Number of dentists and GDP per capita in the municipalities of the state of Paraíba with undergraduate courses in Dentistry

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Juliane Alves de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Simões, Thamyres Maria Silva, Catão, Maria Helena Chaves de Vasconcelos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1134
• topic: Dental Schools. Dentistry. Economic Development.; Faculdades de Odontologia. Odontologia. Desenvolvimento Econômico.

This study aimed at relating the distribution of Dentistry courses, number of dental surgeons (DS) and GDP per capita in municipalities of the state of Paraíba with undergraduate courses in Dentistry. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study using secondary data from the Brazilian Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the National Registry of Higher Education Courses and Institutions. All data used in this study is publicly accessible. The state has 16 undergraduate courses in Dentistry, distributed in 6 municipalities: Araruna (1; 6.25%), Cabedelo (1; 6.25%), Cajazeiras (2; 12.50%), Campina Grande (6; 37.50%), João Pessoa (4; 25.00%) and Ducks (2; 12.50%). The municipalities with the highest GDP per capita, such as João Pessoa (R$ 24,319.82) and Campina Grande (R$ 21,077.30), also had a higher number of DS, with a positive correlation between the values of GDP per capita of each municipality and the number of courses and professionals. Besides, Cabedelo, a municipality in Paraíba with only one Dentistry course, which is in the private network, and 126 active DS, has the highest GDP per capita in the state (R$ 42,556.16) (table 2). According to the results presented in this study, GDP per capita seems to be responsible for the distribution of SD in municipalities with undergraduate courses in Dentistry. However, factors such as quality of life, labor market and health tend to strongly influence the distribution of these professionals.