THE FIRST STEPS TO IMPLEMENT A HUMAN TEETH BANK AT FACULTY OF DENTISTRY - UFF

Abstract

The Human Teeth Bank (HTB) is a non-profit institution, linked to a college, university or institution with the purpose of meeting academic needs, through the provision of human teeth for study and laboratory training of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Thus, this study aimed to report the methods of capture, treatment, selection, preservation, storage and reuse of extracted human teeth, carried out by students from the Faculty of Dentistry (FO) of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) through two projects approved by PROAES-UFF. To this end, awareness campaigns and outreach programs were carried out for the donation of human teeth extracted, permanent and deciduous, both for the dental scientific community and for the lay community. After 24 months, a total of 2,536 teeth were captured, with 346 upper molars, 279 lower molars, 262 upper premolars, 418 lower premolars, 343 canines, 296 upper incisors and 592 lower incisors. The campaigns and actions of PROAES-UFF projects were efficient in collecting human teeth, supplying the laboratory activities of several disciplines during graduation and also serving as a stock for a future implementation of the HTB of FO-UFF.

Keywords: human teeth, human teeth bank.