El intrusismo en Odontología.

Intrusion, understood as a usurpation of the professional sphere, has occurred in many areas; Dentistry is no exception, since ancient times it has been known that the first dental prostheses were made by people with completely different work activities from that of the first dentists; since these restorations were carried out by metalworkers, whose manual dexterity was extremely high in handling iron, a material used to make "dental pieces" with which people were helped to restore oral function and, with this, chewing. Currently, this intrusion is still present, particularly in the figure of dental technicians, who, even though, are legally required to limit their work to following the instructions of the stomatologist, without being able to act autonomously and independently in procedures. Clinicians, some of them are known to directly care for patients. Another form of intrusion in Dentistry occurs when dental surgeons without any dental specialty carry out procedures beyond their knowledge, abilities and skills that they generally have. The importance of pointing out and not allowing this exercise of professional activities by people not authorized to do so, not only lies in the legal sanctions that will be applied to those who exercise it; but of even greater importance is preventing oral damage from occurring, many of them irreversible; thus affecting the chewing, phonation and aesthetics of the patients; and even in more serious cases, generating greater systemic effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]