Profile and scientific production of Brazilian researchers in oral pathology

objective: this study evaluated the profile and scientific production of research-ers in oral pathology who received grants in the area of dentistry from the brazilian national research and development council. material and method : the standardized online curriculum vitae (curriculum lattes) of 34 researchers in oral pathology who received grants in the years 2008-2010 were analyzed. the variables were: gender, affiliation, time from completion of the phd program, scientific production, and supervision of undergraduate students and master's and phd programs. result: the states of s？o paulo (52.94%) and minas gerais (26.47%) were responsible for 79.41% of the researchers. regarding af-filiation, three institutions accounted for approximately 44.11% of the researchers: unicamp (17.64%); usp (14.70%); and ufmg (11.76%). the researchers published a total of 906 full-text articles, with a median of 26.64 articles per re-searcher in the triennium and 8.88 articles per year. it was found that of 906 articles published, 366 (40.39%) were published in strata a (qualis-capes). oral pathology researchers supervised 437 scientific initiation and post-graduate students. of these, 138 (31.57%) were scientific initiation, 169 (38.67%) were master and 130 (29.74%) were phd students. conclusion: an important scientific production of oral pathology researchers in the 2008-2010 triennium was observed. by knowing the profile of researchers in oral pathology, more effective strategies for encouraging scientific production and demanding resources to finance research projects can be defined.