The Role of Bacteria in Oral Health course for Dental Practice
This session explores the role of bacteria in oral health and how, through inadequate self-care, ill health may occur.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain how bacteria causes disease
- List the two types of antibiotics
- Describe an example of how bacteria are used to benefit heath
In order to develop an understanding of the disease process, this session explores the role of bacteria and how ill health may occur through inadequate self-care. We do this by stating the factors that make bacteria pathogenic, linking these to the development of dental caries, gingival and periodontal disease.
Before commencing this session you should you have knowledge of:
- Caries
- Periodontal pathogenesis
Michael Wheeler qualified as a Dental Hygienist in the late seventies, spending his early career in the Royal Air Force. His first NHS appointment was as Oral Health Promotion Co-ordinator in Somerset focusing on both the development of programmes for care staff and those in early years education. Mike then held a variety of NHS management appointments ranging from developing a community dental service to PDS to commissioning of dental services, including the introduction of the 2006 dental contract; more recently he was responsible for the management of Bristol Dental Hospital and School.
He is a past president of BSDHT and trustee of the British Dental Health Foundation. Currently Michael combines a role in general dental practice with training members of the wider dental team, as well as being Dental Advisor to the Centre for Workforce Intelligence and a Dental Tutor for the South West Dental Deanery.
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