The purpose of this article is to analyze part of the oral health situation in Argentina. A decentralized federal state, made up of twenty-four jurisdictions with political autonomy, twenty-three provinces, and an autonomous city. Dental caries affects more than half of the population and is the most common pathology in school-age children. The average DMFT at 12 years is 5.11. Every year 3000 new cases of oral cancer are confirmed. The National Directorate of Bucodental Health is recognized as the rector of the actions related to the oral health component and implements the following programs: National Oral Cancer Program, National Oral Rehabilitation Program and Prevention and Primary Oral Assistance Program. Focused on strengthening the first level of care with a model of resolute capacity with transdisciplinary teams, developing a monitoring system and unifying the dental clinical re...

La educación odontológica ha atravesado diferentes retos en los últimos años, la Odontopediatria no queda exenta de estos cambios. Las competencias del odontopediatra se desarrollan en un escenario distinto al de hace una década atrás. Estos cambios responden a nuevos paradigmas planteados desde la evidencia cientifica, las nuevas tecnologías y el medio.

El propósito del presente artículo es analizar parte de la situación de salud bucal en Argentina. Un estado federal descentralizado, conformado por veinticuatro jurisdicciones con autonomía política, veintitrés provincias y una ciudad autónoma. La caries dental afecta a más de la mitad de la población y es la patología más frecuente en los niños en edad escolar. El CPOD promedio a los 12 años es de 5,11. Cada año se confirman 3000 nuevos casos de cáncer bucal. La Dirección Nacional de Salud Bucodental se reconoce como rectora de las acciones referentes al componente bucal de la salud e implementa los siguientes programas: Programa Nacional de Cáncer Bucal, Programa Nacional de Rehabilitación Bucodental y Programa de Prevención y Asistencia Primaria Bucodental. Centrados en fortalecer el primer nivel de atención con un modelo de capacidad resolutiva con equipos transdi...

Objective: To analyze child oral health training background, habits and knowledge in a group of pediatric graduate students and recently graduated pediatricians. Materials and methods: A descriptive study using an anonymous self-administered 18-item survey sent via Google Forms to students and graduates of a master’s program in Pediatrics from Universidad Maimonides in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results: Sixty participants completed the survey: 80 % were women, most of them with no children, who were pursuingone of the three years of a master’s program or had less than two years of clinical experience. Out of the respondents, 78.9 % did not usually record information on oral health in the patients’ medical records, and 72 % failed to establish the prevalence of cavities in relation to other childhood illnesses. Misconceptions were also found regarding cavities ...