The objective of the course is to introduce dental hygienists to epidemiological and socioeconomical characteristics of this category of patients in our population and to learn the medical aspects of dental care provided to persons with special needs.
LECTURE TOPIC
Objective and importance of the course, characteristics of the oral pathology of persons with special needs
Psychosocial aspects of dental care of persons with special needs
Prevention of oral diseases in persons with special needs – oral hygiene
Prevention of oral diseases in persons with special needs – prophylaxis of oral diseases Individual oral disease prevention programme
Persons with high health risks in the dental office, sociomedical significance
Orthodontic treatment of persons with cleft jaw and cleft palate
Orthodontic treatment of persons with severe craniofacial deformities
Premedication and sedation of persons with special needs
Dental care of patients under general anaesthesia
CONTENT OF EXERCISES
Introduction to the specificities of dental care of patients with special needs, types of disability, communication and dental work options in outpatient institutions
Admission and examination of persons with special needs, care planning, execution (work in an outpatient setting)
Oral hygiene – choice of tools and techniques for maintaining good oral hygiene of persons with special needs Training patients and parents for maintaining proper oral hygiene
Application of prophylactic measures in outpatient settings
Outpatient treatment of patients with high health risks
Dental care of patients under general anaesthesia
Removable orthodontic appliances in patients with cleft jaw and cleft palate
Fixed appliances in patients with severe deformities
Outpatient field work (schools or inpatient institutions for persons with special
needs)
Assigned reading:
- Autorizirana predavanja