(año 2011), se elaboró una propuesta de currículo inicial, basado en los dominios propuestos por la Unión Europea (Schulte AG y cols). Durante el año 2016, dicha propuesta fue analizada mediante diálogos digitales y grupos de trabajo, con la participación del 96% de las Escuelas de Odontología existentes en el país, que concluyeron en un documento intermedio. Este documento fue analizado, discutido y perfeccionado durante el Taller para el Desarrollo de un Currículo de Competencias Mínimas en Cariología para las Escuelas de Odontología Chilenas (22/Mayo/

aim: To describe the current state of undergraduate Cariology teaching in Chilean universities. Material and Methods: A previously content-validated questionnaire was used to conduct a cross-sectional study including all private/public universities. Statistical analysis was performed determining frecuency distributions of categorical variables with the Stata Data Analysis and Statistical Software 13.1®. results: Cariology is a key issue in undergraduate education, and in most universities, is taught as key axis of courses, in various departments, for more than one year. Consistency was found in Cariology topics taught. The clinical threshold for surgical treatment is roughly divided into thirds (33.3% enamel microcavitation, 38.9% underlying shadow and 27.8% dentin cavity), no university indicated operative treatment for non cavitated lesions. Radiographic threshold for surgical treatment is the external dentinal third (66.7%). conclusions: Answers revealed a mix of traditional and modern Cariology concepts. Depite some encouraging results, half of Chilean universities considered that Cariology is not appropriately implemented and no standardization exists between theoretical teaching and clinical management, nonoperative management is not properly clinically implemented, students are evaluated for tissue damage restoration and resistance to non-invasive philosophy adoption remains.

To determine the perception of fourth-year dentistry students at a private Chilean university, regarding the causes of their course repetition. Open-ended questions were asked to 14 repeating students. The resulting narratives went through content analysis using QDA Miner Lite software. The category "non-fullfilment with clinical requirements" had the highest frequency of appearance (52.0 %). Codes with the highest frequency of appearance were "Lacked of time" (24.0 %); "Lack of proper organization of time/patient's agenda" (18.0 %) and "Lack of knowledge of the clinical dynamics" (16.0 %). The tardiness and repeated absences of the patients were mentioned as the greatest difficulty faced by the students (18.0 %). Students perceive the reasons behind their repetition, differently. However aspects associated with compliance of clinical requirements and patients management are recurring issues. Content analysis is a useful tool for acquiring and analyzing data of complex phenomena as perspectives on university repetition among higher-level dentistry students.

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Introducción: Pese a los avances de la odontología, el fenómeno del envejecimiento de la población ha generadoque la cantidad de personas desdentadas totales aún represente una cifra significativa. Los artificios protésicosimplanto-asistidos constituyen, en la mayoría de los casos, la mejor alternativa rehabilitadora. Sin embargo,la variable económica surge como el principal impedimento para que los pacientes accedan a este recurso, ypor este motivo, mantienen la prótesis total removible como una opción terapéutica. Para su confección, elmétodo tradicional indica la necesidad de tomar dos impresiones: una preliminar y una definitiva o funcional.El método simplificado, confecciona la prótesis a partir de la primera impresión, obtenida con cubeta de stock.Objetivo: Revisar evidencia científica que compara ambos métodos en cuanto a las variables de: satisfacción delpaciente, calidad clínica, rendimiento y capacidad masticatoria. Resultados: No se verifican ventajas a favor delmétodo tradicional en relación a las variables estudiadas. Conclusiones: En concordancia con la informaciónrecabada, los resultados clínicos obtenidos mediante el método tradicional de toma de impresiones paraprótesis totales no son significativamente superiores a los del método simplificado en relación a calidad clínica,satisfacción del paciente, rendimiento y capacidad masticatoria.