Abstract：
The aim of this paper was to present a summary of the process of developing and preparing the final documents of the national consensus for teaching undergraduate Brazilian dental students the dental caries curriculum in the Portuguese language. The final document was developed in three steps: a) The ABENO and LAOHA cariology group invited experts from all five regions of Brazil to participate in the discussion. The theoretical support for crafting the first draft of the consensus was based on two publications: National Curriculum Guidelines of the Dentistry graduation in Brazil, Ministry of Education (2021) and the competences described in the European Core Curriculum for Cariology (ORCA-ADEE, 2011); b) The group of experts was divided into 5 working groups: G1-Domain, Main and Specific Competences, G2-Essential knowledge, G3-Life course perspective, G4-Social determinants and dental caries, G5- Glossary. The document was finalized by thoroughly reviewing the process using Delphi methodology; c) The 5-chapter document (one from each working group) was submitted to three open public consultations in 2022 (May-June, August, and October) using Google-forms. The suggestions (content/wording) were discussed within the group as: totally accepted, partially accepted, and rejected. A total of 192 suggestions were registered from 31 dental schools in all regions of Brazil. The number of suggestions received per Group were: 84, 28, 26, 24, 30 suggestions for G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5, respectively. The majority of suggestions were totally accepted by the group of experts (n = 172, 89.6%), 15 were partially accepted (7.8%), and 5 were rejected. Conclusion The final document could be considered to be the first national consensus for teaching the dental caries curriculum in Brazil.
摘要：
本文的目的是总结制定和准备国家共识的最终文件的过程，以向巴西牙科本科生教授葡萄牙语龋齿课程。最后文件分三个步骤制定:a)ABENO和LAOHA龋齿学小组邀请巴西所有五个地区的专家参加讨论。起草共识初稿的理论支持基于两份出版物：巴西牙科毕业的国家课程指南，教育部（2021年）和欧洲核心课程中描述的能力（ORCA-ADEE，2011)；b)专家组分为5个工作组：G1域，主要和特定权限，G2-基础知识，G3-生命课程视角，G4-社会决定因素和龋齿，G5-词汇表。通过使用Delphi方法对流程进行彻底审查，最终确定了该文件；c）5章文件（每个工作组一份）于2022年提交给三个公开的公开磋商（5月至6月，August,和十月）使用Google表单。建议（内容/措辞）在小组内进行了讨论：完全接受，部分接受,并被拒绝。巴西所有地区的31所牙科学校总共登记了192项建议。每组收到的建议数量分别为：G1、G2、G3、G4和G5的84、28、26、24、30条建议。大多数建议被专家组完全接受(n=172,89.6%),15人部分接受(7.8%)，5人被拒绝了。结论最终文件可以被认为是在巴西教授龋齿课程的第一个国家共识。
