Preventive Dentistry 2
Main language of instruction: Spanish
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.
Head instructor
Dra. Natalia FELIPE - nfelipe@uic.es
Lda. Luana ÁLVAREZ - l.alvarez.fernandez@uic.es
Office hours
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)
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
There are no prerequisites.
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.
Topic 1: Ergonomics
Item 2 transmitted diseases, AIDS, hepatitis B and C
Item 3: Control and prevention of cross infection
Item 4: Gerontology: Sensitivity and parafunctions
Item 5: Prevention in TMJ
Item 6: Prevention in dentistry
Item 7: Orthodontics: Prevention of malocclusion
Item 8: Oral Cancer
Item 9: brachytherapy
Chapter Consultar la asignatura en la plataforma Moodle, donde se colgará la bibliografía y las lecturas recomendadas.
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
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