Abstract
Dentistry constitutes the basic nucleus of professionals of higher level of health in Brazil with one of the largest concentrations of dentists per capita in the world. However, the genetic in dentistry in Brazil is explored, basically, in research field. Future actions need to be performed in order to deep the whole knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of diseases with genetic basis in dentistry, in Brazil.
Highlights
Dentistry is the area of health that has expanded the most in recent years in Brazil, with more than 264,000 dentists
Despite that there is no consensus regarding the ideal number of dentist per capita by the World Health Organization, the general recommendation is of 1 dentist per 1,500 habitants
Genetic susceptibility to periodontal diseases is one of the most multifactorial diseases studied in dentistry, in research community in Brazil, with numerous representative publications developed by local institutions, with Brazilian volunteers’ samples or in partnership with other countries
Summary
Dentistry is the area of health that has expanded the most in recent years in Brazil, with more than 264,000 dentists. As a result of policies with impact on sanitation and health, this rate has progressively decreased, and as part of the Millennium Development Goals from the United Nations (UN), Brazil reached the goal of decreasing the mortality rate to two third of the one observed in 1990, 2 years before the deadline, set for 2015 In this scenario, congenital malformations have become the second‐most common cause of death in children under 1 year old, surpassing infectious diseases, and represents more than 15% of the total number of infant deaths since 2000 (Passos‐ Bueno, Bertola, Horovitz, Ferraz, & Brito, 2014). We believe that dentists, who are able to recognize genetic disorders, can provide a valuable service to their patients by proper referral to a medical geneticist and/or genetic counselor (Johnson et al, 2008) In this manuscript our focus is to describe dental practice in Brazil, how genetics is applied in dentistry, how universities and researches are operating and some of our future expectations
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