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Public Health and Dental Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2022 12:25:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_003 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| 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: | Rīga, Dzirciema iela 20, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, zhsrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, Public Health and Epidemiopogy | ||||||||
| Objective: | To raise awareness of possibilities for the public dental care. To create a positive, professional attitude to promotion of general and oral health. To raise awareness of planning and development of different oral health promotion and education programmes for different age groups. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Oral health care for patients with special needs. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Xylitol-preventive action on oral health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Indicators for oral health care. European Global Oral Health Indicators development project (EGOHID). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Different types of epidemiological study and principles of measuring dental disease. Epidemiological data of oral health in Latvia and in the world. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | 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). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | 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 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Oral Health Indicators in Scandinavia and Latvia. Quality of life and Oral health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Oral complications of cancer treatment (radiation treatment and chemotherapy). What the oral health team can do? | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Epidemiological principles in Dentistry. Data of oral health in Latvia and in the world. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | How to plan Oral care in a city or district. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 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 pomoting booklets. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and seminars. Passed small tests during the semester. Presentations during the study course, worked out booklets on oral health promotion. Written test at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| 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 | Blanaid Daly, Richard G. Watt, Paul Batchelor, Elizabeth T. Treasure Essential Dental Public Health. Oxford University Press, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Chestnutt I.G. Dental Public Health at a Glance., Wiley Blackwell, 1st Edition, 2016, 124 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Cynthia Pine, Rebecca Harris Community Oral Health. Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd, 2007. | ||||||||
| 4 | Fejerskov O., Kidd E. “Dental Caries. The Disease and its Clinical Management” Blackwell Publishing, 2008 | ||||||||
| 5 | Felton A., Chapman A., Felton S. Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2014, 300 p. | ||||||||
| 6 | Nathe N.C. Dental public health. Contemporary practice for the dental hygienist. Prentice Hall, 2001. | ||||||||
| 7 | Petersen P.E., Yamamoto T. Improving the oral helath of older people: the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 2005; 33: 81 – 92. | ||||||||
| 8 | Sheiham A., Bonecker M. Promoting Children's Oral Health: Theory and Practice. Quintessence Editora LTDA, 2005. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brinkmane A., Senakola E., Mironova A. „Mutes veselības mācības programma pirmsskolas izglītības iestādēm”. Mutes veselības fonds, Rīga, 2014; 1-60. lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Bulletin World Health Organization. The International Journal of Public Health. September 2005, Volume 83; N˚ 9, 641 – 720. | ||||||||
| 3 | Bourgeois D.M.,Llodra J.C. European Global Oral Health Indicators Development Project. 2003 Report Proceeding Quintessence International, 2004. | ||||||||
| 4 | Mārtinsone K., Pipere A., Kamerāde D. Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Izdevniecība RaKa, 2016, 546 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Mostofsky D.I., Fortune F. Behavioral Dentistry. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2014, 11-26, 237-250, 323-348. | ||||||||
| 6 | Pitts N. “Detection, Assessment, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Caries” Karger, 2009 | ||||||||
| 7 | E.Senakola, A.Brinkmane, L.Kroniņa. Mutes dobuma veselība pirmsskolas vecuma bērniem Latvijā. Doctus, 2018, Nr.9, 35.-38.lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Cochrane Library, Science Direct, SAGE, ProQuest, OVID, Wiley online library, EBSCO, Dyna Med. | ||||||||
| 2 | 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. https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/statistika-un-petijumi/petijumi-… | ||||||||
