Oral Health
Poor oral health can have a huge impact on people’s quality of life. This comprehensive course will help you to care for the oral health of your clients.
Duration:
45-60m
45-60m
Modules:
10
10
About the course
Good oral health care is a crucial aspect of care provision. Poor oral health can have a huge impact on people’s quality of life, affecting eating, speaking – even socialising. The majority of oral health conditions are preventable or treatable in their early stages. However, currently only around 25% of care homes have a clear oral health policy in place.
Our comprehensive Oral Health product will help you to care for the oral health of your clients, including what to look for in a healthy mouth, how to promote good oral care and what to do when issues inevitably arise.
Who is this course for?
A ‘must have’ for induction, refresher, management and vocational training.
What does the course cover?
- Oral health importance
- Oral health policies
- Indicators of a healthy mouth
- Oral health in clients with additional needs
- Oral health assessment tools
- Completing an oral health assessment
- Oral health care plans
- Creating an oral care plan
- Client preferences
- Daily mouth care
- Oral health routines
- Record keeping
- Dental appointments and treatment
- Healthy diet
- Sugar and its effects
- Plaque and tartar
- Self-care
- Self esteem
- How to clean someone’s teeth
- Dentures
- Denture care and cleaning
- Reasons for resistance to oral care
- Managing resistance
- Good communication
- Barriers to good oral care
- Oral health supplies
- Benefits of good oral care
How is the course assessed?
After each module you will be asked a set of multiple-choice questions. The answers are marked automatically so you instantly know your score.
Every trainee receives a FREE training certificate on completion of the course as evidence for your records.
