The National Institute of Study and Research of the Ministry of Education in Brazil states that there are<br>169 Schools of Dentistry in 2006. At the School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP, Brazil, this<br>Biostatistics discipline is included in the course with 90 credit hours a year. An interrelationship with<br>other professors has been developed for some years using database of different dental fields. The aim<br>of this research is to get acquainted with the teaching of Biostatics at schools of dentistry in Brazil. The<br>methodology applied was to send the questionnaire to all the coordinators of the courses. As for the<br>result of 76 questionnaires answered, 45 stated the inclusion of Biostatistics in their program studies.<br>Only in 3 schools Biostatistics is taught all over the year in "61 to 90" hours. The conclusion is that the<br>teaching of Biostatistics must be incentivated in all schools of dentistry in Brazil.
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