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GOMES, Giovana Mongruel et al. Utilização de dentes humanos: aspectos éticos e legaisHuman teeth use: ethical and legal aspects. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.61, suppl.1, pp. 477-483. ISSN 1981-8637.

The perception of the dental element as a human organ is neglected and disregarded many times by most of the dentists that use a great amount of human teeth in their works, by some of the professionals linked to scientific research, by professors and also by academics of dentistry courses. The main goal of this study is to review in the literature, the ethical and legal aspects involved in the use of human teeth in universities, demonstrating that that perception should be implicit in all its users, whether researchers, professors and/or students, resulting in a rational use of those organs, such as is possible with the creation of Bank of Teeth in universities. Facing the foregoing, it is necessary the existence of a link between the Bank of Teeth and the Ethics Institutional Committee of the university, in order to be establish guidelines, rules, standards and mode operations since the beginning of the bank organization, aimed at compliance with current legislation.

Palavras-chave : Tooth.; Ethics.; Legislation..