Table 1 Summary of main outcomes

• There is a need to review the undergraduate and graduate dental curricula in paediatric dentistry.

• Undergraduate training and education in paediatric dentistry is fragmented with wide variability, lack of uniformity as well as duplication of contents within the different oral disciplines in the curriculum contents offered by dental schools.

• Patient-oriented models should be developed, focusing on the health team in the context of the family and the community.

• Competencies regarding medically complex patients should be incorporated in postgraduate training.

• There is a need for evidence-based continuing professional development for general dental practitioners and specialist dentists.

• Research plays an important role in providing the scientific basis for paediatric dentistry teaching and practice.

• New opportunities include formal and informal mentoring provided by well-trained researchers as well as expansion in education technology to enhance lifelong learning.