Community Oral Health

Catalog description

The aim of this elective course is to provide our graduates the basics of Dental Public Health and the skills necessary to implement community based oral health prevention programs. The course will be conducted using lectures and fieldwork. Students will identify such target areas and programs that can be implemented in order to impact and improve community oral health. It is based largely on the needs of the community that will be assessed first. Efforts will be focused on population needs, in accordance t o what is socially appropriate and culturally sensitive. The course is elective and is divided in two areas: the didactic component introduces to general aspects of Dental Public Health. The Second Part is dedicated to raise the data that sensibly will give us a clear picture of the problems of the community related to dental disease. Students will be required to visit the field community and be away from the Medical Sciences Campus for at least two hours. Grading System: Passed (P), Not Passed (NP)