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Faculty of Dentistry
The Faculty of Dentistry provides scientific, technical, humanistic, and social education to train professionals committed to improving the oral health of the population.
The Faculty of Dentistry performs the essential functions of University to meet the social and educational demands of the local, national, and international context.
Academic Offerings
Undergraduate Courses
Technical Degree Courses, Teacher Training Programs and Undergraduate Courses
- Technical degree in dental prosthesis
- Technical degree in dental assistant
- Dentistry
- Intermediate tittle: Dental assistant
Posgraduate Courses
PhD Programmes
- Dentistry
Specializations
- Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics
- Dentistry for children and adolescents
- Periodontics
- Prosthodontics
- Restorative dentistry
- +600
- students
- 7
- Graduate courses
- +12.000
- patients/year
- 1
- Scientific journal
Research
Center for Oral Health Research: research activities focus on oral cancer, prevalent oral diseases (e.g. tooth decay and periodontal diseases), disability-related diseases, and technological development. Research results are published in the Faculty of Dentistry own journal.
Community Services
Existing Programs: "Vamos al dentista" (Let´s go to the dentist), "Salud bucal en tu escuela" (Oral health at School), "ODONTO IEC", and "Sonríe comunidad" (A smiling community). These programs promote social inclusion among lower income sectors.
Existing Programs:“Vamos al dentista”(Let ́s go to the dentist),"Salud bucal en tu escuela" (Oral health at School), "ODONTOIEC" (notify, learn and communicate), and "Sonríe comunidad" (A smiling community). These programs promote social inclusion among lower income sectors.
In addition to this, the Faculty provides oral health care services at Campus facilities:
- Maternal and Child Odontological Center(COMI)
- Dental Care Center for the Disabled
- Dental Care Center for the Elderly(COAM)
- Guard,Diagnosis and Derivation of Patients Service
- Orofacial Pain Treatment Service
- Diagnostic Imaging Service
- Pathological Anatomy Service
- Psychology Service
History
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1950
Creation of the School of Dentistry - dependent on the School of Medicine (National Decree Law).
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1975
The Acting Dean of the Faculty of Medicine requests the creation of the Degree Course in Dentistry.
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1980
Graduation of the first group of Dentists.
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1986
the School changed its name to Faculty of Dentistry
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2015
Creation COMI (Maternal and Child Odontological Center)
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2017
New oral health office (Dental Center Reserach)
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