UONP039 Prevention in Dentistry

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
3/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Iveta Bryjová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as a theoretical-practical unit, focusing on the specifics of diseases connected with the oral cavity in all age groups. It primarily pays attention to dental hygiene and prevention for women in pregnancy, to education in preventive care.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge: Student have knowledge of the cause and mechanisms of the formation of dental caries and periodontal diseases. They know the methods and means of prevention and prophylaxis. They have knowledge of specific dietary factors in the protection and promotion of dental health.
Professional Skills: Students can rationally use the information obtained in professional communications with women. They can perform professional oral hygiene.
General Qualification: Students are able to motivate women to individual oral hygiene.
Competences: Based on information gathered, they can prepare an individual preventive treatment plan.
Syllabus
  • 1. Dentistry prevention, prevention of dental caries, periodontal diseases, World Health Organization and the goals of oral health.
  • 2. Risk factors of formation of dental caries. Basic dental examinations, X-rays and photographs.
  • 3. Microbial dental plaque formation, development, metabolism, pathogenicity, detection and removal.
  • 4. Tartar, composition and development. Care of women’s teeth in pregnancy.
Literature
    required literature
  • LIMEBACK, H. Preventivní stomatologie. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0094-1.
    recommended literature
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E. Orálna hygiena VII (Parodontologia II.). Prešov: Akcent: Print, 2017. ISBN 978-80-8198-005-3.
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E. Orálna hygiena VIII. (Parodontologia III). Prešov: Akcent Print, 2017. ISBN 978-80-8198-007-7.
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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