Oral Health Care for Adults in a Team IIILaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate oral health care for patients coming from different cultures. S/he can treat patients with periodontitis. S/he is able to analyze the reciprocal connection between general health and oral health. S/he is able to assess the propagation risk of periodontitis and model it graphically. S/he is able to assess the patient's need for pain relief and is able to use safely the pain relief methods in his/her area of responsibility. The student is able to develop his/her collaborative expertise as a member in a multiprofessional team.

Content

Practice of oral health care of adults coming from different cultures at the oral health care teaching clinic in a multiprofessional team
• Periodontological health care
• Painless patient care
• Defining the propagation risk of periodontitis and referring for follow-up treatment
• Caries prevention, stopping initial caries and prophylactic filling
• Connection between general health and oral health, antibiotic prophylaxis
• Informing of aesthetic treatments
• Use of patient data systems
• Duties in administration and instrument maintenance

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The descriptions of evaluation (see appendix)

Further information

Prerequisites:
Oral Health Care of Adults in a Team