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Cariological and Periodontal Care (5 cr)

Code: 7051064-3005

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 12.02.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene

Teachers

  • Minna Hyötilä
  • Jaana Manneros
  • Riikka Karhuvaara
  • Riikka Hellman

Groups

  • PSUUNS22
  • 22.05.2023 12:30 - 14:00, TENTTI/Parodontologinen hoito 7051064-3005

Objective

The student
- recognises the needs associated with the care and promotion of oral health in patients with caries
- knows how to carry out treatment methods that belong to the responsibility of a dental hygienist in the treatment of patients with caries
- recognises periodontal diseases as infectious diseases and knows the factors affecting their pathogenesis, progress and healing
- knows the factors affecting the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases
- knows how to carry out basic and maintenance treatment methods available to a dental hygienist in the treatment of patients with periodontal diseases
- knows how to carry out early treatment and rehabilitation that belong to the responsibility of a dental hygienist when treating periodontal diseases

Content

- the needs associated with the care and promotion of oral health in patients with caries
- treatment methods that belong to the responsibility of a dental hygienist in the treatment of patients with caries
- periodontal diseases as infectious diseases and the factors affecting patients pathogenesis, progress and healing
- the factors affecting the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases
- basic and maintenance treatment methods available to a dental hygienist in the treatment of patients with periodontal diseases
- early treatment and rehabilitation that belong to the responsibility of a dental hygienist when treating periodontal diseases

Evaluation scale

H-5