Prevention of Dental Diseases-State Examination (ZHAS_042)
About Study Course
Objective
To diagnose study program “Dental Hygienist” students' knowledge in study course “Prevention of Dental Diseases”.
Prerequisites
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".
Learning outcomes
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.
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.
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.
