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Oral Health Promotion in Clinical and Population Settings
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:08.01.2024 09:15:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZTMVK_077 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| 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, Dzirciema street 20, tsk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, histology, embryology, dental anatomy, preventive dentistry, periodontology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Part 1. 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. Part 2. To develop skills of patient examination, caries diagnostic and detection of carious lesions, prevention and early treatment of caries using evidence-based methods and materials; provide knowledge about the correct documentation of the patient and development of individual prevention and treatment plans. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Oral health care models in Europe. Oral health care model in Latvia. Oral health education programmes to promote oral health in the world. Best practice examples, also in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Introduction in to dental public health - historical aspects. Primary oral health care. Ottawa Charter. Strategies recommended to prevent and control chronic diseases and oral diseases (common risk factor approach). Upstream and downstream concept. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Dental hnygienist education models in the world and Latvia. Historical aspects. Professional standart in Latvia. Prevention hour at dental hygiene practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Smoking and oral health. Epidemiological data. Secondhand smoke, women and smoking. Most significant effects of smoking on the oral cavity. Nicotine replacement products.The role of dental team in smoking cessation programmes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Prevention of dental trauma. Epidemiology and aetiology. First aid for crown fracture and avulsed tooth. Information to the public about dental trauma, developing public dental trauma awareness, guidelines for preventive actions. Video. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Dental care in different countries, students are answering on specific questions. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Oral health education and promotion in all age groups: effects of tobacco on oral health, helping patients change their smoking habits, the role of a dental team. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Dental trauma prevention. Mouthguards. / If, there will be an opportunity to realise - students' presentations about their lectures and games for the kindergarten children. Practice at kindergartens and pre-schools. Before acquaintance with the practice statutes to attend kindergartens and schools to educate children to improve their oral health. Acquaintance with the programme "Oral health promotin for kindergartens in Riga city", 2014, book 1- 58 p., booklet 1-8 p., 2 posters. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Dental record form. Recommendations for oral health promotion. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Assessment of oral hygiene - Hygiene Index, Plaque Index, Silness Loe Index, Green- Vermilion Index. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Assessment of periodontal health - CPITN. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Diagnostics of dental caries (ICDAS) using photos and extracted teeth. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Diagnostics of dental caries in clinic (ICDAS, DMFT, DMFS), diagnostics of other hard tissue pathologies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Caries risk assessment, treatment plan, teeth polishing, professional fluoride applications. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Application of fissure and proximal sealants. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1st part - Students prepare a review of the assigned readings to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge during seminars, to make presentations and informative booklets. On a voluntary basis - to draw up and implement a lesson plan on promoting oral health for children at kindergartens or preschools. To present the experience gained at the placement (kindergarten or preschool) during the last study course seminar. 2nd part - For every lesson, students should read or listen to materials in e-studies (methodical materials, video and scientific articles); In 7th class students must prepare a fully completed patient card with an assessment of the disease risk, a treatment plan and a letter to the patient. At the end of the study course to make evaluation of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Part 1. During the study course, oral presentations and produced booklets in oral health education. Voluntary -students’ report on the practice in oral health education at kindergartens or preschools. Part 2. 70% written exam + 20% grade of practical class test + 10% attendance of practical classes. The overall mark consist of the first part of 50% and the second part of 50%. Written exam at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1st part - Will get 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. 2nd part - Will name and characterise the oral health assessment indices, corresponding codes. Will describe the methods for caries risk assessment. Will classify professionally applied fluoride products and will explain their indications in different caries risk groups. Will name occlusal and proximal dental sealant indications. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 1st part - 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 advices, educate dental patients how to prevent dental trauma and act in case of a trauma. 2nd part - Will apply oral health assessment indices. Will detect and record the stage and activity of carious lesions. Will apply professional topical fluorides according to patient's age and caries risk group. Will apply occlusal and proximal sealants. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1st part - 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. Will have ability to develop and take part in the process of implementation of different oral health promotion programmes for different age groups. 2nd part - Will be able to independently assess the need for different caries diagnostic, detection, prevention and treatment methods, taking into consideration the needs of each patient; will be able to follow the scientific literature about new diagnostic and treatment tools and rational use of existing methods. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chestnutt I.G. Dental Public Health at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell. 1st Edition, 2016, 124 p. | ||||||||
| 2 | Burt and Eklund's dentistry, dental practice, and the community / St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier : AAPHD, American Association of Public Health Dentistry, [2021] | ||||||||
| 3 | Daly B., Watt R.G., Batchelor P., Treasure E. Essential Dental Public Health. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2013. | ||||||||
| 4 | Felton A., Chapman A., Felton S. Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion. Wiley Blackwell, 2nd Edition, 2013, 300 p. | ||||||||
| 5 | E.Senakola, I.Maldupa, S.Uribe, M.Ņizamovs. Mutes veselības pētījums skolēniem Latvijā 2015./2016. mācību gads. ISBN (pdf) 978-9934-514-36-4, 1-56.lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Maldupa I, Sopule A, Uribe SE, Brinkmane A, Senakola E. Caries Prevalence and Severity for 12-Year-Old Children in Latvia. Int Dent J. 2021 Jun;71(3):214–23. | ||||||||
| 7 | Fejerskov O, Nyvad B, Kidd E. Dental Caries: The Disease and its Clinical Management, 3rd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. | ||||||||
| 8 | Goldberg M. Understanding Dental Caries – from Pathogenesis to Prevention and Therapy. Springer, 2016. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | EU Manual of Dental Practise. 5th Edition, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sheiham A., Bonecher M. Promoting Children`s Oral Health: Theory and Practice. 2nd ed. Quintessence LTDA, 2014. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kā palīdzēt pacientiem atmest smēķēšanu : rokasgrāmata primārās un perinatālās aprūpes speciālistiem nikotīna atkarīgu pacientu diagnosticēšanai un īsās intervences sniegšanai pacientu smēķēšanas atmešanas veicināšanai. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ross M. Keat Jean-Christophe Fricain, Sylvain Catros, Luis Monteiro, 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. | ||||||||
| 5 | Toolkit for oral health professionals to deliver brief tobacco intervention. WHO, 2017. | ||||||||
| 6 | Paula Moynihan, Yuka Makino, Poul Erik Petersen,| Hiroshi Ogawa. Implications of WHO Guideline on Sugars for dental health professionals. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2018;46:1–7. | ||||||||
| 7 | Sheiham A, James WP. Diet and Dental Caries: The Pivotal Role of Free Sugars Reemphasized. J Dent Res. 2015 Oct;94(10):1341-7. | ||||||||
| 8 | Senneby A, Mejàre I, Sahlin NE, Svensäter G, Rohlin M. Diagnostic accuracy of different caries risk assessment methods. A systematic review. J Dent. 2015 Dec;43(12):1385-93. | ||||||||
| 9 | Gimenez T, Piovesan C, Braga MM, Raggio DP, Deery C, Ricketts DN, et al. Visual Inspection for Caries Detection A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Dent Res. 2015 Jul;94(7):895-904. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Cochrane Library, Science Direct, SAGE, ProQuest, OVID, Willey online library, EBSCO, Dyna Med. | ||||||||
| 2 | Oral Health - World Health Organization (WHO) | ||||||||
| 3 | World Oral Health Day, FDI. | ||||||||
| 4 | Egita Senakola un citi autori- Publikācijas Doctus | ||||||||
| 5 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25994176/ | ||||||||
| 6 | https://www.mah.se/fakulteter-och-omraden/Odontologiska-fak… | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.ada.org/en/ | ||||||||
| 8 | http://www.aapd.org/ | ||||||||
| 9 | http://www.cdafoundation.org/education/cambra | ||||||||
