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Community Dentistry (1)

Community Dentistry (1)

الرمز اسم المقرر الساعات المعتمدة المتطلبات السابقة للمقرر
DENT 122 Community Dentistry (1) 1

Course Outline:

The course has been designed to introduce to the dental undergraduates the basic concepts about community dentistry, oral health promotion and education. The implications of the system of Primary Health Care to the provision of oral health care to communities are discussed.

Course Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, student should be able to:
1. Discuss the concept of health and various factors affecting it.
2. Discuss the concept of health and various factors affecting it.
3. Define community dentistry and its domains.
4. Define primary health care and its implications to oral health care.
5. State the principles of health promotion and various oral health promotive strategies.
6. Discuss the basic methods of health education, different priority groups and the barriers to effective health education.
7. Distinguish between health education and health promotion.
8. Recognize the existing behavioral and health problems.

References:

1. Dentistry, Dental Practice and the Community by Burt AB, Eklund SA. 7th Ed 2020, W. B. Saunders Company.

2. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology journal by Wiley.