Experiencia exitosa de la red de Cuerpos Académicos de odontología.

In Mexico national education policies have aimed to promote and support new ways of stimulating the generation and application of knowledge, promoting the creation of Academic Bodies (CA) in public institutions of higher education to strengthen the work dynamics Academics, encouraging collaboration and cooperation between research groups, manifesting in the structuring and consolidation of inter and multidisciplinary teams. The CA "Education, health and oral epidemiology" and "Comprehensive Community Health" of the Universidad Veracruzana organized the V National and International Meeting of CA of Dentistry. Objective: To strengthen the collaboration networks of CA in the area of oral health for joint work between national and international universities, through multidisciplinary care and education to real social problems. Achieving 112 publishing refereed articles and three books making: Investigacion Epidemiologica en Odontologia, Investigacion Educativa en Odontologia and Investigacion Basica y Clinica en odontologia, are the product of the collaboration network where they participate in 45 chapters of 16 academic universities, which contribute to strengthening the CA.