Dental Care for People with Special Needs
Training Provider: Nanyang Polytechnic
Course Reference: TGS-2025055510
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About This Course
This SkillsFuture funded course is a hands-on short course which will be of great benefit to anyone involved in the oral care of people with special needs such as the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
You will understand the challenges faced by this special group of people and learn how to provide holistic oral care for them.
What You'll Learn
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Understand the type of oral health problems commonly faced by people with special needs: dental decay, gum disease, dry mouth, tooth wear and mucosal diseases
• Appreciate the consequences of poor oral health on quality of life
• Identify barriers to dental care faced by the special needs population
• Demonstrate competency in delivery of basic oral hygiene
• Understand oral hygiene strategies and learn oral delivery techniques specific to patients who are wheelchair users, bedbound, PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) and NG (Nasogastric) fed and those who demonstrate care-resistant behaviours
• Identify avenues to seek advanced oral health care for people with special needs
• Understand the type of oral health problems commonly faced by people with special needs: dental decay, gum disease, dry mouth, tooth wear and mucosal diseases
• Appreciate the consequences of poor oral health on quality of life
• Identify barriers to dental care faced by the special needs population
• Demonstrate competency in delivery of basic oral hygiene
• Understand oral hygiene strategies and learn oral delivery techniques specific to patients who are wheelchair users, bedbound, PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) and NG (Nasogastric) fed and those who demonstrate care-resistant behaviours
• Identify avenues to seek advanced oral health care for people with special needs
Entry Requirements
English language proficiency at the professional working level.
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