Systemic Diseases and Oral Health (10 cr)
Code: 7051066-3003
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 28.02.2022
Timing
01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
1 - 25
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene
Teachers
- Johanna Kurtti
- Riikka Karhuvaara
- Riikka Hellman
Groups
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PSUUNS20Suuhygienisti (AMK), S20
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
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty