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Summary: Results of the unique Epidemiological Quantitative - Qualitative
Regional and Interinstitutional Research performed at Latin America as essential base to found a new
Dental School are presented trough this paper. In 1969 by a cooperative work between the Universidad
del Valle, Cali, Colombia and the Antioquia University Public Health and Sanitarian Dentistry
Program, on the advice of the Pan American Health Dental Health (PAHO) it was carried out a field
research to establish the dental health practice conditions and the data obtained were used as a
baseline of curricular determination by the Pro Dental Scholl Committee at the Universidad del Valle
“CUPFO”. The study took on account some aspects that have been neglected on the National Health
Human Resources Research as part of the National Morbidity Research Study realized on 1965 but
included in the Dental Health Resources Research performed by the National Special Health Resources
Institute. It is necessary to clarify that the author of the present paper participated as a special
member of the advisors committee and as field dentist of the Dental Health Resources Research
realized by the National Special Health Resources Institute in 1.965. Key words: Epidemiological
research. Quantitative-qualitative study. New dental school origin. Dental resources regional study.
PAHO. Curricular decisions. CUPFO-UV.

José Fernando Barreto, Universidad del Valle. Cali, Colombia.

Profesor. Escuela de Odontología.

Barreto, J. F. (2008). Historical review of the process of creation of the Dental School of the Universidad del Valle. First base action of investigation. Study of dentistry resources in the southwestern area of Colombia. Revista Estomatología, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.25100/re.v16i2.5682