Cariology consensus for undergraduates at dental schools in the Caribbean region

Abreu‐Placeres, Ninoska; Grau-Grullón, Patricia; Naidu, Rahul; Garcı́a-Godoy, Franklin; Newton, Tim; Ekstrand, Kim R.; Pitts, Nigel; Valle, Lydia M. López del; Féliz-Matos, Leandro; Rivera, Y; González, Ramón F.; Santosh, Arvind Babu Rajendra; Morou-Bermúdez, Evangelia; Jácome-Liévano, Sofía; Martignon, Stefanía

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“…37 The CCC was implemented in universities in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. [38][39][40][41][42] A survey on the inclusion of cariology education in Spanish-speaking dental schools in LACCs showed that non-operative caries management strategies were not implemented on a regular basis. Moreover, the majority of schools reported focusing on all of the main topics of cariology except those related to behavioral sciences, microbiology, saliva and systemic diseases, caries risk factors, root caries, erosion, and early caries management strategies.…”

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Dental caries prevalence, prospects, and challenges for Latin America and Caribbean countries: a summary and final recommendations from a Regional Consensus

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Bönecker²,

Paiva

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Braz. oral res.

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Dental caries prevalence, prospects, and challenges for Latin America and Caribbean countries: a summary and final recommendations from a Regional Consensus

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Braz. oral res.

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“…In Colombia, after a consensus was achieved in cariology teaching for undergraduate students in 2012 among most dental schools (94%), CRA was designated as a learning objective. 168 This was also the case with the 100% consensus being achieved among 15 dental schools in the Caribbean region, 12 in the Dominican Republic, and 1 each in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. 169 In Brazil, information about caries risk is disseminated via Public health and Integrated seminars, risk factors, and determinants 170 and taught in a theoretical manner in most dental schools (94%).…”

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Risk factors for dental caries in Latin American and Caribbean countries

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Identifying the risk factors for dental caries is vital in epidemiology and clinical practices for developing effective preventive strategies, both, at the individual and collective levels. Different causality/determination models have been proposed to understand the development process of dental caries. In the present review, we designed a model inspired by the world-known social determinants models proposed in the 90s and more recently in the 10s, wherein the contextual factors are placed more externally and encompass the individual factors. The contextual factors included those related to the cultural and societal values, as well as the social and health government policies. The individual factors were classified into the following categories: socioeconomic (social class, occupation, income, and education level), demographic characteristics (age, sex, and ethnicity), behavioral factors (non-use of fluoride dentifrice, sugar consumption, poor oral hygiene, and lack of preventive dental care), and biological factors (recent caries experience/active caries lesions, biofilm retentive factors, developmental defects of the enamel, disabilities, saliva amount and quality, cariogenic biofilm). Each of these variables was addressed, while focusing on the current evidence from studies conducted in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACC). Based on the proposed model, educational aspects were addressed, and individual caries risk assessment and management decisions were proposed; further, implications for public health policies and clinical practice were described. The identification of modifiable risk factors for dental caries should be the basis for multi-strategy actions that consider the diversity of Latin American communities.

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“…10 From then on, a movement for the adoption of Cariology Curricula took place in various countries. [11][12][13][14][15][16] The Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health known as SESPO (Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y Salud Pública Oral) in conjunction with Alliance for a Caries Free Future (ACFF) established in 2019 the Spanish Chapter of ACFF. Its objectives include the following: "ACFF and its Chapters will work towards ensuring that ninety per cent of dental schools and dental associations accept the philosophy behind the 'new' approach of 'caries as a continuum' in order to improve dental caries prevention and management."…”

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“…Its objectives include the following: "ACFF and its Chapters will work towards ensuring that ninety per cent of dental schools and dental associations accept the philosophy behind the 'new' approach of 'caries as a continuum' in order to improve dental caries prevention and management." 16 The development of a Cariology Curriculum for dental degree students is one of the objectives of the Spanish chapter of the ACFF. 17…”

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Spanish Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students: Proceedings and consensus

Cortés-Martinicorena¹,

Ceballos

Martínez-Pérez

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Eur J Dental Education

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Introduction:Cariology is today a broad-based discipline and in the Spanish university teaching field, all this knowledge is not unified in a curriculum. Therefore, the aim was to develop a consensus text based on the European Core Curriculum, updated, and adapted to the characteristics of the Spanish university environment. Materials and Methods: A Spanish Cariology Curriculum Group (SCCG) was set up with members of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO), Spanish Society of Conservative and Aesthetic Dentistry (SEOC) and Spanish Society of Paediatric Dentistry (SEOP) and university experts to adapt the European Core Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students (ECCC) for Spain. The work was carried out online during 2018 and 2019, and also face-to-face meetings took place to obtain a draft curriculum open for discussion that was presented to all the Spanish universities. The final modifications to the document were specified in a Consensus Conference of Spanish universities offering a Degree in Dentistry that took place in Madrid on 19 November 2019. Results: Thirty-eight university experts, under SCCG supervision, participated in the elaboration of the new framework document. A total of 16 universities, from 23 invited, reached a consensus as to the contents of the Spanish Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students. This new Curriculum emphasises learning outcomes, uses a consensus-based terminology pertaining to caries and other hard-tissue conditions, and introduces a new domain of competence in Domain III of ECCC. Conclusion: This new Cariology Curriculum is the result of a very broad-based consensus of university experts in Spain and lays the foundation for the implementation of an integrated teaching of Cariology in Spain in adherence to Alliance for a Caries Free Future (ACFF) objectives.

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Cariology consensus for undergraduates at dental schools in the Caribbean region

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References 15 publications

Dental caries prevalence, prospects, and challenges for Latin America and Caribbean countries: a summary and final recommendations from a Regional Consensus

Dental caries prevalence, prospects, and challenges for Latin America and Caribbean countries: a summary and final recommendations from a Regional Consensus

Risk factors for dental caries in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Spanish Curriculum in Cariology for undergraduate dental students: Proceedings and consensus

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