Dental Research and Oral Health

Dental Education and Training

Basic dental education involves the teaching and learning of the future generations of dentists to prevent, diagnose and treat oral diseases and meet the dental needs and demands of the individual patients and the public. Oral health education is effective in improving the knowledge attitude and practice regarding oral health and in reducing the plaque, bleeding on probing of the gingival and caries increment and in improving the gingival health. Dentists diagnose and treat dental issues and help patients develop better oral hygiene regimens. They clean teeth, correct bite issues, perform surgeries and extractions, and perform other duties to ensure that the teeth and mouth are healthy. Oral health education is referred to as the process of provision of the oral health information in such a way to the people that they apply the principles daily to everyday living. Oral health education helps to develop desirable dental health attitude and habits.

 Duties

• Remove decay from teeth and fill cavities.
• Repair or remove damaged teeth.
• Place sealants or whitening agents on teeth.
• Administer anesthetics to keep patients from feeling pain during procedures.
• Prescribe antibiotics or other medications.