| CODE | DNS4113 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Preventive and Community Dentistry 3 (including Practice Management) | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 09 - Years 4, 5 in Non-Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dental Surgery | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit builds on knowledge acquired during previous years and puts emphasis on the factors important to delivering quality service with a particular focus on prevention and have the ability to apply the principles of dental public health, based on evidence based practice. Other subjects taught are Oral Health Promotion, Information Technology and The Management of a Dental Practice. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the study-unit the student should have knowledge of: • The links between clinical practice and dental public health; • Practical approaches to oral health promotion; • The ability to design a strategy to tackle a major oral heath problem; • The implementation of an evidence based approach to a clinical problem; • The range of information needed in planning dental services; • The requirements of setting up a dental practice, managing the practice staff and managing the practice operations. Reading List: Recommended Texts Essential Dental Public Health. Blanaid Daly, Richard Watt, Paula Batchelor, and Elzabeth Treasure Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192629743. Prevention of Oral Disease John J Murray, June H Nunn, James G Steele. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-263279-1. Recommended Reading Essential of Dental Caries. Edwina Kidd. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852978-1 Statistics without tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians. Derek Rowntree. Penguin Science. ISBN-10: 0205395090. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite study-units: DNS2000 and DNS3000 IMPORTANT Students who do not attend at least 92% of the scheduled programme will not be allowed to sit for any of the assessment components mentioned below. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Hector Galea Pauline Vassallo Ethel Vento Zahra |
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