Introduction:

In order to fulfill its social assignment, medical university needs teachers trained not only in the content that they teach, but also in other aspects, including didactics.

Objective:

To characterize the components of the teaching-learning process of dental medicine in the context of Cuban higher medical education.

Development:

In Cuba, efforts are appreciated for the improvement of the teaching-learning process that trains dental medicine professionals, mainly in terms of methodological work, curriculum design and pedagogical upgrade of teachers. This work is organized based on the different components of the teaching-learning process and as it is established by the science that has didactics as its object of study, so it is necessary to promote the development of particular didactics, with a focus on the new demands posed by the twenty-first century to medical universities, but without detaching itself from general didactics.

Conclusions:

The components of the teaching-learning process of dental medicine present certain specific attributes in Cuban higher medical education, so that this could contribute to the development of their particular didactics.

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