Systemic Diseases and Oral HealthLaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

The student
- can explain and distinguish change processes associated with health and disease
- can describe the effect of systemic diseases on a patient’s general health and oral health, and vice versa
- knows how to offer nutritional guidance in various phases of a customer’s life and in response to changes in the customer’s state of health
- can draw conclusions and, using the therapeutic methods available to a dental hygienist, detect and react to the interdependencies between general health and oral health

Content

- change processes associated with health and disease
- the effect of systemic diseases on a patient’s general health and oral health, and vice versa
- to offer nutritional guidance in various phases of a customer’s life and in response to changes in the customer’s state of health
- detect and react to the interdependencies between general health and oral health

Qualifications

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