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Systemic Diseases and Oral Health (10 cr)

Code: 7051066-3004

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene

Teachers

  • Johanna Kurtti
  • Jaana Manneros
  • Riikka Hellman

Groups

  • PSUUNS21

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