Dental education and proportion of inhabitants by Dentist in Angola

Moimaz, Suzely Adas Saliba; Songa, Marcial António Simão; Saliba, Nemre Adas; Saliba, Tânia Adas

doi:10.33448/rsd-v10i4.14356

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“…Interestingly, eight institutions currently provide undergraduate dentistry training; however, it is worth noting that all of them are privately operated, with no public institutions offering this programme. [ 37 ] Furthermore, it is worth noting that in Angola, OMFS stands as the sole domain of postgraduate dentistry in which certain public hospitals provide specialist training opportunities. [ 37 ]…”

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Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Availability of specialist training and different training pathways across Africa

Oyeyemi,

Rais,

Eguavoen

et al. 2024

J West Afr Coll Surg

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Background: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is the surgical specialty concerned with the treatment of a broad range of conditions that affect the head, face, mouth, neck, and jaw. In Africa, there is a paucity of information about the specialist training available to aspiring African Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Objective: This paper aimed at shedding light on the available OMFS specialist training programmes and training pathways across Africa. Materials and Methods: The authors searched on PubMed, AJOL, and Google Scholar using the keywords “Africa,” “Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,” “Residency,” “Postgraduate,” and “Education” and the individual African countries in English and official languages from inception till July 11, 2022. The authors utilised a questionnaire to interview native oral and maxillofacial surgeons and dentists in African countries where there were no published data on OMFS specialist training. Results: A total of 21 (38.8%) African countries had OMFS specialist training programmes (n = 69). The duration of training varies between 2 and 7 years. The number of training programmes per country ranges between one and thirteen. Countries with the most training programmes for OMFS in Africa are Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, and Algeria. Northern Africa and Central Africa had the most and least numbers of specialist training programmes in OMFS, respectively. Conclusion: There remains a disparity in the number of specialist training programmes available to aspiring African Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as compared with other parts of the world. This paper is intended to function both as a means of advocacy to increase funding and resources in support of the infrastructure and development of facilities for African OMFS specialist training programmes and also serve as a valuable reference for future research in OMFS.

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“…[ 37 ] Furthermore, it is worth noting that in Angola, OMFS stands as the sole domain of postgraduate dentistry in which certain public hospitals provide specialist training opportunities. [ 37 ]…”

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Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Availability of specialist training and different training pathways across Africa

Oyeyemi,

Rais,

Eguavoen

et al. 2024

J West Afr Coll Surg

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“…In West Africa, one dentist to a population of 750,000 in Sierra Leone, [20] one dentist to a population of 104,000 people in Ghana [21], one dentist to a population of about 100,000 people in Cameroon, [22]and one dentist to a population of about 40,000 people in Nigeria were reported respectively [23][24]. In other countries in African Region, one dentist to a population of about 688,613 people in Chad [25],one dentist to a population of 419,000 people in Malawi [26], one dentist to a population of 150,000 people in Zambia, [27] one dentist to a population of 66, 666 people in Lesotho, [28] and one dentist to a population of 43,460people in Angola were the reports from the countries [29]. The estimated average dentist to patient ratio across reported countries in Africa was 0.33 per 10000 people in African region, [30] with over 35000 dentists practicing in African region, [30]and it was the lowest among the World Health Organization reported average dentist to patient ratio in regions globally [30].…”

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Dental caries and access to oral health services among children and adolescents

Osadolor¹

2022

Janaki Med. Coll. J. Med. Sci.

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There are many social, economic, political and cultural factors that affect the ability of developing and resource poor countries to provide adequate oral health care for its people, including children and adolescents. Untreated carious teeth are common findings in African children, and Restorative index and Met Need Index among children and adolescents are very low. This could be as a result of limited access to oral health services in terms of cost, accessibility, awareness, acceptability and availability. Access tooral health care service among children for preventive, restorative, rehabilitative and curative purpose is important for optimal oral health and wellbeing of a child. Access to oral health services is limited in African countries, and carious teeth are often left untreated. The challenges associated with access to oral health care are common in African countries. They are faced with continuous oral health care delivery and access problems with variation in the availability of dentists between countries and poor funding for oral health. Most of the dentists that practice in African region are mostly delivering oral health services to children and adolescents in urban areas than rural areas. This can contribute to oral health inequalities among children and adolescents in slum areas, riverine areas, rural and remote areas. After searching articles from electronic databases, the aim of this article is to review the burden of dental caries, the dentist to patient ratio, Restorative index and Met need index of children and adolescents.

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“…A escassez de recursos humanos para a saúde (RHS) é uma preocupação global e 36 dos 57 países que enfrentam esta crise são africanos 7 . Três dos países africanos lusófonos (Moçambique, Angola e Guiné-Bissau) estão entre os mais afetados 8 . A África sofre escassez de cirurgiões-dentistas, embora a maioria dos estudos sobre distribuição de recursos humanos desconsiderem dados sobre a Odontologia, ou, quando o fazem, apresentam dados agregados com outras categorias profissionais 7 .…”

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Avaliação da trajetória profissional dos egressos de cursos de graduação em Odontologia de Angola

Tunguno,

Zanin,

Flório

2023

Rev ABENO

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O objetivo foi avaliar a trajetória profissional dos egressos dos cursos de graduação em Odontologia de Angola em função do tempo de formados. Estudo observacional transversal de natureza quantitativa, realizado com os egressos das seis instituições de ensino superior que já haviam formado turmas, dentre as quais a primeira se formou em 2006. Ao todo, 285 cirurgiões-dentistas foram convidados a preencher um questionário pré-testado semiestruturado para identificar o perfil socioeconômico e demográfico, profissional e acadêmico dos respondentes desde a sua formação até a vivência na pandemia de COVID-19. Os dados obtidos foram submetidos à análise descritiva e testadas as associações com o tempo de formado. A maioria dos egressos é do sexo feminino (73,3%), na faixa etária entre 30 e 39 anos (44,5%) e trabalha no setor público (30,1%). Menos de um quarto (20,6%) refere ter cursado pelo menos uma pós-graduação. A maioria (92,5%) se formou em Luanda, cidade em que reside a maior parte dos egressos (80,1%). Para 80,1%, o rendimento mensal médio é de até 10 salários mínimos (até 321.810,00 Kwanzas angolanos), considerado regular ou ruim pela maioria (77,4%). A pandemia de COVID-19 impactou bastante ou extremamente a vida profissional de 58,9% dos respondentes. Egressos formados até 2016 realizaram mais cursos de pós-graduação(p<0,05) e declararam ter maior rendimento mensal (p<0,05). Concluiu-se que os egressos de Odontologia de Angola se caracterizam por serem a maioria mulheres e graduados na capital. Quanto maior o tempo de formação profissional maior a titulação e satisfação com a renda.

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Dental education and proportion of inhabitants by Dentist in Angola

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Availability of specialist training and different training pathways across Africa

Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Availability of specialist training and different training pathways across Africa

Dental caries and access to oral health services among children and adolescents

Avaliação da trajetória profissional dos egressos de cursos de graduação em Odontologia de Angola

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