Public Health Care and Prevention in Dentistry II

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:3.00

Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 11:52:35

Study Course Information
Course Code:		ZTMVK_070		LQF level:		Level 5
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Public Health		Target Audience:		Dentistry
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Egita Senakola
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, tskrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		9	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		18
Classes (count)		6	Class Length (academic hours)		3	Total Contact Hours of Classes		18
Total Contact Hours								36
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, Public Health and Epidemiology, Economics and Business.
Objective:
To raise awareness of possibilities for the public dental care, reorienting oral health services to prevention - economic perspectives, values based oral health care. To create a positive, professional attitude to promotion of general and oral health. To raise awareness of planning, development of different oral health promotion and preventive programmes for different population age groups.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Use of xylitol to promote oral health. Sugar alcohols. Origin and mechanism of action. Why and how to use? Cost of use. Applications in various dental products. Side effects and warning against animal use. In which patients it is particularly recommended to use in dentistry. Official international opinions.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
2	Maintaining and promoting oral health for patients during cancer therapy.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
3	Smoking cessation programmes in dentistry. Most significant effects of smoking on the oral cavity. Nicotine replacement products. The role of dental team in smoking cessation programes. Five interventions (Ask, Advice, Access, Assist, Arrange).			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
4	Current oral health situation in Latvia and around the the world. International documents. Reorienting oral health services to prevention - economic perspectives.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
5	Prevention of oral diseases for patients with special needs.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
6	Prevention of oral health for pregnant women and new parents.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
7	Oral health problems and prevention for seniors.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
8	Prevention of dental diseases in different age groups - economic perspective.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
9	Teeth whitening methods and risks.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
10	Xylitol –preventive action on oral health. What is Xylitol? How does it work? Evidence based Xylitol programmes in caries prevetion in the world and Finland. Xylitol recommendations.			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
11	Oral complications related to cancer treatment (radiation and chemotherapy course). Actions by the dental team to maintain good oral health.			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
12	The role of dental team in smoking cessation programes. Five interventions (Ask, Advice, Access, Assist, Arrange).			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
13	Current oral health situation in Latvia and around the the world. International documents. Reorienting oral health services to prevention - economic perspectives.			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
14	Promoting oral health for pregnant women and young parents. In values based oral health care model.			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
15	Seminar - final discussion.			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students prepare a review of the assigned readings to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge during seminars (preparing presentations). To draw up oral health promoting booklets, infographics and videos. At the end of the study course to make evaluation of the course.
Assessment Criteria:
Attendance of lectures and seminars is mandatory. Passed small tests during the semester. Presentations during the study course, worked out oral health promotion materials. Independent and individual work for the preparation of a literature review. Written exam at the end of the course. The final score comes from: 70% attendance at classes, solo work in classes, home preparation of presentations; 30% written exam in the form of an essay. The examination has been passed if 60% of complete and correct answers are provided to theoretical questions regarding the given study course.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Will include understanding of the principles of primary health care, common risk factor approach, systems for Oral healthcare in Latvia and abroad. Understanding of principles, approaches for oral health promotion and education, role of the dental team in oral and health promotion. Understanding the principles of epidemiology in dentistry and types of studies, wide use of new indicators of oral health.
Skills:		Upon completion of the course the students will be able to evaluate and use into their practical work the basic principles of health promotion and education. Will be able at first to understand and suggest preventive programmes and strategies opposite to treatment regimen in dentistry. Will be able to evaluate dental patients' preventive needs - eating habits, dental hygiene skills, give smoking cessation advices, intervention (5A`s), educate dental patients how to prevent dental trauma and act in case of trauma.
Competencies:		Upon completion of the course the students will have ability to educate dental patients and to provide primary oral health care for population in different age groups, also with special needs. Will have ability to develop and take part in the process of implementation of different oral health promotion programmes for different age groups. To evaluate experiences of other countries in oral health education and smoking cessation programmes.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Chestnutt I.G. Dental Public Health at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell, 1st Edition, 2016, 124 p.
2	Burt and Eklund's dentistry, dental practice, and the community. St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier : AAPHD, American Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2021.
3	E.Senakola, I.Maldupa, S.Uribe, M.Ņizamovs. Mutes veselības pētījums skolēniem Latvijā 2015./2016. mācību gads. ISBN (pdf) 978-9934-514-36-4, 1-56.lpp.
4	Rokasgrāmata „Kā palīdzēt pacientiem atmest smēķēšanu”. LR Veselības ministrija, 2018.
5	Vernazza C.R., Birch S., Pitts N.B. Reorienting Oral Health Services to Prevention: Economic Perspectives. Journal of Dental Research. 2021;100(6):576-582. doi:10.1177/0022034520986794
6	WHO, Guidelin : Sugars Intake for Adults and Children. World Health Organization, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central
7	EU Manual of Dental Practice 2015 Edition 5.1. Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom.
8	Lin C.E., Nguyen T.M., McGrath R., Patterson A., Hall M. Dental Health Services Victoria value-based health care principles for oral health models of care. J Public Health Dent. 2023; 83(3): 325–328
Additional Reading
1	Mostofsky D.I., Fortune F. Behavioral Dentistry. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2013, 11-26, 237-250, 323-348. Akceptējams izdevums.
2	Toolkit for oral health professionals to deliver brief tobacco intervention, WHO, 2017.
3	Egita Senakola. Publikācijas Doctus 2018. - 2020.
4	The Oral management of Oncology Patients Requiring Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and / or Bone Marrow Transplantation. Clinical Guidelines UK, Updated 2018.
Other Information Sources
1	Cochrane Library, Science Direct, SAGE, ProQuest, OVID, Wiley online library, EBSCO, Dyna Med.
2	Oral Health - World Health Organization (WHO), 2024.
3	World Oral Health Day, FDI. 2021 - 2023.