abstract: 'Introduction: Brazil has experienced transformations in higher education

  and health services, including launching more inclusive public policies

  focused on these two areas.

  Objective: To evaluate the profile of final-year dental students from a

  Brazilian public university from 2010 to 2019, accompanied by changes in

  public health and higher education policies.

  Methods: A prospective observacional study was carried out with

  final-year dental students. A self-applicable semi-structured

  questionnaire was applied.

  Result: Six-hundred and seventy-seven students participated, of which

  71.5\% were women, 72.9\% aged between 21 and 25 years, 96.2\% single,

  and 96.4\% were without children. Over ten years, it was possible to

  identify trends in the profile explained by implementing public policies

  toward more inclusive access to Brazilian higher education by

  socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. Students who completed the

  course between 2018 and 2019 did not have the state capital city (the

  wealthiest area) as their origin city and had lower parental education

  and income levels than dental students graduating between 2010 and 2011.

  Moreover, working as a primary care dentist in the Brazilian National

  Health System was considered a professional possibility by 61.4\% of the

  students, and has gained prominence significantly over time, ranging

  from 21.1\% in 2010 to 72.9\% in 2019 (p < .05).

  Conclusion: Over the study period, concomitantly to advances in public

  health and higher education policies in Brazil, more diverse access to

  public dental education was observed, allowing students from low

  socioeconomic positions to take the education. Changes have also

  impacted the students'' perspectives regarding the need for postgraduate

  training and a career in public health dentistry. However, these trends

  need to be consolidated, and public policies continued and strengthened.'
affiliation: 'Bitencourt, FV (Corresponding Author), Aarhus Univ, Dept Dent \& Oral
  Hlth, Sect Periodontol, Vennelyst Blvd 9,Bldg 1610,Off 2-76, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

  Bitencourt, Fernando Valentim; Manzolli Leite, Fabio Renato; Nascimento, Gustavo
  Giacomelli, Aarhus Univ, Dept Dent \& Oral Hlth, Sect Periodontol, Vennelyst Blvd
  9,Bldg 1610,Off 2-76, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

  Olsson, Thais Ostroski, Fed Univ Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Dept Prevent \& Social
  Dent, Sch Dent, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

  de Souza Lamers, Juliana Maciel, Fed Univ Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Educ Affairs,
  Fac Dent, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

  Ceriotti Toassi, Ramona Fernanda, Fed Univ Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Sch Dent, Dept
  Prevent \& Social Dent, Postgrad Program Teaching Hlth Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.'
author: Bitencourt, Fernando Valentim and Olsson, Thais Ostroski and de Souza Lamers,
  Juliana Maciel and Manzolli Leite, Fabio Renato and Nascimento, Gustavo Giacomelli
  and Ceriotti Toassi, Ramona Fernanda
author-email: fvbitencourt@dent.au.dk
author_list:
- family: Bitencourt
  given: Fernando Valentim
- family: Olsson
  given: Thais Ostroski
- family: de Souza Lamers
  given: Juliana Maciel
- family: Manzolli Leite
  given: Fabio Renato
- family: Nascimento
  given: Gustavo Giacomelli
- family: Ceriotti Toassi
  given: Ramona Fernanda
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/eje.12840
earlyaccessdate: AUG 2022
eissn: 1600-0579
files: []
issn: 1396-5883
journal: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION
keywords: 'curriculum; dental education; dental students; graduate education;

  public health'
keywords-plus: 'ORAL-HEALTH; MOTIVATION; CARE; PROFESSIONALS; CURRICULA; CONTEXT;

  GENDER; CHOICE'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '54'
orcid-numbers: 'Leite, Fabio R M/0000-0002-8053-4517

  Valentim Bitencourt, Fernando/0000-0002-7310-2767

  Nascimento, Gustavo/0000-0002-4288-6300

  Maciel de Souza Lamers, Juliana/0000-0002-8131-6036

  Ceriotti Toassi, Ramona Fernanda/0000-0003-4653-5732

  Ostroski Olsson, Thais/0000-0002-5601-5637'
pages: 547-559
papis_id: 3fca8585a66b5d8b72122126953cff9e
ref: Bitencourt2023impactpublic
researcherid-numbers: 'Ceriotti Toassi, Ramona Fernanda/IAQ-5346-2023

  Leite, Fabio R M/G-5709-2013

  '
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Impact of public health and higher education policies on the profile of final-year
  Brazilian dental students: Challenges and future developments'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000835323300001
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volume: '27'
web-of-science-categories: Dentistry, Oral Surgery \& Medicine; Education, Scientific
  Disciplines
year: '2023'