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PEREIRA, Dayliz Quinto. Human tooth bank in Brazil: a review of literature. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.2, pp. 178-184. ISSN 1679-5954.

This article describes the results of a literature review on Brazil's "Human Tooth Banks (HTB)," conducted to gain more knowledge into the scientific literature available on the country's HTBs, their relationship with teaching, research and extension, as well as their administrative structure and legal implications, based on bioethics. The study was based on data from the Virtual Dental Health Library and specialized books. Eighty-one articles and two books were retrieved, from which twenty-three articles and two books were selected, one on Human Tooth Banks and the other on ANVISA (Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency) Dental Services. The analyzed texts were classified into three categories: Education/Research, Organization/Structure of HTBs and Bioethics/ Biosafety. We concluded that few HTB-related studies were conducted in Brazilian dentistry courses, thus revealing a need for new reflections in dentistry as concerns bioethics in creating an HTB.

Palavras-chave : Tooth Bank; Biosafety; Bioethics; Dentistry Courses.