Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Preventive Dentistry 2
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
If the student is enrolled for the English track then classes for that subject will be taught in the same language.
Teaching staff
Students who want to talk to teachers can stay after class or via email
* Coordinator: Lda. Luana Álvarez (l.alvarez.fernandez@uic.es)
* Practice teachers and seminars: contact by mail for consultations
Ldo. Víctor Gil (victorgm@uic.es), Lda. Luana Álvarez (l.alvarez.fernandez@uic.es)
Introduction
Knowledge in preventive and community dentistry is increasingly necessary for the practice of dentistry at a care level.
Preventive dentistry studies the different methods for promoting oral health and preventing bucodental diseases, both at the individual and collective levels.
The field of community dentistry is concerned with the prevention and treatment of oral health problems in the community, not only aimed at preventing disease but also at restoring a state of health, and is related to general services in sanitary planning and administration
Pre-course requirements
There are no prerequisites.
Objectives
1. Objectives regarding the content
1.1 Demonstrate the principles on which the study and application of Preventive and Community Dentistry is based.
1.2 Understand and analyze the problems of oral health.
1.3 Describe the different stages of the scientific method.
1.4 Apply the scientific method to a problematic issue of Preventive and Community Dentistry.
1.5 Identify and use appropriate terminology regarding Preventive and Community Dentistry.
1.6 Understand simple articles published in journals in Preventive and Community Dentistry, interpreting them with critical attitude and apply the understanding of them to new situations.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 17 - Understanding and recognising the principles of ergonomics and safety at work (including the control of cross infection, radiation protection and occupational and biological diseases).
- 20 - Obtaining and creating a medical record containing all the relevant information.
- 21 - Knowing how to undertake a full dental exam, including the necessary X-ray and complementary exploratory tests, as well as obtaining suitable clinical references.
- 22 - Having the ability to make an initial diagnostic judgement and establish a reasonable diagnostic strategy, as well as being competent in recognising situations that require urgent dental treatment.
- 23 - Establishing a diagnosis, prognosis and suitable treatment planning for all the different clinical areas of Dentistry, being competent in terms of the diagnosis, prognosis and writing up the dental care plan for patients who require special care, including medically compromised patients (such as diabetics, those with hypertension, a depressed immune system or are anticoagulated, etc) and patients with disabilities.
- 26 - Knowing how to plan and undertake multidisciplinary, sequential and comprehensive dental treatment of limited complexity for patients of all ages and conditions and for patients who require special care.
- 27 - Outlining and proposing suitable preventative measures for each clinical situation.
- 28 - Acquiring clinical experience under suitable supervision.
- 29 - Recognising the underlying causes of dental health in the population, whether genetic, lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological or cultural.
- 30 - Recognising the role of the dentist in actions to prevent and protect against oral diseases, as well as the maintenance and promotion of good health, both at an individual level and a community level.
- 31 - Knowing about the National Healthcare System, as well as the basic aspects of healthcare legislation, clinical management and the correct use of healthcare resources, and understanding the importance of the role of the dentist in the field of Primary Healthcare
- 35 - Knowing the scientific principles of sterilisation, disinfection and the antiseptics necessary to prevent cross-infection in dental practice
- 36 - Knowing the danger of ionising radiation and its impact on biological tissue, as well as the legislation that regulates its use. Knowing how to manage dental radiodiagnostic facilities
- 37 - Undertaking the x-rays that are necessary in dental practice, interpreting the images obtained and learning about other important image-based diagnosis techniques
- 38 - Being aware of clinical and laboratory-based procedures and diagnostic tests, knowing their reliability and diagnostic viability and being competent in interpreting the results
- 40 - Identifying the main reason for the consultation and the history of the current disease. Creating a general medical record and a clinical record which accurately reflect the patient's notes
- 44 - Knowing about and being able to use the basic tools and equipment for dental practice
- 45 - Applying the principles of ergonomics to dentistry work, both at an individual level and a work-group level where appropriate, also in terms of the principles of the prevention of work-related accidents in dental practice
- 46 - Providing a comprehensive approach to oral care and applying principles to promote good oral health and the prevention of oral and dental diseases
- 47 - Educating and motivating patients in the area of oral and dental diseases, controlling pathogenic oral habits,
- 48 - Being aware of the effects of tobacco on oral health and participating in measures which help patients who want to give up their smoking habit. Also, knowing about the complex interaction between the environmental, social and behavioural factors related to oral and general health
- 49 - Knowing the procedures to carry out an oral healthcare diagnosis in the community and how to interpret the results
- 50 - Knowing the repercussions demographic and epidemiological trends have in terms of dental practice
- 51 - Knowing about the organisation and provision of oral healthcare in the community, both private and public, as well as general healthcare and the role of the dentist in these fields
- 52 - Creating and carrying out oral healthcare programmes and knowing about the inter-institutional and inter-professional coordination that is required to do so
- 55 - Recognising that the patient is the centre of attention and that all the interaction, including the prevention, diagnosis, planning and carrying out of the treatment and maintenance, and must support their best interests, always avoiding any type of discrimination and respecting confidentiality
- 63 - Having knowledge of human nutrition, particularly the connection between nutritional habits or diet with the maintenance of good health and the prevention of oral and dental diseases
- 66 - Taking and interpreting x-rays and other image-based procedures that are important in dental practice
- 81 - Evaluating and treating patients with caries or other dental non-carious pathologies and being able to use all the material required for restoring the shape, function and aesthetics of the tooth in patients of all ages
Syllabus
Topic 1: Ergonomics.
Topic 2 Transmission diseases.
Topic 3: Occupational health 1 & 2.
Topic 4: Gerodontology 1 and 2.
Topic 5: Prevention in pediatric dentistry 1 and 2.
Topic 6: Orthodontics: Prevention of malocclusion.
Topic 7: Oral cancer 1 and 2.
Topic 8: Prevention of odontophobia.
Topic 9: Prevention in special patients 1 and 2.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Lectures
Topic 1: Ergonomics
Item 2: Transmission infections
Item 3: Occupational health 1 & 2
Item 4: Gerontology 1 & 2
Item 5: Prevention in pediatric dentistry 1 & 2
Item 6: Orthodontics: Prevention of malocclusion
Item 7: Oral Cancer 1 & 2
Item 8: Dentophoby prevention
Item 9: Prevention in special patients 1 & 2
Clinical Practice
- Clinical History, caries diagnosis and radiographs
- plaque index
- professional tooth cleaning
- Fluoridations
Seminars
Pediatric dentistry.
Healthy diet.
Relaxation techniques.
Smoking.
Professional mental health.
Infiltrative resins.
Theoretical seminars
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
In order to pass the subject, it is essential to pass both the theoretical exam and the clinical practices and seminars. The final qualification of the subject will be determined by the theoretical exam note (60%), clinical practice note (20%) and seminar note (20%).
THEORIC EXAM:
The theoretical exam will consist of 40 test questionnaire with multiple answers. The pass will be obtained when 50% of the exam questions are correct.
Students with a particular problem may request an oral examination that will be conducted by a court of three teachers of the Area.
Honors will be granted when the average of all the marks is greater than 9.
CLINICAL PRACTICES:
The absence to more than 1 practice will have a zero rating (O) in the following practices that will average with the total computation.
The student who accumulates more than 2 unjustified faults, at the discretion of the faculty, does not have the right to be evaluated from the practical part and therefore suspends the subject.
The internships last for 2 obligatory hours.
Each practice has a score (continuous evaluation by the teacher), the acquisition of knowledge and skills, attendance and attitude will be evaluated. The practice is approved with 60% (an average grade will be taken of the continuous evaluation of each practice).
The student must come to the practice with the appropriate uniform and protective equipment: clean white coat, long pants, closed shoe, gathered hair, protective glasses and cap.
Each day will be ready to control attendance. After 20 minutes of starting the practice, no students will be allowed to enter and will count as a lack of attendance.
Before starting the practice, written or Moodle tests can be done to evaluate the student's knowledge of the practice.
SEMINARS:
The absence to more than 1 seminar will have a grade of zero (O) in the following practices that will average with the total computation.
Each seminar has a score in which participation, attendance and attitude are evaluated. During the seminars the students will make presentations of the work done during the Preventive 1 course. The presentations must be introduced in the moodle (one per group).
The student who accumulates more than 2 unjustified faults, at the discretion of the faculty, does not have the right to be evaluated on the part of seminars and therefore suspends the subject.
Seminars have a duration of 1 mandatory hour.
For the seminars all the students will have to read 1 or 2 articles (one for each presented subject) that the professor will hang in moodle and they will be asked questions during the same.
Each day will be ready to control attendance. 20 minutes into the seminar, no students will be admitted and will count as a lack of attendance.
Before, during or after the seminar day, written or Moodle tests may be done to evaluate the student's knowledge of the articles.
Bibliography and resources
CUENCA, E., MANAU,C., SERRA LL.: Manual de Odontología Preventiva y Comunitaria. Masson 1991, Barcelona.
JENICEK M., CLEROUX R.: Epidemiología, principios técnicas y aplicaciones. Salvat 1988.
RIOBOO, R,: Higiene y prevención en Odontología, individual y comunitaria. Avances medico-dentales 1994, Madrid
Evaluation period
- E1 29/05/2025 A15 08:00h
- E1 29/05/2025 A14 08:00h
- E1 29/05/2025 A16 08:00h
- R1 05/06/2025 A02 08:00h