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Towards FDI-Salvador’2010 a bit of Brazil and some of its attractions. The city of Salvador and the Brazilian Dentistry, represented by ABO National, are looking forward to receive with open arms the FDI and dentists from all around the world. Pages 6, 7 and 12
Lacer da Elevator connects the High City to the Low City
Brazil, a country-continent of 190 thousand inhabitants, is the host of the next World Congress of the World Dental Federation (FDI), the highest entity of Dentistry that represents approx. 1 million dentists. From September 2 nd to 5th of next year, the city of Salvador, in the northeast region of Brazil, that is famous for its natural beauty, architecture recognized as cultural heritage, regional cuisine and a lively and hospitable people, is
preparing to receive the world Dentistry. For FDI’2010 more than 15 thousand professionals are expected, from all around the world, who will discuss the central theme of the event, Oral Health for All Challenges and Solutions. The World Parliament, consisting of 140 member-countries of FDI, and the dental market, with around 300 global companies, will be also part of this scenario. This JABO special edition shows
Pelourinho: dec lared Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO
2020, a world without caries Page 4
Rio de Janeiro: FDI launches the Initiative Global Anticaries, with ABO’s support
Improvement in dental education
More quality: ABO with Secretary and Minister of Education, in Brasilia
In an open letter launched in Brasília (Federal District), last March, ABO National defends better conditions for the Brazilian dental education. The document was handed to the Minister of Education, Fernando Haddad, and to other governmental authorities. ABO fights to close schools of bad performance and to reduce vacancies in those schools of medium performance, as assessed by the Ministry of Education. In 10 years, while the population grew 17%, the number of dentists increased by 82%. Page 9
Brazil in the FDI In 109 years of FDI’s history, this is the first time a Latin American is elected to chair the world entity. The Brazilian Roberto Vianna, a full professor, researcher and manager, takes over the FDI in a special moment, when Brazil is getting prepared to host the 2010 World Congress. Also in Singapore, Norberto Lubiana, president of ABO National, runs for reelection to the FDI Council, supported by the whole Latin America. Page 5
Brazil Smiling In 5 years, the Oral Health National Policy, Brazil Smiling reached to 4.5 thousand municipalities, providing dental care to
86.5 million people. By the end of this year, more than 40 million kits with toothbrush and toothpaste, for adults and children, will be available through the Oral Health Teams. Page 11
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BRAZILIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
Brazil is waiting for you
Registered with the National Council under No. 110.006/54, on January 12, 1955. Affiliated with FDI and Fola/Oral. Administrative head office: Rua Vergueiro, 3153 conj. .82 e 83 - CEP 04101-300 - São Paulo – SP. Brasil. Telefax: (+5511) 5083.4000. E-mail: abo@abo.org.br - Sites: www.abonacional.com or www.abo.org.br
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FDI chose Brazil to host its 2010 World Congress, which will be held from September 2nd to 5th, in Salvador, Bahia, one of the most exciting and festive Brazilian cities that fascinates all those who visit it. Due to the cultural multiplicity, the sun shining during the whole year and the contagious joy of its people Salvador is your destination in 2010. Earlier, in Singapore, the Brazilian Dentistry takes part in the FDI’2009, and attends the take office of the Brazilian Roberto Vianna as the first Latin American president elected to the main position of the worldwide Dentistry. Also, in this occasion, Brazil competes to the re-election to the position of FDI’s Councilors. In the next pages, you can “walk” through Brazilian natural beauties and learn about ABO’s major achievements that contribute to strengthen the profession and to reach the optimal oral health for all. In a partnership with FDI, the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations (IFDEA), ABO met representatives from all continents in Rio de Janeiro, in last July, to discuss the reality of caries across the globe and reflect on strategies to minimize the incidence of the disease up to its absolute control. The results of the Rio Caries Conference will lead to new meetings in other countries, echoing in its public policies and building a global solution to the caries in an international and interdisciplinary way. In Brazil, this process is at an advanced stage, and ABO operates with the public power in seeking to broaden the National Policy for Oral Health and various initiatives that would bring to the Brazilian reality the ideals advocated in major international forums of Dentistry to improve oral health. As a result, the country is ahead of world Dentistry to expand the global role of dentists in the society, to develop their science and technology in a sustainable manner and to gain the position of the largest chain of continuing dental education on the planet. ABO’s mission is to promote the Brazilian Dentistry nationally and internationally, to enhance the dentist in the technical, scientific and socio-cultural context and to contribute to the policy of promoting oral health to the population. In recent years, with its increasing international interaction, the entity has extended its noble mission beyond the huge boundaries from Brazil, leading the Brazilian dentist to new horizons and bringing the international Dentistry to the country that is, in an exemplary fashion, surpassing the major barriers that still restrain the oral health to all nations of the world. Norberto Francisco Lubiana FDI’s Councilor Fola’s Chief Executive Officer President of ABO National
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WHO: fighting for health prevention World Health Organization (WHO), the world’s most important health agency, faces the challenge of coordinating, monitoring and deciding on actions to be taken related to the first global pandemic of the last 41 years, the one of the influenza A (H1N1) infection. In June, the organization’s emergency committee decided to increase the warning level to the highest, from stage 5 to 6, the top of the scale, still defined as of “moderate severity”. The warning was issued due to an increase of virus infection cases in the Unites States, Europe, Australia and South America. In the official report, the WHO asks the nations neither to close their borders nor to restrict travels and the trade. So far, in July, a total of 134.500 cases have been reported to the WHO totaling 816 deaths. Several companies in the pharmaceutical segment are working on the development of a vaccine for the new kind of Influenza A virus H1N1 that is expected to be approved for sale in September. While monitoring the cases of the virus worldwide, the WHO defends health as a shared responsibility involving equal access to collective
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care and community protection of the individuals’ general well being. Because of that, there are several campaigns scheduled, already in progress, such as the Save Lives: CleanYour Hands, Women Health, and Africa’s Health. Save lives: Clean your hands This WHO campaign, in which ABO officially participates, emphasizes washing hands as a primary attitude to reduce infections and the transmission of diseases related to health service. Washing hands is one of the ways to prevent contamination by the Influenza A virus (H1N1) and is also an important measure of bio-safety in the health area. The WHO, to encourage this simple and essential measure among all health professionals’ categories, especially the ones who directly manage patients, emphasizes that this preventive attitude against infections and transmissions of diseases can even avoid deaths. ABO National, ABO Network and UniABO - Education Continuing Schools are already officially participating in this campaign with the objective to warn dentists and dentistry assistant professionals to the subject, and also motivating them to spread this information out to their patients, friends and
relatives. The movement to stimulate the correct way of washing hands is part of a broader program of the WHO, the “Clean Care is Safer Care” and is being implemented worldwide. The initiative has received the support of many organizations, institutions and companies in the health area, like hospitals, universities and clinics. The participants and the people interested in the campaign can access the WHO’s website at (www.who.int/gpsc/5may/en/) an extensive material about the theme, which is going to be translated to other languages soon, for viewing and downloading. The organization also recommends more than 60 scientific publications that discuss hands’ hygiene.
Brazilian program to fight AIDS is reference worldwide The Unified Health System (SUS), which regulates the public health service in Brazil, has as one of its main features the basic health care, which foresees the performance of teams of professionals closest to the population, establishing a link with them and increasing their commitment and responsibility with patients and communities. But the actions and services of this system are also determined by the implementation of health programs and campaigns, created by the federal government and structured to meet Brazilians’ needs and specific health needs. Some of them are Brazil Smiling Program, in oral health (see more on page 11); Donate Organs. Donate Life, which encourages the donation of organs; Popular Pharmacy program, which provides essential medicines at lower cost; Samu 192, which organizes and speeds up the assistance provided to people in emergencies; Combating Dengue, among others. One of these measures that most stands out is the National Program of STD (sexually transmitted diseases) and AIDS, which began to be built before the creation of the SUS in 1988. In 1986, there were still many doubts, mistakes and fear in relation to AIDS, but the scientific information about it was already starting to be gathered and both government and civil society were articulating and organizing themselves to act. In this context the National Program was created with the mission of reducing the incidence of HIV and of the disease, improving the quality of life of individuals and fighting for their rights.
Further information: www. who.int/gpsc/5may/en/ Women Health and Health in Africa The World Health Organization’s public health actions this year are aimed to the strategic needs of the African people and the African women. For Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO’s director-general, the key points of this program are promoting development, fostering health security, strengthening health systems, harnessing research, information and evidence, enhancing partnerships and improving performance. Developing countries The WHO points out the reasons that support the special attention that
the African woman should receive, within the principles of public health for developing countries: 1- Tobacco: the tobacco consumption rates among women have been increasing rapidly. 2-Aids: 61% of adults infected with Aids in Sub-Saharian Africa are women 3-Violence: 15 to 71% of women are victims of physical and sexual violence, and one out of five women is sexually abused before the age of 15 4- Early marriages are in decline, but 100 million of young people are going to marry before they turn 18 years old in the next 10 years. This represents 1/3 of the female teenagers in the developing countries (with the exception of China), who end up being victims of the lack of instruction about sex and the risks of the sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. 5- 14 million of teenagers will become mothers each year, more than 90% of them being in developing countries 6- Every day, 1,600 women and over 10 thousand new born babies die because of predictable complications due to delivery and birth. Almost 99% of the maternal deaths and 90% of the new born ones take place in the developing countries
Fight against tobacco in Brazil After approval of decree prohibiting smoking in collective closed settings in São Paulo, other Brazilian states and municipalities are also joining the measure
So the guidelines began to be established for the improvement of public services offered to patients with AIDS and other STDs: reduction of HIV transmission and syphilis from mother to baby during the gestation; increasing the coverage of diagnosis and treatment of STDs and of HIV infection; preventive actions for women and people with greater vulnerability; fighting stigma and discrimination, among others. Access to medicines In 1996, the National Program of STD and AIDS took one of the most important steps in the creation of the federal law that provides universal and free distribution, through the SUS structure, of specific medicines, the antiretroviral, to HIVpositive patients and to AIDS patients throughout the country. This was an “early” measure of Brazil in relation to other countries in fighting HIV and AIDS, and it became the reference program all over the world. In parallel to this, clinical examinations also began to be offered by the public service, both to check the contamination by the virus or not, and to monitor HIV positive patients. These developments - politi-
cal, social and scientific - have caused a significant reduction of deaths by AIDS. According to the Ministry of Health, with the time, the antiretroviral distribution strategy was effective not only in improving and extending patient’s life, but also in saving resources. The Brazilian program is also considered reference for its steady action before large antiretroviral manufacturing laboratories. On several occasions the federal government ordered the compulsory licensing of these drugs, which determines the breakdown of the patent by the country and allows the import of generic versions of the product, which cost much less. Another important feature of the program is the active participation of the civil society. Before its creation, the first non-governmental organizations dedicated specifically to this question were founded, in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. And up to now organizations and movements of the civil society work in partnership with the government in the development of projects and campaigns, as well as addressing demands of patients and of general population.
São Paulo state has taken an important step in the struggle against tobacco, in May 2009, approving the decree prohibiting smoking in closed collective environments, either public or private. Effective since August, this law prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants, nightclubs, common areas in condominium and hotels, cabs and authorities’ vehicles. The law vetoes even the places specifically designated for smoking in private companies and also forbids the use of cigarillos, cigars and tobaccopipes. Smoking will only be allowed on the streets and in places designated for smoking, such as tobacco shops. According to the law, companies and institutions will be responsible for its execution and failure in complying with it will result in a fine and possible loss of the establishment’s license. There is no punishment foreseen to the smoker. By implementing this law, São Paulo state and Brazil come close to other cities and countries that have taken strict measures to encourage the reduction of cigarette and tobacco derivatives consumption. And the idea continues to spread throughout the country. Rio de Janeiro and Paraná states have already been preparing bills very similar to the one approved in São Paulo. In the cities of Goiania (capital of Goiás) and Recife (capital of Pernambuco) the measure is already effective.
Moreover, in April, the Brazilian government raised about 30%, in average, the tax on cigarettes sold in the country, resulting on a product price increase to the final consumer. Last year the Ministry of Health developed new images and phrases with stronger messages, to be printed on cigarettes package. This kind of warning is considered an important tool to reduce the number of smokers and it has also been chosen as this year’s theme of World No Tobacco Day. ABO has been supporting the fight against tobacco and the measures that have been taken in the country towards this goal. Since 2007, when the organization created a seal with an antismoking message, all ABO’s environments became 100% tobacco free. Thus, smoking is forbidden in all branches, schools, clinics, meetings, conferences and other spaces at ABO Network, formed by 321 cells throughout Brazil.
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Global Caries Initiative: The target is a caries-free world by 2020 Launched in Rio de Janeiro, the Global Caries Initiative aims to outline strategies for a world free of caries disease by 2020. The initiative is promoted by the FDI, International Association for Dental Research (IADR), International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations (IFDEA), with the support of ABO National Federation (Fola), the chief Dental Offices and universities of these countries,” said the FDI’s executive-director, David Alexander. Fola’s president, Adolfo Rodríguez, acknowledged the entity’s importance in the Initiative: “In this globalized world, we must to put our countries into a single unified position to support oral health. We must also encourage more practical researches, new intervention procedures, among others.
The Rio Caries Conference gathered together the following speakers: Annemarie Schuller (Netherlands), Gilberto Pucca Jr, coordinator of Oral Health of the Ministry of Health (chief dental officer), Armando Hernandez (Mexico), Ana Maria Acevedo (Venezuela), Amid Ismail, Ramon Baez, Patrick Ferrillo, Dan Meyer (USA), Stefania Martignon (Colombia), Jaime Cury, Samuel Moysés (Brazil) and Nermin Yamalik (Turkey).
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In 15 minutes, ABO has become allied to FDI Call to Action: at the end of the Rio Caries Conference, the first meeting
aunched in last July, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Global Caries Initiative aims to outline strategies for a world free of caries by 2020, through coordinated action for a global alliance involving research, education, practice, public health, dental industry, civil society and governments. The initiative is promoted by the World Dental Federation (FDI), International Association for Dental Research (IADR), International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations (IFDEA), with the support of ABO National. The project was launched at the Rio Caries Conference, in partnership with ABO National. It was held during the International Denta Congress of ABO Rio de Janeiro, and from this first meeting, a document ‘Call to Action’ will be drafted, coordinated by the chairman of the event, Roberto Vianna, who takes over as presi-
“Many important issues were raised at the first conference. We have many challenges ahead, so it is important we keep together,” added Vianna. And the chairman of ABO National, Norberto Lubiana, concluded: “With the union between the entities and speakers from all over the world, we will build better days for Dentistry and oral health. In the conference objective a political component must be included. One cannot rely only on available resources. The entities have to come together to request more resources to the health, from government”.
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dent of FDI in Singapore. According to FDI’s president, Burton Conrod, five conferences will be held in three years. Another two ones will happen later this year, in Singapore and in New York. “The target is to motivate the professionals and seek control of caries by the year 2020,” said Conrod.
Latin America more united The first Conference was specially addressed to actions in the Latin America, and the expectations are good. “We are sure that the Latin American professionals will be able to develop strategies for change. We will meet soon with the Latin American Dental
Conrod (FDI) with regions of Latin America (Lubiana), Europe (Seeberg), Asia (Wong) and Africa (China)
Burton Conrod, FDI’s president, emphasized once again, during the opening of the 19th Ciorj, the important role of ABO in the world entity - it is the largest delegation - and the scientific weight that Brazil has in the international community. Conrod reported he had first met ABO’s president, Norberto Lubiana, in 2003. “He had made a 14-hour trip to speak for 15 minutes about ABO to the FDI’s Council. In that short period of time, he showed how strong ABO is, and
since then the organization is increasingly showing its value, and it has also volunteer for the worldwide launch of the Global Caries Initiative, here in Rio”. Furthermore, Burton said he have reached three of his main objectives: elect Roberto Vianna for the presidency of FDI - he takes its office in Singapore; bring to Brazil the Rio Caries Conference, held in Rio in July, and the Annual Congress of FDI - 2010, which will be held in Salvador, from September 2nd to 5th .
The science and practice of Cariology Nigel Pitts, president of Orca and a respected international researcher, provided a course on Cariology, promoted by ABO National, in Rio de Janeiro “Since we have so much knowledge in Cariology, why don’t we end the threat of caries”? From this issue, Nigel Pitts, one of the most respected researchers in Cariology, provided a special course in July, promoted by ABO National, during the International Dental Congress of ABO Rio de Janeiro (Ciorj), complementing and extending the topics discussed at the Global Caries Conference. Pitts, who is also president of the European Organization for Research in Cariology (Orca) and member of the European Association for Dental Public Health and the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), began talking about the current scientific evidences on
Nigel Pitts, in the ABO course, in Rio: transfering knowledge about Cariology
caries, its consequences and control, and the consensus about it. The researcher also presented the International Caries Detection & As-
sessment System (ICDAS), developed to assist in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease and the exchange of clinical information
through codes relating to many different types of carious lesions. In order to answer the original question, Pitts discussed about the difficulties
of putting into practice the evidences raised on Cariology and concepts that should also be changed in the process of knowledge transfer.
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A Brazilian assumes the Presidency of FDI in Singapore In FDI’2009, the Brazilian Roberto Vianna will take over as president of the entity, the first Latin American elected to that position. Brazil is also represented by Norberto Lubiana, president of the ABO National who will compete for re-election as FDI adviser. These are important victories and the result of a hard work to increase Latin American Dentistry internationally 2009 edition of the FDI Annual World Dental Congress, in Singapore, is very special for the Latin American and Brazilian Dentistry. In the event, the Brazilian Roberto Vianna takes over as FDI president, the first Latin American to be elected to the post in 109 years of the entity. Vianna will occupy the chair of the Canadian Burton Conrod, after stayed for two years as president elect. The inauguration ceremony is celebrated with the traditional parade of flags of countries-members of the FDI and the delivery of the necklace bearing all the names of ex-executives to the new president.
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Another high point for Brazil in FDI’2009 is the participation of the President of ABO National, Norberto Lubiana, who is Adviser of FDI and compete for re-election of the office this year. Lubiana has the support of all countries that compose the Latin American Dental Federation (Fola). Furthermore, Brazil, represented by ABO, is a regular member of the FDI and participates in the General Assembly Meetings with the largest delegation, with the right to voice, to vote and be voted. The Assemblies are the World Dental Parliament where actions for Dentistry all over the world are discussed. With the par-
ticipation of ABO, all Brazilian dentists - not just those associated with the entity - may participate in the event paying special prices. These important victories for the Brazilian Dentistry and of all Latin America -which concentrates 30% of dentists worldwide -,and the choice of the Brazilian city of Salvador (Bahia) to host the FDI’2010, are the result of a global
work done by ABO in the last five years, led by Norberto Lubiana. “Today we are seen as politically important and because we are showing that we have science, qualified industry and articulation capability that can help transform Dentistry worldwide,” says the president of ABO.
Professor, researcher and executive The newest president of FDI, Roberto Vianna, is a multifaceted professional who represents very well the recognized and respected Brazilian Dentistry, by accumulating experience in the scientific, academic and institutional policy areas. The dentist Vianna, graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, have a Master Degree in Pediatric Dentistry from the Indiana University (USA). The doctorate was also at UFRJ, where for 38 years now he is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry Department. Vianna is also chairman of the Collaborating Center for Research and Promotion on Oral Health of the World Health Organization (WHO) at UFRJ, besides working at his own dental office. His history in FDI is not recent. Vianna works in the International Federation since 1977, when he coordinated the Local
Scientific Committee of the Annual Congress which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1981. Afterwards he participated as a member of Committees on Education, Communication and the World Dental Development and Health Promotion, and was elected to the Council, remaining there from 2000 to 2006. Vianna also contributes to the Brazilian Society for Dental Research (SBPqO-IADR) and is part of the Scientific Committee of the American Dental Association Journal (JADA). As for his associative activities, the dentist is a member of ABO for many years, having held important positions at ABO Rio de Janeiro, and since 1977 he participates in the Executive Council of ABO National. Challenges of the Presidency Among the projects of Roberto Vianna for his activities as president of FDI the main ones are to increase the interchange among the member associations from 134 countries; pro-
mote the organization among all dentists strengthening his role as the profession spokesman; increasingly use digital media and informatics in establishing a database on FDI; enhance the profession with governments and states all over the world; and, as a Brazilian citizen, spread the gains of the country in science and public health and seek support for the universalization of the provision and promotion of health services.. But Vianna do not forget the responsibilities and challenges that come with the position. “A leader must recognize the need to build partnerships, yielding and negotiating important aspects, but, never leaving aside the issues he considers essential. And a big challenge for any administrator is to keep calm when everybody around have lost it and to deal with something that has not gone well, but for sure can be improved.”
ABO signs international agreements with benefits for Brazilians
Advancing Dentistry at the Crossroads of the World
The FDI Annual World Dental Congress is not the biggest event of the world only due to its institutional and political relevance, but also because it includes an extensive scientific program and strong commer-
cial exhibition presenting the main novelties of the sector. In 2009 Congress, in Singapore, the program follows the topic Advancing Dentistry at the Crossroads of the World, covering more than 80 activities between courses, lectures and forums, presented by important experts from various parts of the world. Some of the topics covered are: Implantology – The State of the Science; Management of Dentine Hypersensitivity; AIDS, Hepatitis and Emerging Diseases – An Update; Dental Care of the Medically Compromised Patient; Changing Concepts in Restoring Teeth; A Closer Look at the Science to Prevent and Management Caries Globally; Oral Cancer in Asia, among others.
One of the main objectives of the current board of ABO National - that is in its second term - is to increase the exchange, international visibility and recognition of both the Brazilian Dentistry and the entity. This has been achieved in the political, institutional and scientific fields. But, beyond this greater visibility, this work has provided more benefits to all Brazilian dentists. The ABO is signing, for years now, agreements with organizations and institutions of different countries, aiming to provide the professional with opportunity to scientific updating and to facilitate their participation in events worldwide. One of the main agreements signed with the American Dental Association (ADA) allows Brazilians to participate in the annual congress of the entity paying registration fee equal to that of ADA members. The Brazilian organization has also a partnership with the New York University (NYU), and together they promoted last March, in the USA, the Week of Dental Implants Updating and the Week of Dental Aesthetics, with courses presented by renowned experts. The certificates were issued by ABO and the NYU. In the U.S.A., the Brazilian Den-
ABO’s Directors, Brazil chief dental officer and Mozambique’s authorities
tal Association has also signed agreements with the largest publisher of the world of dental newspapers and magazines, the Dental Tribune International (DTI). It was determined that the DTI will insert its newspaper within the ABO Journal (JABO) and that the two scientific journals will be published in Brazil by the entity. Africa ABO is also maintaining close contact and signing agreements of scientific and academic collaboration to execution and participation in events with the Portuguese Dental Association, Korean Dental Association, Bulgarian Dental Association, Japan Dental Association, and European Organization for Caries Research (Orca). The Brazilian entity still main-
tains relationship with organizations of countries that compose the Southern Common Market : Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The last meeting took place in the event of the Dental Confederation of Argentina and promoted the exchange of information and the study of strategies to improve the control of dentist migration in the region, among other subjects. At the end of 2008, representatives of ABO were also invited by the Brazilian government to visit the African country, Mozambique. The target is to make Brazil the reference for implementation of an oral health policy in the country, as Brazil Smiling, with the support of the entity. Mozambique’s Dentists are also studying in ABO’s Continuing Education Schools, in Brazil
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Brazil, a country-continent of 190 million inhabitants ue to its size of continental proportions, or especially due to its ethnic diversity that formed its population of almost 190 million inhabitants, Brazil is a country that has much of everything. Cultural diversity, big natural landscapes and magnificent constructions are also some of the elements of postcards of the fifth largest country in the world, from North to South. In Brazil, a destination leads to another. The beaches, distributed over seven thousand kilometers of coastline, is the business card of the country. Bahia alone has over a thousand kilometers of beaches. The city of Porto Seguro, 730 km from Salvador, is the starting point for those who want to learn the first pages of Brazil’s history, to practice ecotourism, sports, walking, eating well, or just relax - a natural paradise which offers history, entertainment, culture, art and natural beauty. It has 90 km of beaches protected by coral reefs, rivers, streams, coconut trees and an exuberant Atlantic Forest. Another Bahia’s coastal town on the route of Brazil’s discovery
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is Arraial da Ajuda that in 1970s was rediscovered by hippies attracted by the casual style of living, simplicity and the natural exuberance of the place. At latitude 17º - same location as Bali and other mystic addresses - the city attracts adventurers seduced by the esoteric and unique atmosphere that surrounds the city. It is not coincidence that Arraial is called “corner of the world’ where different cultures meet and complete themselves. Big international stars have already been captivated by the charming place: Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacker, Robert de Niro, Richard Gere and Jimmy Cliff among others. In addition to Bahia’s beaches, among the most disputed ones in Brazil are the famous Ipanema and Copacabana, on the Rio de Janeiro coast; Joaquina, in the south, host of national and international surfing championships, and archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, declared patrimony of humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Amazon is also one of the
icons of global ecology and biodiversity, what causes great pride to Brazilians. It is located in the north of the country, with an area of about 5.5 million km². It is also considered the largest equatorial forest in the world, occupying 61% of the national territory and extrapolating the borders of Brazil. Those who have already been in Amazon can proudly say that they know an original Brazil. There, activities range from boat tours on the region’s rivers to different kinds of expeditions through the jungle, with guided hikes on trails and observation of the rich flora and fauna. For those who do not want adventure, it is enough to lie down on a hammock and enjoy its diverse landscape. The South of Brazil also reserves natural treasures that enchant and surprise even the most experienced travelers. Among the most visited attractions is Foz do Iguaçu, a city located in the Triple Frontier, among Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Its largest attraction is the 275 waterfalls of about 60 m known as Iguassu Falls, one of the most impressive landscapes that one can appreciate in the world.
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With over a thousand kilometers of coastline and many islands along the co tastes, like Praia do Forte, close to Salvador. With much preserved Atlantic the biggest postal cards of Brazil. Better than the picture it is the temperature the tropical sun shining almost the whole year. In some beaches the transpar a cinema’s screen. But the beaches of Bahia have many other “special effects sea pools... All this scenery is accompanied by a beautiful soundtrack: the inv
Ecotourism with sea turtles Five species of sea turtle live in Brazil, and the work of the Tamar Project has created opportunities for preserving the life of these animals with consciousness and environmental conservation. Bahia shelters one of the project’s stations in the Brazilian coast, in Praia do Forte, just 70 kilometers from Salvador. With an average of one million visitors per year, the Tamar station has cradles for hatching eggs that reproduce the natural conditions and where the baby turtles when coming to the surface, are released to reach the sea. There are also tanks and aquaria with specimens of turtles and other animals. Coordinated by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), the Tamar project is present also in the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina, monitoring approximately 1.1 thousand kilometers of beaches and coastal oceanic islands. Further information: www.tamar.org.br
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Rio de Janeiro is Brazil’s main touristic destination, receiving more than tourists every year. The wonderful city mixes mountain and sea and has o the planet. This diversity attracts the eye, inspires poets and unimaginable fe The largest urban forest in the world is in Rio, the Tijuca Forest that crosses Besides the exuberant nature, Rio is the cultural capital of the country, wit with no cost involved, during the whole year.
The exuberant Iguassu Falls A swirl of water falling from high basalt cliffs, creating a unique spectacle unmatched: the 275 waterfalls that make the Iguassu Falls in the southern of Brazil. Carved 120 million years ago, this wonder of nature is at the heart of a fragile ecosystem that shelters many animal species threatened with extinction. Located on the border of Brazil and Argentina, the Iguassu Falls attract thousands of tourists every year. People visiting them have the chance of walking through footbridges that lead to a few meters from the largest waterfall, the ‘Garganta do Diabo’ (Devil’s Throat), besides enjoying the exuberant forest of Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, the largest reserve of subtropical rain forest of the world.
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The flight of the Brazilian Dental market The market of equipment and materials for dental and oral hygiene products has been advancing like anything in the country. Brazil is not only a large market in the world, but it has potential to grow even more There is reason for optimism when it comes to the Brazilian markets for equipment and materials for dental and oral hygiene products. Overall, the sector is growing, shows good results regarding other health areas and places Brazil amongst the main markets in the world in some segments. Moreover, the country, both in equipment and materials and in oral hygiene, has the potential to grow and to improve even more as a producer, exporter and consumer. It is to this scenario that data, analysis and experience of national authorities representing the industry point out: the Brazilian Association of the Industry of Medical, Dental, Hospital and Laboratory Articles and Equipment (Abimo), the Brazilian Association of Personal Hygiene,
Brazilian industry of dental equipment and articles 2006
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Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry (Abihpec) and the Brazilian Association of Trade of Dental Products (ABCPO). Accounting for 22% of the whole hospital medical and dental industry’s production, the sector of Dental equipment and articles composed of 93 Brazilian companies, 29 more than 10 years ago has recorded good figures, at a stable level. According to Abimo, sector’s
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invoicing has increased in recent years, from US$ 383 million in 2006 to US$ 526 million in 2007, and reachingUS$ 533 million last year. The export volumes increased from US$ 71.7 million in 2006 to US$82.5 million in 2008. Regarding oral hygiene products, Brazil has also accumulated good figures. Most companies that manufacture these items in the country are transnational, but they retain
significant production in the Brazilian territory, including for export. According to Abihpec, Brazil is the second in this market, accounting for 9.2%, behind the U.S.A. (16.2%) and ahead of China (7.4%). “That thanks to the stability of the Brazilian economy and the increased integration of women in the job market and in higher education, because they have greater focus and awareness on hygiene, beauty and prevention,” said João Carlos Basilio, chairman of Abihpec. Perspectives and potential Even in times of crisis, the future perspectives for the Dental market in Brazil are good. One indication of that is its comparison with the entire medical-hospital and dental industry of equipment and materials. While the average growth of that for 2009 is estimated in 8%, the dental segment, alone, is of 16%. “The evolutionary trend in sales indicates that. This growth shall be stimulated by technological innovation of products and by last year’s results”, said Hely Maestrello, executive director of Abimo. For Abihpec, the Brazilian production of oral hygiene products may also grow further, with internal and external sales. “In 2008, we exported US$ 151 million. Oral hygiene is the third most exported item within the entire segment of personal care and cosmetics. It is good, but we can grow further”, said Basílio.
The largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and the sixth most populous one in the world, São Paulo is the main financial center of Latin America and the convergence point of all national and global culture. It has over 10 million people, from different ethnic groups, living in a largely globalized capital. Since the 19th century, more than two million immigrants have arrived in the city from all parts of the world, transforming it in the adoptive home of the largest populations of Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Lebanese origins, out of their countries. The diversity of people who built the city is reflected in its cultural aspects, such as local art and cuisine.
largest (and most beautiful) swamp in the world The Pantanal, located in the central-western of Brazil, is considered the largest swampy area in the world. Well known for its diversified flora and fauna, it attracts tourists from Brazil and from the whole world who are looking for exotic landscapes and diversified activities such as fishing, safari, trails and boat trips, among many others. Lodging in Pantanal is composed of farms, inns and boat-hotels spread throughout the region that are starting points for an uncountable number of ecotourism activities. One can cross the Pantanal by boat, jeep or even on horseback, camping amidst the jungle.
Amazon, a multicolored immensity It is more than seven million square kilometers located in territories of different South American countries - most of them concentrated in the northwestern of Brazil. The largest rainforest in the world presents a complex ecosystem, with more than 300 species of mammals listed, three thousand species of fish and thousands of plants: the greatest biodiversity of the planet. This wild world develops mainly in the crowns of trees and rivers. The Amazon River alone represents about 17% of all liquid water on Earth. It is the largest drainage basin in the world, and according to some researchers it is also the longest river, with 6,800 km. The second would be the Nile, with 6,695 km.
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Between August and October/2009, six ABO Network congresses This year, in only three large ABO Network official congresses that took place in the first months of the year, 20,800 participants were gathered. The Rio Caries Conference, organized through a partnership between FDI/ABO and the col-
laboration of IADR/IFDE, and the Cariology Course, both in Rio de Janeiro, in July, during the International Dental Congress (CIORJ), were the highlights of the official schedule. In this event, a record audience of more than16.000 was registered.
2010, Salvador FDI’s year A congress that is worth many. It is the FDI’s 2010 that will be held in Salvador, Bahia, and will bring the FDI Annual World Dental Congress to Brazil, in the period of September 2nd to 5th next year. SEPTEMBER ABO Rio Grande do Norte 3rd Rio Grande do Norte International Dental Congress 11th Rio Grande do Norte Dental Congress September 3rd – 6th Natal (RN) Information: (+5584) 3222.3812 congresso@aborn.org.br www.aborn.org.br ABO Goiás 15th Goiás International Dental Congress September 23 rd – 26 th Goiânia (GO) Information: (+5562) 3236.3100 abo@abo-go.com.br www.abo-go.com.br
OCTOBER ABO Alagoas 6th Alagoas Dental Congress October 8th – 10th Maceió (AL) Information: (+5582) 3235.1008 aboal@aboal.org.br www.aboal.org.br ABO Santa Catarina 4th Santa Catarina International Congress October 21st to 24th Florianópolis (SC) Information: (+5548) 3248.7101 abosc@abosc.com.br www.ciosc.com.br
ABO Mato Grosso do Sul 2nd Mato Grosso do Sul International Dental Congress October 29 th – 31st Campo Grande (MS) Information: (+5567) 3383.3842 aboms@terra.com.br www.aboms.org.br DECEMBER ABO Paraná 10 th Paraná International Dental Congress December 2 nd – 4 th Curitiba (PR) Information: (+55 41) 3028.5800 secretaria@abop.org.br www.ciopar.org.br
Araçoiaba: partnership with FDI makes mortality rates drop In Araçoiaba, a town in the country side of Pernambuco state, ABO’s Dentistry Center has helped to raise the Brazilian Human Development Index (HDI). Through a partnership with the FDI and the companies Unilever and Odontoprev, the local population recorded a drop of 6% in the infant mortality rate thanks to the attention paid to the health and to the oral health in the three offices of the Center. The activities have already been beneficial to around 4 thousand children and teenagers with free service and another countless number of people from all ages with prevention and oral health initiatives. The project also has the support of ABO Pernambuco, ABO Network’s active cell. Araçoiaba has 17 thousand inhabitants and, according to Datamétrica’ surveys, it has, among the Brazilian municipalities, the third worst HDI: 0.637 - a reality that motivated Unilever to create there the project More Life in which the ABO’s Dental Center is part. After identifying the local needs, improvements in the areas of education, health and economic development were implemented based on the involvement of the community. The project started in January 2005, and in less than three years, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the illiteracy rate of the town dropped to half,
and the infant mortality rate was reduced by 6%. The Dental Center maintained by ABO, which carries the Organization’s Social Responsibility Seal, intends to examine the entire population of Araçoiaba. The operations started in 2007, when 6,962 patients were seen. Throughout the year, 22,150 ambulatory procedures and 13,810 procedures for the community were performed. At the same time, there are campaigns to foster oral health to make people aware of the importance of brushing teeth and maintaining the oral hygiene, besides the distribution of toothbrushes and toothpastes’ kits. At the end of 2008, there was the brushing cam-
paign with application of fluoride and donation of kits to 2,522 children and teenagers, from the ages of 4 to 16, from six local public schools, an initiative that should be repeated periodically. For the president of the National ABO, Norberto Lubiana, new dental offices should be built by the organization in Araçoiaba. “To promote the development of an entire population, as communities like Araçoiaba starts having access to oral health broadly and free of charge through ABO’s initiatives, not only make us very proud but also motivates us to strengthen even more our actions towards social responsibility.”
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Good performance in teaching and reasearch There are many characteristics that make Brazilian Dentistry strong and with further potential to grow. First, there are more than 227 thousand dentists, 64 thousand of them are experts in some area, and about 50 thousand undergraduates in Dentistry, enrolled in 188 faculties of Dentistry. With these figures the country is one of the largest concentrations of professionals in the world. Moreover, the clinical competence of Brazilian dentists is already traditional and recognized worldwide. The Brazilian Dentistry is having another major focus in recent years: its increasing performance in research, being responsible for the most scientific articles published in Dentistry by Latin American countries: 87.5% of the total. Figures of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), the main database on scientific papers published in relevant international journals, and Medline, the largest collection of scientific journals on
health, also confirm this production on the rise and international visibility. According to the ISI, between 2001 and 2003 there were 898 Brazilian publications in Dentistry, and in the entire twentieth century they were 854. In the MedLine, there is the record of only two Brazilian studies between 1980 and 1985, such number reached 4,912 in the period from 2006 to 2008. Another important aspect of the Brazilian Dentistry is its strong performance in the political area, for the benefit of the profession, dentists and population’s oral health. In this struggle, ABO’s great partner is the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO), which, along with its 27 Regional Councils of Dentistry (CRO) is constituted in an Autarchy. The CFO has also an important role of inspecting the dental ethics throughout Brazil, working for the good reputation of the profession and for those who legally exercise it.
ABO at the vanguard of e-Learning The distance education via Internet, known as e-learning is already a reality in many learning institutions worldwide. In Brazil, some successful initiatives are providing to their students ways of accessing information, allowing them to have total autonomy to keep themselves updated when and where it is most convenient - such as distance updating programs, Pro-Odonto, the result of a partnership between ABO and Artmed/Panamericana Editora and implemented through the Health System in Distance Continuing Education (Sescad). All those enrolled in the ProOdonto also have this new manner of educational updating via Web - a virtual environment for modern and dynamic learning. The sites of postgraduation programs in Surgery, Aesthetics, Prevention, Implant Dentistry and Orthodontics are accessed by hundreds of members each month through the site www.sescad.com.br. In those sites, students find important complementary material for updating, especially produced for elearning system and that meets the needs of each dentistry specialty besides news; scientific issues on more complex matters, with specialists being interviewed about ap-
proached subjects; events of their expertise area; and information from abstracts of international scientific papers presenting researches and new procedures that are fundamental to their daily practice, among other contents. The virtual library is another important source that is made available through the e-Learning. Among the latest contents offered is the abstract of “Treatment effects of mini-implants for en-masse retraction of anterior teeth in bialveolar dental protrusion patients: a randomized controlled trial,” from the edition of last July’s American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. There are new contents in the portals of all programs, keeping the dentist up to date with the best in national and international scientific production. Further information: www. sescad.com.br
UniABO: education and oral attention to the population
The UniABO - Continuing Education Schools - is the most representative example of ABO Network. There are 1,500 dental offices in 85 spots in the country connected to ABO in which there are practical classes of update and specialization for dentists and, at the same time, free or subsidized service to the popu-
lation, supervised by over 4 thousand professors. In total, the ABO Network is composed of 27 Sections and 294 Regional Offices, which compose the 321 organization’s cells that cover all the Brazilian geographic regions and is also known worldwide as the largest network for professional qualification.
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ABO defends improvement of dental education The indiscriminate opening of courses and vacancies in Dentistry have placed a large number of professionals in the labor market, much superior to the increase of population in the country, according to the survey conducted by ABO
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BO has worked politically and institutionally to improve the quality of dental education in Brazil. In 2009, this struggle was intensified and gained new support, with demonstrations in favor of the national dental community and federal authorities in response to the open letter on the subject published by the organization, which defends that the improvement of education would increase population access to oral health and would reduce the difference that there is in the distribution of professionals and colleges at different regions of the country. In the open letter, ABO “publicly expressed about issues it considers relevant and that will be permanently in its agenda of discussions on all forums on health and education as part of activities to build awareness and demand responsibilities from the public authorities and teaching institutions.” The entity handed the document to the Minister of Education, Fernando Haddad, presenting data about the current situation of colleges and profession, and asked a position from the ministry to try to improve the quality of education, closing courses with poor performance and demanding reduction of vacancies at those colleges which had grades at average level on the assessment done by the government. Haddad said that by the end of the year the courses with low concept will be monitored so some measures may be taken.
The vice-president of the Brazilian Medical Association, José Luiz Dantas Mestrinho, among other Brazilian health authorities, also received the document and assured total support of the entity, the Federal Council of Medicine and the National Federation of Doctors - “in this partnership for the recovery of what the health public chain in Brazil should be, with universalization of health”. Quantity x quality The indiscriminate opening of courses and vacancies in Dentistry have placed a large number of professionals in the labor market, much superior to the increase of population in the country, according to the survey conducted by ABO, based on the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The national president of the entity, Norberto Francisco Lubiana, who has reaffirmed the arguments of the open letter to close defective schools, defends that “we must seek an understanding that meets both the needs of public health and those of the market, but without neglecting the quality of education and without bringing more difficulties to the profession.” Besides actions before the government that are being taken to improve the quality of education in Dentistry, ABO is also hearing professionals and students so as to take their complaints and experiences to the sponsors and intensify the fight to change such reality.
ABO‘s President handed the letter to the Minister of Education, in Brasilia
Open letter from the Brazilian Dental Association The Brazilian Dental Association (ABO National), with its 27 sections and 294 sectionals throughout the Brazilian territory, expressed itself publicly on issues it considers highly relevant and that will be permanently in the agenda of discussions on all forums about health and education, and that will be part of activities to build awareness and demand responsibilities from the public power and teaching institutions. 1. ABO calls permanent and effective action from the Ministry of Education in the supervision and control of the quality of teaching in colleges and universities that have graduation courses in Dentistry. 2. ABO is against the very high number of Dental courses and vacancies in them that is causing the disproportional increase in the number of dentists in relation to the population growth so the professionals have to face underemployment, unemployment, humiliating
and exploratory remuneration and insecurity in labor relations, causing many young people to abandon the profession and feel frustrated for the loss of several years of studies. 3. ABO asks from the Ministry of Education the control of quality of professional graduation in Dentistry, with the urgent closing of courses that had low grades in the evaluation tests, as well as a decrease in the number of vacancies in courses with notes at average level and maintenance of vacancies in courses with grades within the standard of excellence. 4. ABO also manifests itself against the possibility of performing proficiency tests in Dentistry because it understands that this system does not provide parameters that ensure quality in teaching Dentistry, punishes the less guilty - the students and close its eyes to those who really have a duty to ensure good quality in professional formation: the Minis-
try of Education and the institutions that offer the courses. 5. ABO expresses itself in defense of the Unified Health System in an universal way, as foreseen in the Constitution, recognizes the efforts of government in implementing the National Policy of Oral Health, the Brazil Smiling, and requests from the Ministry of Health to extend this policy in order to reduce the alarming rates in epidemiological oral health in Brazil in the short and medium term. 6. ABO is quite favorable and is at Ministry’s disposal to help in the building of a control system in professional graduation in Dentistry because it believes that the quality of education is a right of the whole society and responsibility of the public authorities, of institutions that have authorization from the Ministry of Education and of entities of professional representation. Brasilia, March 26th, 2009
USP is 75 years old with more than 80 thousand students This year, the main institution of higher education in Brazil, the University of São Paulo (USP), celebrates its 75 years with various events that, according to its president, Suely Vilela, seek to give visibility, contribute to the future and recognize the people who helped building and strengthening the institution. Founded in 1934 and originally comprised of seven units including the Faculties of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Law, and Polytechnic School(Engineering) USP has now 40 teaching and research units distributed in seven campuses, housing 234 undergraduate courses and 230 postgraduate programs. This structure serves a total 81,500 students, being 56 thousand undergraduate students and 25,500 postgraduate students and about 5,600 teachers. In 75 years, there are more than 200 thousand graduate students and more than 80 thousand masters and PhD students.
In the research, USP is one of the main responsible institutions for leveraging the area in the country, with 28% of the Brazilian scientific production carried out by researchers from the university. In 2001, the number of articles indexed in the international authors database of ISI-Web of Science of the institution was 3,348. In 2008, this number rose to 7,365, an increase of 120%. USP also maintains agreements with 435 foreign uni-
versities and institutions. In addition, it inserts itself in the society and performs important actions for the population through its hospitals, museums, conservation centers, orchestra, and theater, among others. The institution also maintains partnerships and projects in partnership with companies and the government in programs for technological innovation and public policies. To learn more about USP, visit: www.usp.br
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awareness work to expand access to quality oral health for all Brazilians, which ABO develops in the whole country, extrapolates more than 220 thousand dentists represented by the entity, reaching authorities of other professional categories and the public power. That is the case, among others, of Senators Renato Casagrande and João Ribeiro, and the president of the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine, the doctor Álvaro Réa-Neto, who in recent interviews to the ABO National Journal, said he was at the disposal of ABO in various causes advocated by the entity. Last year, the work of ABO about including dentists in teams of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has led to a bill that requires the participation of such professionals in this hospital setting. The initiative has the unrestricted support of the intensive medical community, represented by Amib, which created the Dental Department of AmibABO, common to both entities aiming to join forces to approve the bill and make professionals of the two areas aware on the importance
of this service. According to RéaNeto, “ABO’s support is essential to disseminate information about the importance of the dentist in the intensive care units, because healthcare professionals lack knowledge on how the absence of appropriate dental care, for example, can cause terrible impact on the health of a critical patient.” The inclusion of dentists in ICUs teams was also advocated by Senator João Ribeiro, to whom the initiative benefits professionals and the society. “I believe that the proposed inclusion of dentists in the ICU setting is a good initiative as it can reduce cases of infection, especially lung infections, in hospitals. For dentists the measure is also positive because it means the opening of new jobs for the contingent of professionals in the market,” he said. Ribeiro recalled that, at a meeting sponsored by ABO in Brasília, with federal authorities of the public power, the national president of the entity, Norberto Lubiana, presented the demands of the class, promptly defended by the senator. “I understand that, in general, senators are sensitive to the demands of health professionals - especially those of a class that
sums over 220 thousand professionals in the country,” considered, highlighting ABO’s national actuation in defense of Brazilians oral health. Today, it is an entity engaged in national issues and participating in major discussions about oral health. Everybody in Brasília knows that no decision in the oral health area should occur without ABO participation.” For Senator Renato Casagrande, “the Brazilian Dentistry was never so well represented in the government as now, because in recent years, ABO is getting increasingly close to the parliament, what is very good for the professionals it represents, as well as for the whole population.” The direct relationship of public power with entities of the society places population priorities in the discussions of politicians, believes the senator. “The federal government, in its current management, had made good progress regarding oral health public policies, but the Senate cannot give up interacting with the government and the population. Attention to the oral health by the public power is still a recent phenomenon. We have much work to do.”
Brazilian dentists win international awards The clinical excellence of the Brazilian Dentistry is recognized worldwide. Now, the scientific contribution of Brazilian researchers in Dentistry has also been remembered and rewarded. In the International Association for Dental Research (IA DR) three Brazilian dentists received the same award in consecutive years. Anderson Takeo Hara (photo), in 2009, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf in 2008, and Michel Hyun Koo, in 2007, received from the Cariology Group of the IADR, the Basil Bibby Young Investigator Award. This award aims to encourage the interest of young scientists and students, aged 40 to years, in research on Cariology and related
An exclusive channel to Dental students A year and a half ago ABO opened an exclusive channel of communication with students attending the 188 faculties of Dentistry in Brazil. This is a special public, which requires a differentiated approach to the issues related to education and to the future profession. Thus, in a partnership with Colgate-Palmolive Brazil, it has begun the publishing of JABOFuture Professional Program, that even maintaining the visual identity of ABO publication, it addresses specific topics to young people, with special language and design. Already in its sixth edition, JABO-Future Professional Program is issued quarterly, with eight pages and an edition of 30 thousand copies. Student’s Heart, Dentist’s Heart, Forever Student, Shaping Tomorrow are some editorials heading the editions and giving the message to the academic. At fixed spaces such as I am graduated. And now? and Who starts and Who finishes contents of interest are included and will help dental students and young professionals to be prepared for the future. Among them, there are reports on AIDS and Hepatitis in dental offices and issues of biosecurity; dental office installation permit; perspectives of labor market enlargement such as the struggle for including dentists in the multidisciplinary teams of ICUs and Sport Dentistry, among others. Emphasis to interviews made at each edition with great names of Dentistry bringing to the students the discussion of impor-
tant topics such as Diabetes and Oral Health ( in which the experience of senior professionals are reported), Tooth brushing, Weapon Mechanics Against Dental Plaque are some examples. The Program Bright Smiles, Bright Futures, from Colgate-Palmolive, which aims to educate 1 billion children in oral health, all over the world, is also presented to scholars so they may be aware of the importance of preventive actions to good oral health. For the ABO National president, Norberto Lubiana, it is essential to show to students the possibilities that are opened at the conclusion of the course, but also the difficulties and what they have to do to face the challenges. “Still, he says, is extremely important to show the role that class entities play in the struggle for the profession, for the dentists and for the oral health of the population.”
Brånemark and Brazil issues, and honors the founder of the Cariology Group, Basil G. Bibby. In Germany, another Brazilian dentist was awarded in 2009. Vanessa de Moura Sieber received the Medal of the Federal Dentist Association of
Germany, addressed to professionals who stand out in Dental public and community health. Vanessa, who lives in that European country, is the first foreigner to receive such decoration.
New rules for assistants of oral health With over 20 years of existence, the professions of technical assistant in dental hygiene and dental assistant of dental office, in the old nomenclature, were regulated. The President of the Republic sanctioned the Complementary Bill, regarding duties and pre-requirements of professionals, now called Technicians in Oral Health (TSBs) and Assistants in Oral Health (ASBs). The regulation is an old claim of ABO. Now, only those with diplomas or certificates that meet the standards of the Federal Council of Education (CFE) may work in these two professions. The approval of
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the law is the result of years of struggle involving several entities, such as ABO, the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO), the Interstate Federation of Dentists (FIO), the National Federation of Dentists (FNO) and the Association of Dental Assistants and Technicians (AATO). The Oral Health’s national coordinator, Gilberto Pucca Jr., highlighted the ABO as “one of the most active organizations in this advancement, a historic victory that qualifies the entire work process of Brazilian dentists, and creates a huge field of work for the entire category.” ABO’s national president, Norberto Francisco Lubiana,
talked about entity’s responsibilities. “A citizen entity has to work within the vision of social responsibility. The oral health of Brazilians shows numbers still too negative, and we cannot close our eyes to this, leaving things as they are. We want to see people without suffering, feeding themselves adequately, and smiling with natural teeth, increasing their self-esteem. This will positively reflect on our profession and in Brazil that is moving forward to become an international leadership. TSBs and ASBs are our partners in reaching these achievements”, he concluded. Further information: www. sena do.gov.br
The Exopro, the company responsible for manufacturing and marketing products developed by the Swedish Professor, P-I Brånemark, the father of modern dental implant , chose Brazil to host one of its main operations: the manufacture of implants, instruments and prosthesis components. “The key factors for choosing Brazil were the competitiveness and the potential of the Brazilian market. The presence of experienced professionals has also influenced the decision,” says the Brazilian implant dentist, Fábio Giannini, president of the company. The success of the choice can be assessed by the results achieved in Brazil so far: more than 26 thousand implants and components sold and more than eight thousand patients attended. Sum to that the participation of approximately 1,100 professionals who work in the company. Among the Exopro implants, marketed under the brand P-I Brånemark Philosophy™, the company calls attention to those with internal torque, with length from 6 to 18 mm and platforms of 4.1 or 5.1 mm. Unlike conventional systems, the completion of the surgical cavity with the implant is made by itself, during the insertion, through its unique collecting chambers. The process stimulates the microcirculation, prevents bone micro fractures
High-tech: 26 thousand implants and 8 thousand patients attended
and exposes bone tissue in vital conditions, maximizing the quality of the interfacial contact, the healing and bone integration. The Exopro line has also prosthesis components, designed on the basis of biological and mechanical reasons that, according to Giannini, “associated with good finishing assures the long term safety of treatment and meet aesthetic requirements.” The P-I Brånemark Philosophy™ brand will be officially launched still in 2009, and it is foreseen the introduction of new platforms, zygomatic fixations and exclusive internal connection. All implants and pillars of the brand have lifetime warranty. More information: comercial@ pibranemark.com
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Brazil Smiling Program: the right to oral health becomes a right of every citizen.” The Smiling Brazil Program also reaches the most deprived regions of the country through the inclusion of its initiatives in another program, the Territories of Citizenship, addressed to the sustainable social and regional development of these areas, promoting the universalization of basic citizenship programs. The National Oral Health Policy is present even in programs intended to provide primary care and specialized health care to indigenous peoples.
In five years, the National Oral Health Policy reached 4.5 thousand Brazilian municipalities providing dental care, including specialized dental care to 86.5 million people
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ntil 2004, the oral health care provided by the Brazilian public service was restricted primarily to lowcomplexity procedures. With the structuring and implementation of National Oral Health Policy (Brazil Smiling Program), the types of dental services performed and the number of Brazilians attended was expanded and now it reaches about 86.5 million. The Brazil Smiling program was designed to perform actions of oral health promotion, prevention, recovery and rehabilitation, from the assumption that it is essential to people’s general health and quality of life. Besides, from the epidemiological point of view, it was based on the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SB-Brazil), the largest survey already accomplished in the Country and that counted with the support of ABO National. In practice, the program promoted, until April 2009, the implantation of 13,614 new Oral
Health Teams, composed of dentists and dental assistants, to 4,587 Brazilian municipalities. The federal government’s goal for this year is to reach 20,500 teams. The special procedures in Endodontics, Minor Oral Surgery, Periodontics, Oral Diagnosis, Care to Patients with Special Needs and others are made in the Dental Specialty Centers, which sum 675 throughout the country. From January 2005 to September 2008, more than 17 million dental procedures were performed at these centers. To set up this whole structure, the Ministry of Health provided, from the beginning of Brazil Smiling, 6 thousand dental offices. The program is also addressed to meet the demand for rehabilitation with dental prostheses and, to that, it foresees the implantation of Dental Prosthesis Laboratories. In April this year, the service has already had 323 laboratories. The actions implemented are also focused on prevention of dental caries, by the addition
of fluoride in public water supply. Thus, from 2005 to December 2008, 711 new fluoridation systems were implanted, covering 503 municipalities and benefiting 7.6 million people. According to the Chief Dental Officeof the Ministry of Health, the goal of investments in the Brazil Smiling, from 2007 to 2010, is more than US$ 1.460 billion. 40 million kits To support educational and preventive measures, the Brazilian government is also incorporating to the oral health program, by the end of 2009, 40.6 million kits with toothbrush and toothpaste for
ABO publishes series on the use of fluorides in Dentistry ABO National published in its newspaper JABO, from 2008 to 2009, a series of articles “Evidence for the use of fluorides in Dentistry”, written by the researchers Livia Maria Andaló Tenuta, Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba (UNICAMP), and Jaime Aparecido Cury, Professor
of Biochemistry in the same institution, in the interior of São Paulo state. Articles of the series “Why use fluoride in Dentistry; its mechanism of action in caries prevention”, “Ways of using fluoride in Dentistry” and “Limitations on the use of fluoride in Dentistry: acute and chronic toxicity (dental fluo-
rosis)”, were also published in ABO website (www.abo.org.br) and remain available for free. Due to the subject importance and the interest it arouses in professionals, ABO also published the questions sent by readers and the answers from authors in the newspaper and website, and it is also available on JABO On-line.
ABO helps Ministry of Health to develop dentist’s profile Last year, the Ministry of Health initiated the project of research ‘Current Profile and Trends of Brazilian Dentist’. The objective is to investigate how many professionals work in the country, how they are geographically distributed, how much they earn and other information that will help to understand the contemporary Dentistry and its perspectives. ABO has been helping in this process by attending meetings proposed by the Ministry and providing information on entity’s courses that has the largest network of dental continuing education in the country. The results of the survey must be published both in book and electronic media, comprising three types of profiles: socio-demographic, techno-scientific and marketing. The information will help the planning and implementation
adults and children.The kits will be made available to all Oral Health Teams and about 8 million of them will be delivered to students from schools located in areas with low Basic Education Development Index (Ideb), reaching 1,158 municipalities. According to the Chief Dental Officer of the Ministry of Health, Gilberto Alfredo Pucca Jr., the kits distribution will be continuous. “This is the largest incorporation program of oral health preventive measures in the world, in terms of quantity and impact,” said Pucca. And adds: “So, it is no longer a privilege of those who have money to buy toothpaste and brush and
Strengthened program ABO supports the Brazil Smiling and wants it to continue growing and continue being taken to the interior of the country and to rural areas. With this aim, since 2007, the organization has been asking the representatives of the Ministry of Health and even the President for more oral health resources. Another important demand is the creation of a permanent space for Oral Health in the Ministry of Health so that the program is not only a measure of the current administration. We have to think about the future and so we raise this flag “, says the president of ABO National, Norberto Lubiana.
Bill that prohibits fluoridation is filed Bill revoking obligatoriness of fluoridation of public water supplying is filed at the Brazilian National Congress since February 2009. It is an ABO victory that in several occasions fought to defeat the project by subsidizing congressmen with technical and scientific information proving water fluoridation importance in fighting dental caries. These were data and
researches also published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and by the World Dental Federation (FDI). The author of the measure argued that fluoridation would produce more harm than benefits since its excess may cause fluorosis. But other deputies defend its use, showing that this is the most efficient way to prevent dental caries.
Award Amib-ABO/SBPqO
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of policies of formation and insertion of oral health professionals, besides helping the analysis of trends of dental exercise. For the working methodology, the cross-information of several
databases was adopted - among them, those of ABO, Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Federal Revenue and Ministries.
Aiming to encourage and honor the Brazilian scientific production that investigates the oral health care in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), ABO, the Brazilian Intensive Care Medicine Association (Amib) and the Brazilian Society for Dental Research (SBPqO) will reward the best research project in the area with R$ 9 thousand. The Amib-ABO/ SBPqO Award had a significant number of enrolments and the award will be held at the 2010 SBPqO Meeting. The initiative started from the ABO-Amib Dental Department, founded by the two entities with the target of promoting systemic
view of health and directly influencing public policy in the area. With enrolments now closed, it was demanded that the work had as one of its authors a dentist associated to SBPqO and at least one professional from another area of activity in intensive medicine - doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, speech therapist, psychologist, nutritionist, pharmacist, veterinary doctor or clinical engineer, among others. Further information about the procedures of judgment and awards may be accessed in the contest rules, published in the ABO website (www.abo.org.br) and in Amib website (www.amib. org.br).
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Welcome to FDI’2010-Salvador, Brazil FDI and ABO work together organizing the FDI’2010 to be held in September next year in the Brazilian city of Salvador, in Bahia. The event shall receive15 thousand dentists from all over the world, and a turnover of more than US$ 40 million. addition to the Brazilian Roberto Vianna taking office as FDI’s president, to the performance of ABO’s president, Norberto Luciana, as entity’s counselor and Brazil having the biggest delegation of the Federation, another great and recent achievement of the Brazilian and Latin American Dentistry is the FDI’2010 that will be held in Salvador, capital of the Brazilian State of Bahia. The event will happen from
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September 2nd to 5th, and the subject is Oral Health for All – Challenges and Solutions, reflecting the increasingly awareness of managers, communities and public opinion that oral health is extremely important for general health. Preparations for the FDI’2010 have already begun, and the event is being officially launched in Singapore, with the traditional ceremony of passing the flag of the FDI’s World Congress to Brazil.
Salvador, patrimony of humanity
Pelourinho: the heart of Salvador and the Brasil’s first capital
Salvador, the city chosen to host the FDI’2010 has a fundamental role in the history of Brazilian Dentistry. Declared Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO, the capital of Bahia harbors the first course of Dentistry in Brazil, founded in 1884, on October 25th – date that later on was established as the National Day of Dentists and Oral Health. And the city has many other stories to tell... Country’s first capital, Salvador gathers together past and present perfectly. Besides its beaches and its highly appreciated cuisine, the postcard of the city is the Pelourinho district, a hillside with narrow streets,
crazy paving by slave labor, surrounded by two-floor houses and churches from the XVII and XVIII centuries. Fully restored, the site has many bars, restaurants, houses of shows and handicraft’s shops, and museums and baroque churches scattered on its slopes. It is a city divided between “the high” and “the low” city, having a great lift to serve as a traditional postcard. The Lacerda Lift was built in 1873, stuck in a rock mountain. It connects the 72 meters of Tomé de Souza Plaza, in the high city, to Cayru Plaza, in the low city, carrying about 28 thousand passengers per day.
Bahia Convention Center, site of FDI’2010
Lacer da Elevator and Model Market, in the Baía de Todos os Santos (All Saints’ Bay)
A typical woman from Bahia and “orixás” (deities), Brazilian culture in the city center of Salvador
Program combines science and citizenship Aiming to comprise and reflect the increasing consciousness of national governments, local communities and individuals that oral health is often neglected, although it is of crucial importance for all, the FDI’2010 adopted the theme Oral Health for All - Challenges and Solutions. The global event will be held in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil, from September 2nd to 5th of next year. Besides the public oral health and health education, the event program explores the progress of clinical dentistry, the academic graduation and scientific research. Salvador will see the increased use of interactive multimedia on scientific activities of the FDI Annual Congress, with technology of communications and network transmission. Dental industry gets together In partnership with the International Dental Manufacturers Association (IDM), the FDI’s World Exhibition in Salvador will host more than 300 global companies, including the Brazilian ones, setting up a proven platform for the dental industry to exhibit its latest
innovations in products and services and others already tested worldwide. World Dental Parliament Over 140 countries will be in Salvador, representing more than one million dentists from all over the world, to discuss important matters during two General Assemblies - in which Brazil has the largest delegation -, three open forums and other meetings of various commissions and organizations affiliated to the FDI . Such meetings will produce documents that influence Dentistry worldwide. Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations (UN), International and American Association for Dental Research (IADR), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Dental Manufacturers Association (IDM), International Association of Dental Students (IADS), Defense Forces, Regional Organizations of FDI, Public Health Section and Section of Women Dentist Wordwide of FDI, among others, will be present.
Keep yourself updated and sign up Continuous updates on FDI’2010 programming and many other pieces of information are available on the website of the global entity (www. fdiworldental.org), in Future Congresses, and in ABO website (www.abo. org.br).