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
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PSUUNS22
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