%0 Journal Article %T O entendimento do processo sa¨²de-doen£¿a e o valor atribu¨ªdo aos dentes em uma an¨¢lise comparativa entre formandos de Odontologia e Engenharia Civil da UEPG/PR %A Moura %A Amanda Meireles Gomes %A Bordin %A Danielle %A Fadel %A Cristina Berger %J Revista de Odontologia da UNESP %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1807-25772012000500008 %X objective: to understand the significance of the health-disease process and the value assigned to the teeth considering its esthetic and functional impact on the life quality of the university academics. metodology: it was developed a cross-sectional study, quali-quantitative, using semi-structured questionnaire and a data descriptive analysis. the sample consists on a 70 academic research graduates of courses in dentistry and civil engineering, at the state university of ponta grossa - pr. result: the significant differences between the courses for the following variables: factors that motivate the search for a health professional, factors related to the health concept, the influence of a tooth was misplaced in the life quality and the impact against the loss of a tooth later. conclusion: the results show that the education in health seems to have a positive influence on the understanding the determinants of health£¿disease process, reserved for health care and dental recovery, with little range in the conceptual approach of health. %K health-disease process %K oral health %K concept formation %K students. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-25772012000500008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en