This course is designed to provide students with the roles expected of a community dentist. How to assess oral and general health indicators, the understanding of the impact of environmental, social, nutritional, factors on the pathogenesis of human disease, models of health behaviour, screening for disease and health promotion stragetiges. Students are required to know the methods of financing dental care, methods of advocating quality assurance in dentistry and the ethical responsibilites of a dentist in the delivery of dental care to the community.
- Teacher: Tokasa Leweni