INVESTIGATION OBJECTIVE
The strategic objective is to constitute a school laboratory for the diffusion and practises of
the dental technology profession by the creation of a centre that provides students education.
While dental illnesses are decreasing in "rich" countries, they are increasing in developing countries. The reason for this pattern is that, these populations eat less traditional foods and more sweetened foods with sugar. In this feeding environment, traditional oral hygiene techniques, proper of each country, are not able to oppose to pathology advance. Naturally, dental treatment applications are increasing, but there are still few dentists and dental technicians that operate in developing countries. The majority of these operates in big urban agglomerations where they offer expensive service only to people that can afford it.
This elaboration wants to contribute to the development of a new technical specialization that helps in the creation
of new and promising job possibilities allowing a greater number of people to have qualified services at low cost.
Training in the country is itself preferable to training in artificial condition abroad. The establishment of a National Training Center for dental technicians is an important aspect of manpower development. Training abroad should be considered only for highly qualified staff and, even then, only if local facilities are inadequate or do not exist. Within the country, training should take place under conditions as close as possible to those in which the person(s) will serve. It should be task-oriented and include the use and maintenance of the equipment. Supervision and opportunity for continuing education are essential.
This essay wants to furnish a structured practical and, economic approach method to face the establishment of a school/ laboratory. It is possibly finds general advice for planning, organization and particular suggestions for the unusual geographical position.
With the harvest of fundamental information for the establishment of a school/ laboratory for dental technicians the following need to be determined: