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Periodontology – National Degree Examination
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:06.12.2022 10:28:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_043 | 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 theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in study course "Periodontology-Preclinic and Clinic", "Practice in Clinical Environment", "Periodontology". | ||||||||
| Objective: | To examine students' theoretical and practical knowledge of the study programme "Dental Hygienist" in the course "Periodontology". | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Written exam for the examination of theoretical knowledge and practical examination for the examination of practical knowledge. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student must attend lectures and classes. To pass the exam, they must have successfully passed the test and final examination in the courses "Periodontology-Preclinical and Clinic", "Practice in Clinical Environment", "Periodontology" and other courses. Completing the course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The assessment of the exam consists of three parts –assessment in the 4th semester of the course Practice in Clinical environment, written part and practical part . The written part contains a test of different questions with 50 questions. The test is passed with 55% correct answers. The practical part is evaluated in a 10-point system, according to a specially developed evaluation card it takes place during the examination of the patient in the clinic. If the practical part is from distance, students must evaluate the clinical case – determine the diagnosis, treatment plan, recommendations. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | National degree examination | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Having passed the exam, the students will have knowledge: • to recognise the clinical features of periodontum, functions and diseases, as well as their relation to occlusion specificities, dental and systemic diseases; • to assess the interconnections between disease diagnosis, the choice of treatment methods and their use in clinical practice; • of the instruments and materials used in the treatment of periodontal diseases, their types and applications; • of sharpening instruments. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Passing the exam, students will be able to: 1. Collect medical history, observe ergonomics and infection control (Patient card, information on oral care habits, observance of ergonomics, analysis of eating habits, observation of infection control, treatment of the patient, examination of TMJ). 2. Make a full periodontal examination by selecting appropriate instruments (evaluation of bleeding gums, diagnostic of tartar, diagnostic of periodontal pockets, diagnostic of BPE index, selection of D/C instruments, application, sharpening, selection of planned manipulation according to the situation, recessions, anatomy) 3. To perform evaluation of caries and other hard tissue pathologies (caries detection-hypodiagnostics, hyperdiagnostics, hard tissue pathologies, diagnostic localization of fillings, application of KPE index) 4. Recommend and show appropriate oral care products to improve oral health for a particular patient (Tooth brushing techniques, toothbrushes, interdental care products, toothpastes, visit intervals, additional oral care products). | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of a successful theoretical and practical final examination, students will be able to apply theoretical and practical knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of patients' oral diseases. | ||||||||
| 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 | Jill S. Gehrig, Daniel E. Shin, Donald E. Willmann. Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist, Enhanced. Vol Enhanced. 5th edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2020. | ||||||||
| 3 | Newman and Carranza. Clinical Periodontology. 13th edition. 2019 by Elsevier | ||||||||
| 4 | Norādījumi periodonta un periimplanta audu slimību jaunās klasifikācijas pielietošanai klīniskajā praksē. Rīga: RSU, 2021. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gehrig, Jill S., et al. Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation, Enhanced. Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central. | ||||||||
| 2 | Niklaus P. Lang. Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry. 2 Volume Set, edited by, Incorporated. John Wiley & Sons 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lekciju materiāli kursā" Periodontoloģija-preklīnika un klīnika", "Periodontoloģija" | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | „Journal of Clinical Periodontology” | ||||||||
| 2 | American academy of periodontology. AAP | ||||||||
