Difference of and Reduction in Time for Education on Preventive Dentistry, Oral Hygiene, and Fluoride Application among 29 Dental Colleges : Survey Regarding Education on Preventive Dentistry and Oral Hygiene in 2011

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  • AIDA Jun
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
  • TAURA Katsuhiko
    Non-profit Japanese Conference on the Promotion of the Use of Fluoride in Caries Prevention (NPO-JPUF)
  • ARAKAWA Hirohisa
    Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University
  • KOBAYASHI Seigo
    Nihon University
  • IIJIMA Youichi
    Department of Oral Health (Preventive Dentistry), Nagasaki University
  • ISOZAKI Atsunori
    School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Oral Infection and Dental Science, Community Oral Health, Asahi University
  • INOSHITA Eiji
    Koka Office of Public Health and Welfare in Shiga Prefectural Government
  • YAGI Minoru
    Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • MAKI Yoshinobu
    Department of Social Dentistry, Tokyo Dental College

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  • 予防歯科学・口腔衛生学およびフッ化物応用に関する教育の29大学間の差異と教育時間の減少 : 予防歯科学・口腔衛生学教育の現状調査2011
  • ヨボウ シカガク ・ コウコウ エイセイガク オヨビ フッカブツ オウヨウ ニ カンスル キョウイク ノ 29 ダイガク カン ノ サイ ト キョウイク ジカン ノ ゲンショウ : ヨボウ シカガク ・ コウコウ エイセイガク キョウイク ノ ゲンジョウ チョウサ 2011

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In the Dental Practitioners Act, improvement of public health is started as the role of dentists. Lectures on preventive dentistry and oral hygiene are the main components of public health education in dentistry. <br> Additionally, in spite of a decline in dental caries, they are still prevalent, and there are marked health inequalities on comparing dental caries to other diseases. Recently, the use of fluoride for caries prevention has been started as a part of national policies and ordinances of local governments. Therefore, dentists are required to have sufficient knowledge of fluoride application. To nurture such dentists, education on fluoride application as part of the undergraduate curriculum is crucial. To understand education on preventive dentistry, oral hygiene, and fluoride application in each dental school, the Commission on Fluoride Use of the Japanese Society for Oral Health conducted a survey in 1998. Following this survey, we conducted a second survey in September 2011. The survey revealed large differences in time for education on preventive dentistry and oral hygiene among colleges. The differences between colleges with the shortest and longest education times were as follows; in lectures: 8,340 minutes, in basic practice: 2,580 minutes, and in clinical practice: 5,400 minutes. There were also large differences in time for education on fluoride application among colleges: in lectures: 540 minutes, in basic practice: 280 minutes,and in clinical practice: 540 minutes. Several colleges did not offer clinical practice for fluoride application. Furthermore, compared to the results in 1998, time for education on preventive dentistry, oral hygiene, and fluoride application was markedly reduced. Education times reduced by 1,319 minutes in clinical practice for preventive dentistry and oral hygiene. In addition, only a small number of colleges provided education on covering unscientifically based opposition to fluoride application. Increasing the time for education and curriculum content on preventive dentistry, oral hygiene, and fluoride application for undergraduate dental students is needed.

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