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About Study Course

Department: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
Credit points / ECTS:8 / 12
Course supervisor:Gunta Nimma
Study type:Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Dentistry
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine

Objective

Enhance the level of students' knowledge, skills and competence in the prevention of oral diseases, clinical examinations, looking at the patient as a whole and performing the necessary treatment in accordance with their level of competence in Pediatric dentistry and Adult dentistry.

Prerequisites

Prevention of dental diseases, radiology, periodontology, public health care in dentistry, oral health promotion and education, oral pathology, contact with a patient in pediatric dentistry, therapeutic dentistry, dental prosthetics, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, dental anatomy.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students define the examination of the oral cavity and the diagnosis of diseases,
documents and describes the patient's medical history,
presents a treatment plan,
identifies recommendations in the prevention of oral diseases,
explains infection control standards,
recognizes the norms of professional ethics.

Skills

The student obtains and documents the patient's medical history, paying attention to medication use, bad habits, oral care habits,
respects the confidentiality of data protection,
perform an examination of the neck lymph nodes, temporomandibular joints,
perform a full periodontal examination,
performs index calculation,
documents and evaluates the obtained results,
explains and demonstrates the treatment plan,
provides recommendations in the prevention of oral diseases
performs polishing of dental crowns, laying of sealants, application of various fluoride applications,
perform supragingival and subgingival (up to 5 mm in pockets) instrumentation using specialized instruments,
carries out disinfection, sterilization control,
follow the use of infection control barriers.

Competence

Students are able to independently collect anamnesis, evaluate, calculate, reasonedly interpret and analyze the available information; able to explain and offer advanced oral prevention and treatment solutions to the patient; able to remove plaque and tartar using various tools; able to provide infection and sterilization control.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Dental Hygiene, ZFH4First levelRequiredValentīna Šlika, Gunta Nimma
Dental Hygiene, ZFH2First levelRequiredValentīna Šlika