Practical Oral health education and promotion for Dental nurses. | Rozalia Gombera | Friday 13 October 2023

For: Nurses,

Description

This course is tailored for Dental nurses with or without a oral health educator/ promotion qualification.

Aims

• Effective communication with patients
• Highlight the new changes in the Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit
• Tailored oral advice for specific patient groups (Implant, paediatric, Ortho, geriatric)

Objectives

• How to gain qualification in the Oral health promotion/education
• Oral health Aids
• Oral health education tools (apps )
• Career prospects.

Speakers

Rozalia Gombera

Rozalia's journey in dentistry started in 2013 as a qualified dental nurse. She gained a postgraduate qualification as an oral health educator and worked promoting oral health in general practice within Gloucestershire. Later on she worked as Oral health Promotion Officer in Warwickshire working for a local NHS Trust, Warwickshire City Council and Public Health England. She also has a non-profit dental project that offers free oral health education, dental out reaches in the UK and internationally. Her mission has been to empower dental nurses to fully use their scope of practice.

Sessions

09:00 - 11:00, session 1

11:30 - 13:00, session 2

GDC outcomes

A, C,