Health Promotion and Education in Dentistry

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define and discuss the concept of oral health promotion, its components, and their principles; 2. discuss the importance of and apply both concepts to the improvement of population oral health; 3. explain the rationale for dental education; and 257 4. describe new concepts designed to foster life-long learning.

Oral health promotion and education. Oral health planning. Smoking cessation. Learning methods in dental education.