Introduction: The analysis of dentistry thesis in Peru, provides valuable information to optimize efforts related to solving oral health problems. Objective: To analyze undergraduate dental theses from Peruvian universities during 2015-2019. Method: Descriptive, associative and quantitative study. 1389 theses from 14 public and private universities were analyzed. The variables: university name and type, number of authors, access to full text, academic-professional areas, type of research and orientation to prevalent diseases in the oral cavity, year and origin region. Results: Of the total number of theses, access to the full text was obtained in 66.5%, an 87.7% had only one author and the 66.7% was descriptive research. The most frequent academic-professional areas of study were: Pediatric and Social Stomatology with 27% and Surgical Medical Stomatology with 20.4%. The orientation to de...

Introduction: The analysis of dentistry thesis in Peru, provides valuable information to optimize efforts related to solving oral health problems. Objective: To analyze undergraduate dental theses from Peruvian universities during 2015-2019. Method: Descriptive, associative and quantitative study. 1389 theses from 14 public and private universities were analyzed. The variables: university name and type, number of authors, access to full text, academic-professional areas, type of research and orientation to prevalent diseases in the oral cavity, year and origin region. Results: Of the total number of theses, access to the full text was obtained in 66.5%, an 87.7% had only one author and the 66.7% was descriptive research. The most frequent academic-professional areas of study were: Pediatric and Social Stomatology with 27% and Surgical Medical Stomatology with 20.4%. The orientation to de...