Development of the Dental Instruments Bank in a public university as a democratic tool in academic health training: experience report

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Michelle Cecille Bandeira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: da Silva, Mariana Campos Baptista, da Silva, Andréa Neiva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1230
• topic: Vulnerabilidade Social. Equidade. Educação em Odontologia.; Social Vulnerability. Inclusion. Healthcare Education. Dentistry.

This article describes the experience of the development of the Dental Instruments Bank at the Dental School of the Fluminense Federal University (DIBDSUFF), Niterói campus, Brazil, considering the equity promotion perspective. The DIBDSUFF promotes access for socially vulnerable students to the necessary dental instruments required for clinical and laboratory activities during the professional training in Dentistry. This paper aims to describe the development and working processes of the DIBDSUFF highlighting its potential to enhance academic retention and to reduce dropout rates. It emphasizes the relevance of this initiative as a pedagogical tool considering three perspectives as follows: (i) the institution’s social responsibility, (ii) citizen, ethic and solidarity education, and (iii) support for social inclusion and socioeconomic equity. As well as pointing out the limits of this strategy, the present manuscript emphasizes the importance of the involvement of academic community in building up more democratic and equitable practices in dentistry training. Finally, the relevance that the instrument bank can achieve in the post-pandemic context of COVID-19 is highlighted.