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Prevention of Dental Diseases-State Examination
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:29.11.2022 13:12:56
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_042 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | 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, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 2 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Successfully acquired theory, knowledge and skills in study course "Prevention of dental diseases", "Nutrition Science and Oral Health", "Practice in Clinical Environment", "Public Health and Care". | ||||||||
| Objective: | To diagnose study program “Dental Hygienist” students' knowledge in study course “Prevention of Dental Diseases”. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Prevention of Dental Diseases-State Examination. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student must attend lectures and classes. To pass the exam, you must have successfully passed the test and final examination in the course "Dental Disease Prevention" and "Practice in Clinical Environment".Completing the course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A 10-point system is used to assess students' knowledge and skills in accordance with the Study Regulations and the Regulations of the State Examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | National degree examination | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Having passed the exam, students will have the knowledge: • to describe caries and other illness recording methods using different indices for diagnosing oral diseases at different stages; • to present epidemiological data on oral diseases in Latvia and the World, understand their relation with various risk factors; • to explain the role of caries risk detection and metodology at an individual and population level; • to identify existing evidence-based prevention methods, to be able to evaluate information of new prevention methods; • about Fluoride Guidelines in Latvia; • of oral care products and their use in all population age groups; • to critically evaluate information published in the literature of new methods in caries classification, recording and other oral diseases; • to name and characterise the principles of evidence-based dentistry, their application at an individual, group and population level. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Having passed the exam, students will be able to: • explain the acquired data on the general health of the patient, social factors, students will also be able to analyse the patient's eating habits and their relation to oral health, the history of fluoride use and the Latvian Fluoride Guidelines and oral hygiene practices developed in Latvia, as well as to identify the gaps in patient's knowledge; • outline the patient's caries risk assessment results by providing individual recommendations for risk reduction; • evaluate the stages and activity of the caries process; • to evaluate morphology of individual tooth fissures and to evaluate the necessity of silants. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to use evidence-based methods and knowledge gained in the Prevention of dental diseases in both situations – individually and at population level according to the assigned qualification level and professional standard. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Boyd, Linda D., et al. Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist. Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 2 | Chestnutt, Ivor G. Dental Public Health at a Glance. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 3 | Cinical overview Dental Caries. Elsevier Point of Care. July 19, 2022. Copyright Elsevier BV. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ilze Maldupa, Sergio Uribe, Anda Brinkmane, Egita Senakola, Karīına Krūmiņa. Fluorīdu lietošanas vadlīnijas Latvijā", 2014 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Fink, Johannes Karl. Materials, Chemicals and Methods for Dental Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 2 | Koch, Goran. Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 3 | Handbook of Clinical Techniques in Pediatric Dentistry. edited by Jane A. Soxman, and Jane A Soxman. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central, Chapter 9 Sealants pp 77-82; 6 pages | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāli kursā " Stomatoloģisko saslimšanu profilakse" | ||||||||
