Unit Code: DNT820

Unit Name: Applied Preventive Dentistry

Description: The course provides students with the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary for a manager in public health dentistry with regards to prevention of oral diseases. Students will have a deeper understanding of oral disease burden while appraising scientific literatures for evidence-based practice in oral health care. Based on these, students acquire the ability to critically appraise individual and community-based preventive interventions and related legislative framework. Further, it will assist them to prescribe, implement and amend preventive strategies accordingly by designing a comprehensive preventative plan.

Learning Target Outcomes: At the end of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Explain oral disease burden and related epidemiology of oral diseases. 2. Prepare scientific review of literature on preventive oral care demonstrating the balance between evidence based and pragmatism in the delivery of oral health services. 3. Formulate relevant rules, regulations, and ethical standards in the conduct of population oral health programs and activities. 4. Propose appropriate evidence-based practice and strategies for the prevention and control of oral diseases and promotion of oral health. 5. Devise an oral health preventative plan for common oral diseases and conditions.

Prerequisite: MER

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 30

Offered In: Semester 1,2