Oral medicine (stomatology) in Brazil: the first 50 years and counting

Alan Roger Santos-Silva; Marcio Ajudarte Lopes; Caique Mariano Pedroso; Ana Carolina Prado Ribeiro; Felipe Paiva Fonseca; Thaís Bianca Brandão; Luiz Alcino Monteiro Gueiros; André Caroli Rocha; Fabio Ramôa Pires; Águida Aguiar Miranda; Hercílio Martelli Júnior; Fabio de Abreu Alves; Marcelo Marcucci; Celso Augusto Lemos; Norberto Nobuo Sugaya; Gilberto Marcucci; Vinícius Coelho Carrard; Manoela Domingues Martins; Abel Silveira Cardoso; Cesar Augusto Migliorati

doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2022.01.018

Oral medicine (stomatology) in Brazil: the first 50 years and counting

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2022 Jul;134(1):57-64. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2022.01.018. Epub 2022 Feb 2.

Authors

Alan Roger Santos-Silva¹, Marcio Ajudarte Lopes², Caique Mariano Pedroso³, Ana Carolina Prado Ribeiro⁴, Felipe Paiva Fonseca⁵, Thaís Bianca Brandão⁶, Luiz Alcino Monteiro Gueiros⁷, André Caroli Rocha⁸, Fabio Ramôa Pires⁹, Águida Aguiar Miranda¹⁰, Hercílio Martelli Júnior¹¹, Fabio de Abreu Alves¹², Marcelo Marcucci¹³, Celso Augusto Lemos¹⁴, Norberto Nobuo Sugaya¹⁴, Gilberto Marcucci¹⁵, Vinícius Coelho Carrard¹⁶, Manoela Domingues Martins¹⁶, Abel Silveira Cardoso¹⁷, Cesar Augusto Migliorati¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor, Oral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Professor, Oral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ MSc Student, Oral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Oral Medicine Specialist, Serviço de Odontologia Oncológica, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Associate Professor, Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais.
⁶ Head of Service, Serviço de Odontologia Oncológica, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Associate Professor, Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Clinic and Preventive Dentistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
⁸ Oral Surgeon and Oral Medicine Specialist, Divisão de Odontologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ Professor, Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Post-graduation Program in Dentistry, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁰ Oral Surgeon and Oral Medicine Specialist, Serviço de Odontologia, Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial, Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹¹ Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Dental School, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Professor, Center for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Dental School, University of José Rosario Vellano, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
¹² Head of Service, Oral Medicine Department, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Associate Professor, Stomatology Department, Dentistry School, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Head, Department of Stomatology, Hospital Heliopolis, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
¹⁴ Associate Professor, Stomatology Department, Dentistry School, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁵ Professor, Stomatology Department, Dentistry School, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁶ Associate Professor, Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
¹⁷ Professor, Departamento de Patologia e Diagnóstico Oral, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁸ Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: Cmigliorati@dental.ufl.edu.

PMID: 35331676
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2022.01.018

Abstract

This review outlines the historical perspective, status, and future challenges of oral medicine (stomatology) in Brazil based on the records of the Brazilian Society of Stomatology and Oral Pathology (SOBEP) and the Brazilian Federal Dental Council as well as expert evidence input from academic leaders from 3 different generations of Brazilian oral medicine specialists. The beginning of oral medicine in Brazil dates to 1969, followed by the organization of SOBEP in 1974; however, official recognition as an independent specialty was achieved more recently within the Brazilian Federal Dental Council in 1992. After a 50-year maturation period of oral medicine in Brazil in terms of specialty crystallization across dentistry, medicine, and research, it is now time to follow the historical trends of the specialty internationally and establish a standard curriculum at a post-graduate level that will lead to uniformity of training for oral medicine in Brazil.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brazil
Curriculum
Dentists
Forecasting
Humans
Oral Medicine*