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Public Health Care in Dentistry II
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:15.05.2023 16:44:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZTMVK_050 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| 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, tsk rsu[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) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preventive Dentistry course, Periodontology, Paediatric Dentistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To raise awareness of possibilities for public dental care, to create positive, professional attitude to promotion of general and oral health and 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 | Xylitol preventive action on oral health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Oral health care for patients with special needs. Oral complications of cancer treatment (radiation treatment and chemotherapy). | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Most significant effects of smoking on the oral cavity. The role of a dental team in smoking cessation programmes. Five interventions (5A: Ask, Advise, Access, Assist, Arrange). Pharmacological interventions. Motivational interviewing. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Oral health promotion activities in Latvia and world-wide. International documents on caries (especially on early childhood) and periodontal diseases prevention and management. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Xylitol preventive action on oral health: what is Xylitol? How does it work, recommended dosage? Evidence based Xylitol programmes in caries prevention in different age groups (in Finland, other countries). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Oral complications of cancer treatment (radiation treatment and chemotherapy). What the oral health team can do? | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Most significant effects of smoking on the oral cavity. The role of a dental team in smoking cessation programmes. Five interventions (5A: Ask, Advise, Access, Assist, Arrange). Pharmacological interventions. Motivational interviewing. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Oral health promotion activities in Latvia and world-wide. International documents on caries (especially on early childhood) and periodontal diseases prevention and management. Oral health indicators. Oral health related quality of life. | 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 promoting booklets or videos. At the end of the study course to make evaluation of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Presentations during the study course, worked out booklets or videos 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 new approaches in oral health promotion and 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 advice, 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 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 | Daly B., Watt R.G., Batchelor P. Treasure E. Essential Dental Public Health. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Fejerskov O., Kidd E. Dental Caries. The Disease and its Clinical Management. Munksgaard, 2015. | ||||||||
| 4 | Felton A., Chapman A., Felton S. Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2013, 300 p. | ||||||||
| 5 | Helping dental patients to quit tobacco. 2nd Edition. Public Health England, 2014. | ||||||||
| 6 | Mason J. Concepts in Dental Public Health. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Brinkmane, E.Senakola. Lai zobiņi nebūtu jālabo narkozē. Žurnāls Veselība. Aprīlis, 2018., 20.- 27.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Mostofsky D.I., Fortune F. Behavioral Dentistry. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2014, 11-26, 237-250, 323-348. | ||||||||
| 3 | Petersen P.E., Bourgeois D., Ogawa H. et al. The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health. Bull WHO 2005, 83: 661-669. | ||||||||
| 4 | E.Senakola, A.Brinkmane, L.Kroniņa. Mutes dobuma veselība pirmsskolas vecuma bērniem Latvijā. Doctus, 2018, Nr.9, 35.-38.lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sheiham A., Bonecher M. Promoting Children`s Oral Health: Theory and Practice. Quintessence LTDA, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ross M Keat Jean-Christophe Fricain, Sylvain Catros, et.al. The Dentist’s Role in Smoking Cessation Management − A Literature Review and Recommendations: Part 2. Dent Update 2018; 45: 298–309. Part 1.Dent Update 2018; 45: 197–206. | ||||||||
| 7 | Toolkit for oral health professionals to deliver brief tobacco intervention, WHO, 2017. | ||||||||
| 8 | Toolkit for delivering the 5A’s and 5R’s brief tobacco interventions in primary care, WHO, 2014. | ||||||||
| 9 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 10 | Mostofsky D.I., Fortune F. Behavioral Dentistry. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2014, 11-26, 237-250, 323-348. | ||||||||
| 11 | Petersen P.E., Bourgeois D., Ogawa H. et al. The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health. Bull WHO 2005, 83: 661-669. | ||||||||
| 12 | Sheiham A., Bonecher M. Promoting Children`s Oral Health: Theory and Practice. Quintessence LTDA, 2006. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Cochrane Library, Science Direct, SAGE, ProQuest, OVID, Willey online library, EBSCO, Dyna Med. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kā palīdzēt pacientiem atmest smēķēšanu : rokasgrāmata primārās un ... | ||||||||
