelas quais passou o nome da profissão, desde o seu aparecimento como arte ou ofício até o seu definitivo estabelecimento como profissão autônoma. Entre os anos de 1856 e 1931 houveram 10 alterações significativas no currículo exigido, até o estabelecimento do currículo mínimo e o título obtido pelo concluinte do curso passou por seis nomes distintos. A legislação que incide sobre a profissão de cirurgião-dentista neste período passou por seis alterações. A conclusão da tese é a de que os problemas que a odontologia moderna enfrenta são semelhantes àqueles enfrentados desde o começo da profissão, e que estes problemas são reflexos da maneira como a odontologia se desenvolveu no Brasil. / This thesis summarizes the changes that occurred in the history of dentistry in Brazil between 1856, when the first written requirements regarding the practice of dentistry in the country can be found until 1931 when a minimum curriculum is established to any institution that provided a dentistry course. It also approaches the changes that the name of the profession has suffered, since its beginning as an art or trade, until its definite establishment as an autonomous profession. Between the years of 1856 and 1931 there were 10 relevant changes at the curriculum and the title obtained by those who successfully concluded the course has been changed six times. The legislation regarding the dentist profession in Brazil suffered during those years six times. The conclusion is that the problems faced by modern Brazilian dentistry are similar to those which existed at its beginning, and they are a consequence of the way the profession was developed in the country.

Este trabalho resume as alterações ocorridas na história da odontologia no Brasil entre os anos de 1856, quando ocorre o primeiro registro por escrito relacionando quais as exigências que se faziam para o exercício da odontologia no país até o ano de 1931 quando um currículo mínimo para todas as instituições que contassem com cursos superiores de odontologia é estabelecido. Esta tese aborda ainda as alterações pelas quais passou o nome da profissão, desde o seu aparecimento como arte ou ofício até o seu definitivo estabelecimento como profissão autônoma. Entre os anos de 1856 e 1931 houveram 10 alterações significativas no currículo exigido, até o estabelecimento do currículo mínimo e o título obtido pelo concluinte do curso passou por seis nomes distintos. A legislação que incide sobre a profissão de cirurgião-dentista neste período passou por seis alterações. A conclusão da tese é a de que os problemas que a odontologia moderna enfrenta são semelhantes àqueles enfrentados desde o começo da profissão, e que estes problemas são reflexos da maneira como a odontologia se desenvolveu no Brasil. / This thesis summarizes the changes that occurred in the history of dentistry in Brazil between 1856, when the first written requirements regarding the practice of dentistry in the country can be found until 1931 when a minimum curriculum is established to any institution that provided a dentistry course. It also approaches the changes that the name of the profession has suffered, since its beginning as an art or trade, until its definite establishment as an autonomous profession. Between the years of 1856 and 1931 there were 10 relevant changes at the curriculum and the title obtained by those who successfully concluded the course has been changed six times. The legislation regarding the dentist profession in Brazil suffered during those years six times. The conclusion is that the problems faced by modern Brazilian dentistry are similar to those which existed at its beginning, and they are a consequence of the way the profession was developed in the country.

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This work introduces a series of papers developed to explore the case for change in dental education. Three issues facing dental education are (a) the challenging financial environment of higher education, making dental schools very expensive and tuition-intensive for universities to operate and producing high debt levels for students, which limits access to education and restricts career choices; (b) the profession's apparent loss of vision for taking care of the oral health needs of all components of society and the resultant potential for marginalization of dentistry as a specialized health care service available only to the affluent; and (c) the nature of dental school education itself, which has been described as convoluted, expensive, and often deeply dissatisfying to its students. The theoretical rational for this work is that developing dental faculty from solely clinicians to academicians will allow for the curricular change so needed in dental education. Furthermore, it is curricular change that can lead to changes in the oral health profession.My work first explores the scientific nature of research into dental education to determine its ability to advance the profession. This study found that while there has been a small increase in the amount of rigorous dental education research in the past 10 years, it remains a small percentage of the overall research completed in the field. We then researched the effect of pedagogical training for dental clinicians and discovered predictors for those faculty members more likely to alter their methods to be more student centered. Our narrative research into faculty resistors (those unwilling to change) allowed us to identify themes that can alter our approach to future faculty development. And finally, we researched the effect of modern pedagogy on a course in the dental school curriculum. This research allowed us to justify curricular changes that improve efficiency and student performance.

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