INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF MEDICINE SECTION: PSYCHOLOGY ISSN: 1755-7682 International Medical Society http://imedicalsociety.org 1 2017 Vol. 10 No. 78 doi: 10.3823/2348 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License This article is available at: www.intarchmed.com and www.medbrary.com Abstract Objective: The study aims to analyze the social representations on the ethical and bioethical aspects in the research elaborated by aca- demics of the Dentistry Course. Methods: It is a qualitative research based on the Theory of So- cial Representations carried out with 80 academics of the Dentistry course. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview script, processed in the IRaMuTeQ and analyzed by the Descending Hierarchical Classification. The study followed the ethical standards recommended by Resolution n. 466/2012, obtaining approval from the Ethics Committee of UNINOVAFAPI University Center. Results: The corpus analyzed in the study is composed of 79 units of initial context (UCI) with use of 62%. The results are presented in four classes, namely: 4. The understanding of Ethics and Bioethics in research; 3. Researcher's social position; 1. Legal responsibilities of the researcher and 2. Normative aspects of research ethics - legal basis. Conclusion: Scholars represent ethical and bioethical aspects in re- search as essential to respect human dignity and protect the lives of research participants, with a focus on normative aspects of research ethics through Research Committees. Their attitudes are guided by their conditions of life, their beliefs and cultures of different social contexts. Social Representations on Ethical and Bioethic Aspects in Research ORIGINAL Maísa Araujo Costa 1 , Ronay Lustosa de Carvalho Marques Silva 1 , Francisca Tereza Coelho Matos 2 , Luana Kelle Batista Moura 3 , Carlos Alberto Monteiro Falcão 2 , Thiago Lima Monte 2 , Maria Ângela de Arêa Leão Ferraz 2 , Eliana Campelo Lago 3 1 Graduating of the Dentistry Course of UNINOVAFAPI, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 2 Dentist surgeon. Doctor. Dentistry Course of UNINOVAFAPI, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 3 Dentist surgeon. Doctor. Professional Masters in Family Health, UNINOVAFAPI. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. Contact information: Francisca Tereza Coelho Matos. Address: Rua Vitorino Orthiges Fernandes, 6123, Uruguai, Teresina, PI, 64073-505. Tel: +55 86 98161-5992.  franciscaterezamatos@uninovafapi.edu.br Keywords Bioethics; Ethics; Social Psychology.