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| native_name    = Facultad de Odontología
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| affiliation    = [[University of Buenos Aires]]
| address        = Marcelo T. de Alvear 2142
| city           = [[Buenos Aires]]
| country        = [[Argentina]]
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| dean           = Pablo Alejandro Rodríguez
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| students       = 2,046<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.uba.ar/institucional/censos/Estudiantes2011/estudiantes2011.pdf|website=uba.ar|title=Censo estudiantil 2011|access-date=9 September 2022|language=es}}</ref>
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The '''Faculty of Dentistry''' ({{langx|es|Facultad de Odontología}}; '''FOUBA''') is a [[Faculty (division)|faculty]] of the [[University of Buenos Aires]] (UBA), the largest university in [[Argentina]].
As of 2011, FOUBA counted with 2,046 enrolled graduate students, making it the smallest faculty at UBA. The faculty offers only two graduate courses, on [[dentistry]] and a [[technician]]'s degree on [[Dental assistant|dental assistance]], as well as a number of specializations, [[magister degree]]s and [[doctoral degree]]s. In addition, the faculty operates the university's Hospital Odontológico, a dentistry [[teaching hospital]] that offers diverse services free of charge.
The faculty has its seat on Marcelo T. de Alvear 2142, in the central Buenos Aires neighborhood of [[Recoleta, Buenos Aires|Recoleta]]. It is near other UBA faculties and facilities, such as the Faculty of Medicine, the [[Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires|Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry]], the [[Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Buenos Aires|Faculty of Economic Sciences]], and the [[Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín"|Hospital de Clínicas]], among others.
==History==
Dentistry at the University of Buenos Aires was historically taught at the [[Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires|Faculty of Medical Sciences]]. The first dentistry office at the university was established in 1891 under Dr. Mauricio González Catán. This office would later become the Escuela de Odontología, whose first head was Dr. Nicasio Etchepareborda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uba.ar/noticia/10533|website=uba.ar|title=La Facultad de Odontología cumplió 59 años|access-date=19 September 2022|language=es}}</ref>
It wasn't until 1947, at the behest of dentist and politician [[Ricardo Guardo]] that the Faculty of Dentistry was created, following the passing of a special law (Ley 13.031) in the [[National Congress of Argentina]] mandating the separation of the dentistry department of the Faculty of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202108/564855-linea-tiempo-uba-200-anos.html|work=[[Télam]]|title=Un viaje por los dos siglos de historia de la Universidad de Buenos Aires|date=12 August 2021|access-date=14 August 2022|language=es}}</ref>
In 2017, the faculty inaugurated an [[imaging]] center for its Hospital Odontológico, aimed at serving the over 1000 patients who receive free treatment on a daily basis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2017/09/30/la-uba-inaugurara-el-centro-de-diagnostico-por-imagenes-mas-importante-de-iberoamerica/|work=[[Infobae]]|title=La UBA inaugurará el Centro de Diagnóstico por Imágenes más importante de Iberoamérica|date=30 September 2017|access-date=19 September 2022|language=es}}</ref>
==Academics==
The Faculty of Dentistry offers two graduate degrees: the [[dentistry]] degree and the [[Dental assistant|dental assistance]] degree. In addition, the faculty offers a number of specialization degrees, as well as [[magister degree]]s, [[doctorate]]s and post-doctoral degrees in diverse fields.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://posgrado.odontologia.uba.ar/uploads/libro2022/libroposgrado2022.pdf|publisher=Facultad de Odontología UBA|title=UBA Facultad de Odontología {{!}} Posgrado 2022|date=March 2022|location=Buenos Aires|editor-last=Giordano|editor-first=Fabiana|language=es|ISSN=1667-0949}}</ref>
==Political and institutional life==
Like the rest of the University of Buenos Aires's faculties, FOUBA operates under the principle of tripartite co-governance, wherein authorities are democratically elected and professors, students and graduates are represented in the faculty's governing bodies. The faculty is headed by a Dean ({{langx|es|decano}} or ''decana''), who presides over the Directive Council (''Consejo Directivo''). The Directive Council is made up of eight representatives for the professors, four representatives of the student body, and four representatives of the faculty's graduates. Deans are elected by the Directive Council every four years, while elections to the council take place every two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rrhh.uba.ar/Paginas/asamblea-universitaria.aspx|website=rrhh.uba.ar|access-date=27 August 2022|language=es|title=Ricardo Gelpi fue electo rector de la UBA}}</ref>
Since 2022, the dean of the Faculty of Dentistry has been Dr. Pablo Alejandro Rodríguez, with Dr. Aldo Squassi as vice dean.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.letrap.com.ar/nota/2022-7-30-10-29-0-la-uba-inicia-una-nueva-etapa-con-yacobitti-en-la-cabina-de-control|work=Letra P|title=La UBA inicia una nueva etapa con Yacobitti en la cabina de control|date=30 July 2022|access-date=19 September 2022|language=es}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|odontologia.uba.ar}} {{in lang|es}}
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