MPPS081 Preventive dentistry

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Sonia Bartáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MDDr. Denisa Kavříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Martina Kukletová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Jarmila Kuklová (lecturer)
MUDr. Hana Poskerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Milena Prudíková (assistant)
Aneta Seroiszková, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Martina Kukletová, CSc.
Department of Stomatology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Lenka Herníková
Supplier department: Department of Stomatology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-OPTO)
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ) (2)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
Branch content:Students are learning about etiology and prevention of dental caries and parodontopathies also the basics of oral hygiene and their importance for maintenance of the personal health.
Learning outcomes
Students have basic knowledge of etiology and prevention of dental caries and parodontopathies.
Syllabus
  • Basic aims of subject education: Students are obtaining knowledge about causes of dental caries and parodontopathies. They learn diagnostics, prevention and therapy of these diseases with emphasis on basic prophylactic procedures. Subject content: Aim of lessons is to manage students with importance of oral hygiene, causes of dental caries and parodontopathies. They learn to diagnose early phase these diseases and to start effective preventive actions. The significance of epidemiological studies is accentuated. Students also meet with methods improving enamel resistance, local and systemic fluoridation, fundamentals of health nutrition. Form of control: seminary report, credit Lectures Introduction to the preventive dentistry. WHO objectives to the year 2020. Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention. Periodontal ligament, cementum, gingiva, anatomy and histology. Microbial plaque, dental calculus, their role in aethiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. Hygiene of the oral cavity, aids, techniques. Basic terminology in epidemiology of the dental caries and periodontal diseases. Indices. Prevalence, incidence, susceptibility, experience, OHI-S, CPITN, SBI, PBI. Dental plaque indices: PI-SilnessLoe,PI-Quinley-Hein. Measurement of pocket depth, BoP. Principle theories of cariogenesis. Early lesion, X-ray diagnostics. Dental caries, iatrogenic irritation in restorative dentistry. Epidemiology of the dental caries. Fluorides in dental caries prevention. Fluoride prevention - exogenous (topical) methods. Fluoride prevention - endogenous(systemic) methods. Nutrition in dental caries prevention. Prevention programmes in dentistry. Preventive aspects in prosthetic dentistry. Preventive aspects in surgery (epidemiology of tumours, precancerous states and AIDS).
Literature
  • Kovalová, E., Čierný M.: Orálna hygiéna. 1994, Prešov, Zürich
  • Murray J.J.: Prevention of dental disease 2nd edition 1989 Oxford University press
  • Harris N.O., Christen A.G.: Primary preventive dentistry 3 rd edition,Appleton,Lange
  • Škach, M., Kostlán,J., a kol.: Onemocnění parodontu. Praha 1977, Avicenum
  • Kilian, J. a kol.: Prevence ve stomatologii. 1999, Galén a KU Praha, nakladatelství
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
semester paper, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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