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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

PDC 1160 - Prevention of Oral Disease and Cariology

The course will start with a discussion of fundamental biological, epidemiological, and clinical aspects of dental caries. This first part of the course will provide the student with the knowledge to understand the rationale behind preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic methods for the control of dental caries. The second part of the course will provide the student with knowledge of concepts of prevention, the philosophy of Preventive Dentistry, levels of prevention, and primary preventive measures. Emphasis is given to the maintenance of oral hygiene by education, products, and techniques. Oral prophylaxis instrumentation techniques and the application of nutritional concepts as part of primary prevention and oral health maintenance are also presented in the course.