Abstract

ESCOBAR, Alfonso  and  VELEZ, Luis Fernando. Teaching of Cariology at the College of Dentistry, Universidad CES, Medellin, Colombia. CES odontol. [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.2, pp.105-120. ISSN 0120-971X.

The purpose of this article is to discuss in detail the problems related to teaching dental students, in a holistic manner oriented at developing a unified concept of diseases of dento-bacterial origin in order to properly analyze and understand dental caries and periodontal diseases, both sharing etiological factors which allow clinicians and researchers to define them as a complex, multifactorial disease with a very strong social component. In this article, the authors present thirty years of experience at the College of Dentistry, Universidad CES, Medellin, teaching dental caries and periodontal diseases in a comprehensive manner, comparing their methodology with the model proposed by the European Community and the ACFF (Alliance for a caries free future) in Colombia, based on the development of competences.

Keywords : Oral diseases; Dental caries; Periodontal disease; Multifactorial; Common causes; Competencies; European Unión.

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