Undergraduate Education - Introduction

The main purpose of these curricular guidelines is to serve as a guide to all bodies involved in dental education that relates to Periodontology.

These guidelines have been elaborated from information collected by a questionnaire sent to all Department or Section Chairmen in Periodontology from all the European Dental Schools.

This document has been further discussed and approved by representatives from all European Periodontal Societies affiliated to the European Federation of Periodontology.

The questionnaire was answered by more than 30% of the Dental Schools and with these gathered data a consensus report was reached on what we believe should be the standards of periodontal undergraduate dental education in Europe.

We do not believe in strict curricular guidelines, but rather on the development of individual curricular initiatives, which will strengthen the idea of a European concept by virtue of our diversity.

However, having in mind the main goal of our Federation "the promotion of periodontal health in Europe", we strongly believe that some minimum standards in all fields of dental education should be provided and enforced. With the publication of this report we hope educational planners and academicians will have a valuable tool for curricular development in this very important field of dentistry. I wish to express my gratitude to all EFP-members who worked the final edition of this report.

Prof. Mariano Sanz

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