Biotechnology And Public Health: Its Theoretical Interfaces And Contributions To Think Dentistry In This Dialogue

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/gs.v10i1.23170

Keywords:

Biotechnology, Public Health, Unified Health System, Public Health Dentistry, Oral Health.

Abstract

This essay intends to discuss issues related to biotechnological practices aiming the improvements aimed of public health services and population needs. One focus of this discussion involves Dentistry and includes the following question: is there a place for this field in the dialogue between biotechnology and public health? According to many authors, it is necessary to analyze the applicability of biotechnological products in dental public health, as well as the guarantee of social and economical relevance related to the advancement of knowledge and application of the results especially relate to the solution of priority health problems and adapting them to the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation in Health (NPSTIH) and the National Agenda of Priorities in Health Research (NAPHR). Therefore, the dental community needs to understand and appropriate of this subject considering it represents a challenge for the development of a public oral health, in the largest universal health system in the world.

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Author Biography

Leonardo Carnut, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE)

Doutor em Saúde Pública (Política, Gestão e Saúde) (FSP-USP). Mestre em Odontologia (Saúde Coletiva) (FOP-UPE). Especialista em Direito Sanitário (IDISA-UNICAMP); Especialista em Saúde da Família (IMIP-PE); Especialista em Saúde Coletiva (UPE); Cirurgião-dentista (UPE); Cientista Social (UFPE).

Atualmente é Professor Assitente da Universidade de Pernambuco, atuando nos cursos de Graduação em Odontologia, Saúde Coletiva e Ciências Sociais

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Published

2019-08-13

How to Cite

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Carnut L, Tajra FS, Zöllner Ianni Áurea M, Zilbovicius C. Biotechnology And Public Health: Its Theoretical Interfaces And Contributions To Think Dentistry In This Dialogue. Rev. G&S [Internet]. 2019 Aug. 13 [cited 2025 Jul. 17];10(1):43-59. Available from: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/rgs/article/view/23170

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019): Janeiro - Abril 2019

Section

Temas Livres em Saúde

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