Abstract

SUNDEFELD, Maria Lúcia Marçal Mazza; MORENO, Amália  and  SANTO, Márcia Regina do Espírito. La enseñanza de bioestadística en las facultades de odontología de Brasil: Presente o ausente?. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.2, pp.306-312. ISSN 0001-6365.

The National Institute of Study and Research of the Ministry of Education in Brazil states that there are 169 Schools of Dentistry in 2006. At the School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP, Brazil, this Biostatistics discipline is included in the course with 90 credit hours a year. An interrelationship with other professors has been developed for some years using database of different dental fields. The aim of this research is to get acquainted with the teaching of Biostatics at schools of dentistry in Brazil. The methodology applied was to send the questionnaire to all the coordinators of the courses. As for the result of 80 questionnaires answered, 48 stated the inclusion of Biostatistics in their program studies. Only in 3 schools Biostatistics is taught all over the year in "61 to 90" hours. The conclusion is that the teaching of Biostatistics must be incentivated in all schools of dentistry in Brazil.

Keywords : Biostatistics; education; school of dentistry.