511-205 Preventive and Community Dentistry

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject covers the following areas: oral health promotion; public policy and health systems; and computers in dental practice.

On completion of this subject, the student should:

Comprehend: the characteristics of public health programs and their evaluation; the management of the psychological and psychosocial features encountered in dental practice and dental health education; and the variety of uses of computers in dental practice and access/retrieval of data.

Demonstrate: the capacity to communicate with clients to identify health needs; skills in the planning and delivery of a variety of health promotion activities in different school and community settings; and skill in planning dental preventive and treatment services for community groups.

Assessment

(A) One 2-hour written examination at the end of second semester (20%);

(B) Written assignments, presentations and practical reports throughout the year (80%).

A pass is required in Sections A and B for an overall pass in the subject.