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A400/A401: MSc Periodontology & MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice

B750 FdSc Oral Health

B751 BSc (Hons) Oral Health Science

Clinical Skills

HS710-4-AU : Personal Effectiveness

HS711 Clinical Governance & Patient Safety (Oral Health Science)

HS722: HCLE - Health Care Policy, Law and Ethics (Oral Health)

HS730-4-AU : Introduction to Oral Health and Disease

An understanding of oral health and diseases is fundamental to the role of DCPs. This module provides the structure for learning about the oral cavity and its associated structure, the dentition, and the development and maintenance of healthy teeth. The factors that lead to pain, discomfort and diseases are explored.

HS731-4-SU : Promotion of Oral Health and Prevention of Oral Disease

Promoting the dental health and wellbeing of the individual requires an understanding of the wider issues, including environment and work safety issues, heredity, lifestyle, education, social economic factors and media influence. This module expands on some of the themes introduced previously in Health and Illness.

HS732-5-SU : Management of Oral Diseases

This module introduces the students to common and uncommon oral diseases. Recognition of the common, minor conditions requires a broad knowledge base in order to be able to recognise and diagnose the more serious, complex and relatively uncommon conditions. This module builds upon the introduction module of Oral Health and Diseases to enable the students to acquire the knowledge and skills congruent with the roles and expectations of a hygienist

HS733-5-__ : Special Needs

This module introduces the students to groups in society who have special dental needs. Promoting access to effective and timely dental care of these groups of individuals is critical in addressing inequality in oral health. The role of the hygienist is explored in both prevention and treatment of these client groups.

HS734-5-__ : Critical Appraisal and Research Skills for Dental Practice

Dental care professionals (DCPs) are essential members of dental care teams providing care to all age groups. The ability to self-evaluate practice and to use evidence as a basis for professional judgement is critical to effective delivery of care in an ever changing environment. The practice of evidence based dental care requires DCPs to possess critical appraisal skills. This module focuses on the research process and methods as a basis for developing critical appraisal skills and research understanding.

HS735-5-AU : Health, Illness and Disease for Dental Practice

This module introduces the health and illness continuum. The students are provided with the opportunity to learn from patients about their experience of living with illness and the factors that influence their sense of well-being. They will also learn about the disease processes that impact the patient’s general and oral health.

HS736-4-SP : Biomedical and Psychosocial Science for Dental Practice

Understanding the bio-psychosocial dynamic is paramount to health care delivery as it determines the appropriateness of intervention and care. This double module develops the students' understanding of the interplay between physiological functioning and the scocial and emotional well being of the individual.

HS740-6-SP : Extending Oral Health Practice

This module provides the structure for learning the foundation knowledge and skills to manage plaque related diseases, namely the management of dental caries and non-carious tooth surface loss.

HS741-6-PS: Developing Professional Practice

This module allows student dental therapists to use their clinical practice as a focus for their study and consider this environment by focussing their scholarship, research and enquiry on enhancing effective clinical practice.

HS744-6-__: Managing the Oral Care of Children and Adolescents

HS745-6-FY : Dental Hygienist Adaptation Module

This module facilitates achievement of GDC required learning outcomes for a dental hygienist with an existing qualification from another country who has undertaken the GDC Dental Care Professional assessment of their existing qualification. Demonstration of achievement of these learning outcomes being a requirement for registration as dental hygienist with the GDC.

HS747-6-__ : Comprehensive Oral Healthcare Part 2

HS750-7-AU : Introduction and Scientific Basis of Periodontology

This is a core module of the MSc Periodontology and the MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice that is designed to ensure all students have a sound level of knowledge and skills within the subject area of periodontology and have an advanced understanding of the basic science associated with periodontal disease and therapy.

HS751-7-__ : Clinical Periodontology

This is a core module of the MSc Periodontology and the MSc Advanced Periodontology Practice that is designed to ensure all students have an advanced understanding of the principles associated with the clinical aspects of periodontal disease and therapy and their application to specialised practice.

HS752-7-__ : Assessment Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

HS753-7-__ : Non-Surgical Management of Periodontal Disease

This is a core module of the MSc Periodontology and the MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice that is designed to ensure all students are proficient at an advanced level in the non-surgical management of patients with periodontal disease.

The module consists of taught sessions by clinical experts in the field of periodontology covering theoretical teaching, demonstration and teaching of clinical skills using simulation and learning from clinical work based placement undertaking clinical competencies on patients under supervision. Teaching is evidence-based and linked to contemporary literature.

HS754-7-FY : Surgical Management of Periodontal Disease

This is a core module of the MSc Periodontology and the MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice that is designed to ensure students are proficient at an advanced level in the management of periodontal patients with complex needs.

The module consists of taught sessions by clinical experts in the field of periodontology covering theoretical teaching, demonstration and teaching of clinical skills using simulation and learning from clinical work based placement undertaking clinical competencies on patients under supervision. Teaching is evidence-based and linked to contemporary literature.

HS755-7-FY : Complex Case Management

This is a core module of the MSc Periodontology and the MSc Advanced Periodontal Practice) that is designed to ensure students are proficient at an advanced level in the management of periodontal patients with complex needs.