Oral Health Policy and Management

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. discuss and apply various management and policy principles to the improvement of individual and population oral health; and 2. explain the inter-relationship between the health sector and other sectors of the economy.

Concept of needs and barriers to oral care. Role of the behavioural sciences in dentistry. Models of health behaviour. Primary health care approach in dentistry and the basic package of oral care. Oral health financing. The Nigerian oral health policy. Health service organisations. Oral health manpower. Dental informatics and tele-dentistry.