DIOGENES, Vivianne Coelho Noronha et al. Teaching-learning process in times of the Unified Health System (SUS): training of faculty and dental surgeons in Brazil. Rev. odonto ciênc. (Online) []. 2010, 25, 1, pp. 92-96. ISSN 1980-6523.

With the aim of contributing to the current curricular transformation of Brazilian Dentistry courses, this study describes the training of dental surgeons considering the needs of the public Unified Health System (SUS - Sistema Único de Saúde). We focus on the health care model currently in force and emphasize the idea that so as to attain the principles of this model, a shift in the training of instructors who lecture in Dentistry should occur. Some aspects of the training of such instructors, together with the implementation of the National Curricular Guidelines in Dentistry courses, are discussed, and the professional profiles of graduates from Brazilian dental schools are analyzed. We conclude our work by considering some elements that should be observed in order to improve the training process so that it will lead to the training of dental surgeons able to act within a new perspective, that of health promotion.

: Dental education; health promotion; dental faculty.