Overview

• Argentina and several Latin American countries mark Dentistry Day on October 3, a tradition tied to the 1917 founding of FOLA in Santiago de Chile.
• The date was set in 1925 at FOLA’s second congress in Buenos Aires after a proposal by Argentine delegate Raúl Loustalán.
• UNLP’s Faculty of Dentistry is running a community prevention week with professors and students taking oral-health education into the streets of La Plata.
• The university reports 53 operational community units that provide dental care in neighborhoods for populations with the greatest need.
• UNLP’s dental hospital has added a tomograph, mechanized endodontic devices, 3D printers, and a virtual-reality haptic biosimulator for student training, while campaigns also address dental fear to encourage routine checkups.