Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | Dental health promotion

Dental health promotion
Session overview
Description
This session aims to enhance your knowledge and skills regarding oral health and factors that predispose to poor oral health. Promoting oral health in the infant and young child forms an integral part of this session.

Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• explain the importance of good oral health and identify the factors that predispose to poor oral health in infants and young children
• describe the early development of the primary dentition and occasional problems that occur in the young infant
• identify the causes of the common oral problems in young children
• give appropriate advice to parents and carers to improve the oral health of their child

Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should complete the HCP session:

• Module 10 Health promotion/Basic principles of health promotion (402-0058)

Good oral healthcare in the infant and young child can contribute to the general wellbeing of that child and their family.

All parents or carers of young children should be given the benefit of evidence-based advice regarding maintaining good oral health.

This session will discuss the development of the primary dentition, common oral problems that occur in infancy, the common oral diseases and preventive advice for children and their parents or carers.