Kariological Patient's Oral Heatlh Care (5 cr)
Code: TS00BG93-3002
General information
Enrollment
01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025
Timing
07.01.2025 - 30.03.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene
Teachers
- Hanna Hytönen
- Tarja Ruokokoski
Scheduling groups
- R1/2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
- R2/2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
- TS24SPE (satelliitti) (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
- R1/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R2/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R3/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R4/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R5/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R6/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R7/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- R8/8 (Size: 4. Open UAS: 0.)
- TS24SPE (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
-
TS24SPEDental Hygiene, satellite group
-
TS24SPDental Hygiene
Education groups
- R1/2
- R2/2
- TS24SPE (satelliitti)
- R1/8
- R2/8
- R3/8
- R4/4
- R5/8
- R6/8
- R7/8
- R8/8
- TS24SPE
Teaching methods
Content
- diagnostic devices and instruments in oral health care (inspection, fiber-optic transillumination, intra-oral camera, imagining)
- bitewing radiography and panoramic radiography
- caries lesion finding
- remineralisation, demineralisation
- preventive cariological care
- cariological indices
- cariological care process, devices and materials
- dental pulp diseases and vitality test
- the chemical mechanism of dental whitening treatment
Active participation in contact lessons TS24SP and active watching of Zoom-recordings (for 14 days) TS24SPE, imaging exercises, learning assignments and exams
Evaluation scale: 0-5
The basis of the assessment: study course evaluation criteria in Moodle-platform
Student workload
5 ECTS x 27 h = 135 h, consists of
contact lessons 35 h TS24SP and recordings of virtual lessons 35 h TS24SPE
independent study 95 h: independent practice tasks, learning tasks, preparation for the theory exam
practice exercise Imaging 2 h (presence 100 %)
exam 3 h
Materials
Bowen, Denise M, Pieren, Jennifer A 2019. Darby and Walsh’s Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice, 5th Edition. Saunders: Elsevier.
Caries (control). Current Care Summary. Published: 27.08.2023. Working group appointed by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim , Finnish Dental Society Apollonia.
Other materia/eLearning material, which is published in the beginning of the course
Further information
Anatomia ja fysiologia 5 op, Suun infektiosairauksien etiologia ja epidemiologia 5 op as previous studies is required