Among the projects of restructuring and expansion of UFRGS for 2010, which promises to have most impact is the creation of evening course dental, already approved by the Board of Education, Research and Extension (Cepe). With classes exclusively at night, the traditional training has been redesigned and will require eight years of study (16 semesters) for students to be able to meet 18-22 hours per week.
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This concrete example, from Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) show us how you can capitalize on resources available for the training of technicians of oral medicine, there are means and there is need for a greater number of oral health specialists to meet population.
Also here, in Portugal, should be focusing on diversifying the offer, the level of the various valences of oral health, using the resources available and providing an alternative pathway for training for adults already employed and who have not had the opportunity to train while young.
Here is the challenge to the various faculties of oral medicine across the country to set up courses also identical to post-employment courses diurnal regime, with appropriate adjustments to the curriculum. Would answer to the large demand for training and, moreover, would be more a formula to enable substantial increases in resources in the area of oral health, yet so scarce in the face of tremendous current basic needs of the population of our country, in terms of oral health.
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