González LMCB, Grau LIB, Urbizo VJ, Soto CLA, Sosa RM

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: In 1900 the university teaching of Dentistry started in Cuba, thus the long path began for the teaching of the profession. Objective: To conduct an analysis of the development of human resources training in Dentistry and its impact on the population oral health. Development: The evolution of the training of human resources in Dentistry since the foundation of the major in 1900 and the changes that came after the triumph of the Revolution. It highlights the outreach of the major to other provinces of the country and the evolution of the curriculums that have responded to the transformations in the population health, the health sector and higher education. From 1959 to 2015, 23 730 dental doctors have graduated. It shows the development of the postgraduate modality, highlighting the training of specialists and the creation of a Ph.D. in Dental Sciences. There were 15 external evaluation processes of the dental majors. The impact of the training of human resources on the results of Cuba (2015) in indicators, such as 13.7 dentistry doctors per 100 000 inhabitants, 2.5 consultations per inhabitants, were given, together with the evolution of the oral health status, which has had a favorable behavior. Among the most important challenges we find to increase the quality of university processes, dental care and the satisfaction of the population with services, raise the population health and maintain international cooperation.