Eveline Angélica Lira De Souza Sales Rocha

O ensino de gestão nos cursos de graduação em Odontologia no Brasil

This study aims to outline the teaching profile of management in undergraduate courses in Dentistry in Brazil. It is a transversal research with a quantitative approach using secondary data. The sample consisted of 327 Higher Education Institutions (HEI) that have undergraduate Dentistry courses enrolled in the Ministry of Education. The collection took place after consultation to the websites of the HEIs, from which the curricular matrices of the courses of Dentistry and their summary were analyzed. We observed the existence of curricular components that addressed the teaching of management. When present, the following information was collected: HEI region, HEI administrative category, nature of the curricular component, offered semester, workload, methodology used and nomenclature. Among the 327 undergraduate courses in Dentistry surveyed, only 27.83% offer management in their curricular matrices. Most curricular components are compulsory (74.72%), offered predominantly in eighth (25.28%) and ninth (24.17%) semesters, with a workload varying between 31 and 60 hours of classes (79.12%) and theoretical classes (60.31%). Thus, we concluded that management education is little explored by undergraduate courses in Dentistry in Brazil, making it necessary to include them in curricular matrices in order to prepare the dentist professional to work in the area of health management.

Antifungal Activity, Phytochemical Characterization and Thermal Profile of Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan

Objective: To investigate the antifungal potential of A. colubrina , and its phytochemical characteristics, thermal profile and toxicity. Material and Methods: To assess potential antifungal activity, the technique of microdilution was used with the determination of the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration and Minimum Fungicidal Concentration, using standard species of Candida and recent clinical isolates of Candida albicans . Analyses of action of the extract were performed on the wall and cell morphology of C. albicans , of the interactive effect between the plant extract and nystatin on C. albicans through the checkerboard method, and of growth kinetics. The phytochemical screening was determined by spectrophotometry. The thermal profile was traced with the determination of thermogravimetric curves (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The toxicity was evaluated by the method of hemolysis. Results: The extract of A. colubrina showed a fungistatic potential against all bacteria tested and it acted by modifying the cellular morphology of C. albicans . There was a synergism between nystatin and the plant extract (FIC=0.375), and 53.18% of total polyphenols were determined. The TG curve showed the occurrence of three steps of thermal decomposition. None of the tested concentrations became the effective cytotoxic concentration. Conclusion: Further studies should be conducted to understand the efficacy and the mechanisms of action involved in the antifungal activity of the plant extract of A. colubrina in order to produce a new drug for the treatment of oral candidiasis.