ResumoIntrodução: Estudos que analizam a produção científica são fundamentais para orientar os pesquisadores. Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o perfil da produção científica na área de Odontologia em Saúde Pública, por meio dos resumos publicados nos Anais da Sociedade Brasileira Descritores: Pesquisa em odontologia; tendências; odontologia; Brasil; saúde pública. There was a predominance of scientific studies in comparison with systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or case reports. In the classification of general nature of the research, 71.28% concerned studies with human beings. The greatest weight in the total number of researches with humans was in 2002, contributing with 79.79% of the total. With regard to the area of thematic domain, it was verified that studies involving Epidemiology were more frequent in all the years. When analyzing the institutional origin of studies, it was verified that in all the studied years, the public universities were responsible for the majority of scientific publications, 75.6% (n=2315). Conclusion: The studies on Dentistry in Public Health have grown significantly in the studied period of ten years. There was predominance of Epidemiological studies, and those of the in vivo and scientific research type.