Teaching oral and maxillofacial pathology and oral medicine in undergraduate and postgraduate in Latin America

• Samuel Trezena-Costa ^[7] ; Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli ^[7] ; Paulo Vitor Pereira Cardoso ^[8] ; Gerardo Gilligan ^[1] ; Janeth Liliam Flores ^[9] ; Wilfredo Alejandro González Arriagada ^[10] ; Claudia Pena Veja ^[11] ; Patricia Reiván Ortiz ^[12] ; Wilson Delgado Azañero ^[2] ; Ronell Bologna Molina ^[3] ; Mariana Villarroel Dorrego ^[13] ; Ricardo Martinez Pedraza ^[4] ; Fábio Ramoa Pires ^[5] ; Bruno Augusto Benevenuto de Andrade ^[6] ; Hercílio Martelli-Júnior ^[14]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

     Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

     Argentina

     
  2. [2] Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

     Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

     Perú

     
  3. [3] Universidad de la República

     Universidad de la República

     Uruguay

     
  4. [4] Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

     Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

     México

     
  5. [5] Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

     Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

     Brasil

     
  6. [6] Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

     Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

     Brasil

     
  7. [7] Health Science Postgraduate Program, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Dental School, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  8. [8] Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Dental School, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  9. [9] School of Dentistry, University of San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
  10. [10] Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile
  11. [11] Department of Pathology, National University Hospital of Colombia; Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Colombia, Colombia
  12. [12] School of Dentistry, Viña del Mar University, Chile
  13. [13] 0Central University of Venezuela, Caracas Venezuela
  14. [14] Health Science Postgraduate Program, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Dental School, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 4Center for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Dental School, University of José Rosario Vellano, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 30, Nº. 2 (march), 2025, págs. 192-198
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (OP) and Oral Medicine (OM) are specialties in dentistry responsible for diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions, and to best of our knowledge no information about teaching of OP and OM in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Latin America have been described. The aim of the present study was to evaluate dimensions related to the teaching of OP and OM in South America and Mexico.

    A structured questionnaire was elaborated and sent to 10 countries, with a professional in each country responsible for answering it. The questions were related to theoretical, laboratory, clinical activities, specialization, residency, master's and PhD courses, and to information from the legislation of OP and OM in each country.

    70% of the countries studied, the disciplines of OP and OM are compulsory with workload ranged from 60 to 660 hours. Seven countries have mandatory discipline of OP and 40% have laboratory activities with the study of histopathology. In the case of OM, 60% of the countries have theoretical classes and 40% have mandatory clinical practices. In all ten countries there are laws regulating the opening and operation of undergraduate courses in dentistry. Regarding to the teaching of the postgraduate, the most common was specialization, offered by seven countries, master's degree programs in six countries, while residency is offered by only two countries and the specific PhD in OP/OM offered only in Brazil. Only three countries do not offer postgraduate scholarships and two do not have a research funding agency.

    OP and OM are specialties offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate in Latin American countries, with small differences between teaching methodologies in undergraduate and type of training in postgraduate.