Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

DTH 412 — Preventive and Community Dentistry

DTH department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• appreciate the concept of a community
• identify the characteristics of a community
• identify the components of primary oral health care; and
• select appropriate oral health care delivery model for a community

Course contents

Introduction to oral health and community health. Concept oral health and community health. Principles of community dentistry and primary oral health. Relationship between oral health and community health. Models and strategies of promoting oral health care delivery in the community.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study DTH 412.

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