Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Public Health Care and Prevention in Dentistry I
Course Code
ZTMVK_063
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Dentistry
LQF
Level 5
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Egita Senakola
Structure Unit Manager
Anda Brinkmane
Structural Unit
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
Contacts
Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, tsk@rsu.lv, +371 67455560
About Study Course
Objective
To raise awareness of possibilities for the public dental care. To create a positive, professional attitude to promation of general and oral health. To raise awareness of planning and development of different oral health promotion and education programmes in regions and cities for different population age groups.
Preliminary Knowledge
Biology, microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, histology, dental anatomy.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Upon completion of the course, the student will have knowledge of principles of primary health care, society and oral health (common risk factor approach), principles and models of oral health care organisation in Europe and Latvia, principles of oral health promotion, education and accessibility in improving oral health, principles of dental care for people of all ages, planning of dental care in the city and district.
Individual work and tests
Essay on Latvian Dental care Model.
Skills
1.To evaluate basic principles of health promotion and education, to understand and be able to suggest preventive programmes and strategies opposite to treatment regimen in dentistry, to develop critical attitude to evaluation of a dentist's own work, to assess necessities of an individual preventive and dental care agreeing them with needs of all society.
Individual work and tests
Test for the preventive part.
Competences
1.To evaluate basic principles of health promotion and education. Ability to educate dental patients (in all age groups) and to order them preventive care on a primary oral health care level. Ability to take part in the process of planning, working out and introducing different oral health promoting programmes in different age groups.
Individual work and tests
Effects of smoking on oral health. • Prevention of dental injuries.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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To prepare oral health promoting presentations, booklets, posters, videos. To educate dental patients (in all age groups). To read evidence based scientific literature. Active participation in lectures and classes. Completion of the course evaluation questionnaire.
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2.
Effects of smoking on oral health. |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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3.
Prevention of dental injuries. |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Create a presentation on dental injury prevention for individual groups of citizens and professionals. |
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Essay on Latvian Dental care Model. |
50.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Essay type answers on theoretical questions from the study course. |
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2.
Test for the preventive part. |
10.00% from total grade
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Test
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Multi-choice questions about prevention lectures. |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Introduction to Public Health Care - Historical Overview, Definition. The concept of primary oral health care. Strategies to control mouth disease (common risk approach). Oral health situation in Latvia and world.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Principles of oral health promotion. The Concept of Health and the Definition, Principles and Activities of Health Promotion (WHO 1986, Ottawa Charter). Education programs on oral health promotion in Latvia. Oral health care models in EU and in the world. Model of Latvia.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Prevention of dental trauma. Smoking and oral health.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Nutrition, Dietary Guidelines and Nutrition Policy for Oral Health. Tooth decay and erosion.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Dental hygienist training models in the world and in Latvia.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Historical aspects of the prevention of dental diseases in Latvia.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The importance of dental plague in prevention of tooth caries and periodontal diseases. Demineralisation and remineralisation process.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Oral health assessment indices.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The role of fluorides in the prevention of dental caries. Types of fluoride prophylaxis-endogenous (systemic) and exogenous (local) prophylaxis. Local fluoride use.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Oral care products.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Dentifrices. Types and composition of toothpaste.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Saliva role in oral prophylaxis. Halitosis-bad breath
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sealants in dentistry. Their types and application technique.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Effects of smoking on oral health. Smokeless tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. Smoking cessation program in dental practices.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Nutrition, Dietary Guidelines and Nutrition Policy for Oral Health. Tooth decay and erosion. Ability to educate dental patients and residents in healthy nutrition policies.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Ability to educate dental patients and population how to prevent dental trauma and how to act in case of a dental trauma.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Dental hygienist training models in the world and in Latvia. Dental hygienist profession standard. Test.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
34 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Burt and Eklund's dentistry, dental practice, and the community / St. Louis. Missouri : Elsevier : AAPHD, American Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2021
2.
Chestnutt I.G. Dental Public Health at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell, 1st Edition, 2016, 124 p.
3.
E-studiju vidē pieejamie mācību materiāli
4.
Gehrig, Jill S. Patient Assessment Tutorials: a Step-By-Step Guide for the Dental Hygienist : A Step-By-Step Guide for the Dental Hygienist, Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central
5.
Rokasgrāmata „Kā palīdzēt pacientiem atmest smēķēšanu” LR Veselības ministrija, 2018.
Additional Reading
1.
Edwina A. M. Kidd. Essentials of Dental Caries: The Disease and Its Management (Kidd, Essentials of Dental Caries). Oxford University Press, 2016.
2.
EU Manual of Dental Practice 2015 Edition 5.1. Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom.
3.
Egita Senakola - Publikācijas Doctus 2018. - 2020.
4.
E.Senakola, I.Maldupa, S.Uribe, M.Ņizamovs. Mutes veselības pētījums skolēniem Latvijā 2015./2016. mācību gads. ISBN (pdf) 978-9934-514-36-4, 1-56.lpp.
5.
Mutes veselības pētījums skolēniem Latvijā 2022./2023.m.g.
6.
Paula Moynihan, Yuka Makino, Poul Erik Petersen,| Hiroshi Ogawa. Implications of WHO Guideline on Sugars for dental health professionals. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2018;46:1–7.
7.
Toolkit for delivering the 5A’s and 5R’s brief tobacco interventions in primary care, WHO, 2014.
8.
Toolkit for oral health professionals to deliver brief tobacco intervention, WHO, 2017.
9.
WHO, Guideline : Sugars Intake for Adults and Children, World Health Organization, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central
Other Information Sources
1.
Cochrane Library, Science Direct, SAGE, ProQuest, OVID, Wiley online library, EBSCO, Dyna Med.
2.
Oral Health - World Health Organization (WHO), 2024.
3.
World Oral Health Day, FDI.