UOLP042 Professional Individual Work Experience B

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/120/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
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
Course objectives
The course objective is to practice all necessary knowledge, skills and work habits in the dental hygienist's office.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge: setting indices (scores) according to given (international) standards with an emphasis on compliance with fixed criteria.
Professional skills: communication with the client in regard to the rational acquisition of important medical history data and especially in respect of ethical standards of handling personal data and in respect of the clients’ rights.
General competence: examination of the oral cavity and formulation of the examination results in a clear and comprehensible way.
Competence: motivating patients to perform proper oral hygiene and properly instructing them on dental models as well as in the patients’ mouth.
Areas of dental hygienists’ professional practice: Determining diagnoses and performing a differential diagnosis of diseases of hard dental tissues and periodontal diseases. Students are well versed in the basics of diseases of the oral mucosa, they can perform intraoral X-ray examination, process an X-ray image in the dark chamber and evaluate it, determining treatment plans for periodontal diseases, and in cooperation with the physician, they perform its initial stage. Removal of both supraginginal and subginginal tartar by means of both hand tools and devices, sharpening hand tools for tartar removal, removal of pigmentation from the surface of teeth and proper polishing of their surface, adjustment and polishing of the fillings and their edges in case they increase the retention of biofilm, determination of the intervals of patients’ inspection examination and carry out such inspection examinations. Diagnosis of sick and healthy periodontium, diagnosis of changes on the surface of the enamel, carious and non-carious lesions, diagnosis of caries and changes in the periodontius on an X-ray image, diagnosis of iatrogenic etiological factors. Familiarization with the work of a dentist and instrumentalist, assistance in surgical procedures on periodontium. Oral health education in clients as part of clinical practice. Presentation of a case report for a selected Client.

Department:
Dental surgery
Literature
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E. a kol. Orálna hygiena II, III. Prešov: Akcent Print, 2010. ISBN 9788089295241.
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E., KLAMÁROVÁ, T., MŰLLER, A. Orálna hygiena IV. Prešov: Akcent Print, 2012. ISBN 9788055505671. (imunologie)
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E., KLAMÁROVÁ, T., MŰLLER, A. Orálna hygiena V. Prešov: Akcent Print, 2013. ISBN 9788089295395.
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E., MŰLLER, A. Orálna hygiena VI + DVD. Prešov: Akcent Print, 2015. ISBN 9788089295647.
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E. Orálna hygiena VII. (Parodontologia II.). Prešov: Akcent Print, 2017. IBAN: 978-80-8198-005-3.
  • KOVAĽOVÁ, E. Orálna hygiena VIII. (Parodontologia III). Prešov: Akcent Print, 2017. IBAN: 978-80-8198-007-7.
  • MAZÁNEK, J. Zubní lékařství: propedeutika. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3534-4.
  • WEBER, T. Memorix zubního lékařství. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3519-1.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: Verified fulfilment of the performances and activities listed in the Dental Hygienist Services Records (Logbook). 100% attendance. Elaboration of a case report for a selected client.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 týdny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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