LF:MPPS081 Preventive dentistry - Course Information
MPPS081 Preventive dentistry
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Antonín Fassmann, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Zdenka Halačková, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Martina Kukletová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Jarmila Kuklová (lecturer)
MUDr. Marta Svobodová (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Jiří Vaněk, CSc. (lecturer), doc. MUDr. Sonia Bartáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Milena Prudíková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. MUDr. Martina Kukletová, CSc.
Department of Stomatology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Mon 21. 2. to Fri 15. 4. Tue 7:20–9:00 STK N03901
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
- Course objectives
- Branch content: Students are learning about etiology and prevention of dental caries and parodontopathies also the basics of oral hygiene and its importance for maintenance of the personal health.
- Syllabus
- Basic aims of subject education: Students are obtaining knowledge about causes of dental caries and parodontopathies. They learn diagnostics, prevention and therapy of these diseases with emphasis on basic prophylactic procedures. Subject content: Aim of lessons is to manage students with importance of oral hygiene, causes of dental caries and parodontopathies. They learn to diagnose early phase these diseases and to start effective preventive actions. The significance of epidemiological studies is accentuated. Students also meet with methods improving enamel resistance, local and systemic fluoridation, fundamentals of health nutrition. Form of control: seminary report, credit Lectures Introduction to the preventive dentistry. WHO objectives to the year 2020. Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention. Periodontal ligament, cementum, gingiva, anatomy and histology. Microbial plaque, dental calculus, their role in aethiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. Hygiene of the oral cavity, aids, techniques. Basic terminology in epidemiology of the dental caries and periodontal diseases. Indices. Prevalence, incidence, susceptibility, experience, OHI-S, CPITN, SBI, PBI. Dental plaque indices: PI-SilnessLoe,PI-Quinley-Hein. Measurement of pocket depth, BoP. Principle theories of cariogenesis. Early lesion, X-ray diagnostics. Dental caries, iatrogenic irritation in restorative dentistry. Epidemiology of the dental caries. Fluorides in dental caries prevention. Fluoride prevention - exogenous (topical) methods. Fluoride prevention - endogenous(systemic) methods. Nutrition in dental caries prevention. Prevention programmes in dentistry. Preventive aspects in prosthetic dentistry. Preventive aspects in surgery (epidemiology of tumours, precancerous states and AIDS).
- Literature
- Kovalová, E., Čierný M.: Orálna hygiéna. 1994, Prešov, Zürich
- Škach, M., Kostlán,J., a kol.: Onemocnění parodontu. Praha 1977, Avicenum
- Murray J.J.: Prevention of dental disease 2nd edition 1989 Oxford University press
- Kilian, J. a kol.: Prevence ve stomatologii. 1999, Galén a KU Praha, nakladatelství
- Harris N.O., Christen A.G.: Primary preventive dentistry 3 rd edition,Appleton,Lange
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- semester paper, credit
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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