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Title: Dental Education in Lithuania


1
Dental Education in Lithuania
  • Dr. Julija Narbutaite,
  • Kaunas University of Medicine
  • Lithuania

2
History of the Faculty
  • Education of the dentists in Lithuania has been
    started in year 1922, when University of
    Lithuania was established. There were two
    subdivisions Faculty of Medicine and Department
    of Odontology.
  • Later on, in 1930 University of Lithuania was
    renamed into Vytautas Magnus University.
  • In year 1950 the Vytautas Magnus University was
    reorganized into two Institutes Technical and
    Medical with faculties of Medicine and
    Stomatology - Pharmacy.
  • Faculty of Stomatology Pharmacy was reorganized
    into two faculties Pharmacy and Stomatology in
    year 1968.
  • In year 2003 Faculty of Stomatology there was
    renamed into Faculty of Odontology.

3
Two programs
  • Dentistry. Master degree and
  • professional qualification
  • of doctor odontologist.
  • Dental hygiene. Bachelor degree
  • and professional qualification
  • of dental hygienist

4
Structure of the studies at the Faculty of
Odontology
Secondary school graduation certificate
Studies at the faculty of Odontology 5 years
(200 credits)
Vocational training
Professional activities
Postgraduate education
PhD studies
Habilitation
5
The aim of the curriculum
  • to develop well educated personality who
    would be able to combine and use knowledge,
    skills and judgements and have appropriate
    attitudes to deliver a high standard of
    professional care in odontology

6
Objectives of the curriculum
  • to teach the practical skills needed to prevent
    disease and restore the dentition alongside the
    biological basis of the treatment
  • to provide students with fundamental university
    knowledge, to give basics for independent work
    and postgraduate studies
  • to provide students with the basic knowledge in
    medicine and prevention relevant to practicing in
    dentistry

7
The structural subdivisions of the Faculty are
Clinics
  • Clinic of Dental and Oral Diseases
  • Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Clinic of Prosthodontics
  • Clinic of Oral Health and Paedodontics
  • Clinic of Orthodontics

8
Curriculum consists of 8 000 hours or 200 KMU
(300 ECTS) credits
9
Subjects in curriculum
21 elective subjects
10
Speciality subjects studies
11
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching staff 71 clinical instructors and
research workers, 9 professors and 13
associated professors.
  • Lectures
  • Practical sessions
  • Seminars
  • Self studies

12
Key points of assessment
  • Fundamental university education
  • Medical sciencies
  • Pre-clinical odontology

Pre-clinical studies
Examinations - theoretical knowledge and
practicalphantom skills
Clinical odontology studies
  • Human diseases
  • Clinical odontology

Examinations - in all dental subjects
restorative dentistry, oral surgery, perio-,
endo-, paedo- , orthodontics , etc.
Final state examination
13
Final state examination
  • Assessment of the practical skills and
    competences
  • Comprehensive case histories
  • Examination of the patient
  • Treatment plan
  • Diagnosis
  • Implementation of the treatment plan at the
    chairside
  • Assessment of the theoretical knowledge
  • Written MCQ test (200 questions)

14
Quality control within the curriculum
  • University Studies Quality Control Commission
    annualy perform assessment of the curriculum.
  • Anonymous poll is performed among the students
    with questionnaires.
  • Results are presented by the Commission and
    discussed at the Rectorate and Faculty Board.

15
Research activities at the faculty
  • Etiology, pathogenesis and clinical
    manifestations of facial pain and trauma.
    Development of modern methods of treatment and
    diagnosis.
  • Etiology, pathogenesis of oral diseases. Defining
    of treatment needs. Risk factors of dental caries
    and periodontal diseases evaluation of different
    preventive strategies.
  • Epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
    of malocclusions.
  • Modelling of biomechanical events of human
    stomatognatic system and prognosis of their
    function in physiological and pathological
    conditions.

16
Number of the students
  • I year 129 (11 foreign)
  • II year 142 (27 foreign)
  • III year 109 (16 foreign)
  • IV year 119 (18 foreign)
  • V year 111 (18 foreign)

  • Total 610 (90)

17
  • 4 513 dentists graduated in period 1922-2008
  • In year 2008/2009 there are 111 graduate students
    at the faculty.
  • According to the data of Lithuanian Dental
    Chamber there are 3 700 dentists and 290 dental
    hygienists.
  • 80 female and 20 male.

18
Dentists per 100 000 population (WHO data, 2007)
19
Specialities in postgraduate education
  • Endodontology
  • Periodontology
  • Oral surgery
  • Prosthodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Pedodontics
  • Maxillo-facial surgery

20
  • Oral heath status among children and adolescents

21
Oral health status among pregnant women
  • Number of participants 1070.
  • Age between 15 and 45 years.
  • Prevalence of dental caries was 99.9.
  • DMFT was 12.
  • Prevalence of periodontal diseases was 93.1.
  • Oral hygiene was satisfactory according to index
    OHI-S (Green-Vermillion) 1.5.

22
Oral health status among 3 year olds in Lithuania
  • Number of examined children 950.
  • Prevalence of dental caries was 50.6.
  • dmft was 2.1. (d - 1.94 (91.9) f 0.17 (8.1),
    and no extracted teeth).
  • Oral hygiene according to index Silness Loë was
    good.
  • Prevalence of baby bottle caries was 6.45 with
    mean dmft 8.

23
Prevalence of dental caries among 3 year olds in
different countries
24
Oral health status among the first grade
schoolchildren
  • Age was 6-7 years.
  • Prevalence of dental caries in primary dentition
    was 86 and df-t - 3.4.
  • Prevalence of dental caries in permanent
    dentition was 34 with DMFT 0.6
  • Mostly affected teeth were first molars and
    comprise 69.4 of all affected permanent teeth.

25
Mean dmft among 6-year-olds in different
countries (WHO)
26
Dental caries among 12 year olds
  • Number of examined schoolchildren 1035.
  • Prevalence was 74 (between 60 and 97).
  • DMFT was 2.4
  • filled - 53.6 (F -1.26),
  • decayed - 45.1 (D 1.06),
  • extracted - 1.3 (M 0.05).
  • Prevalence of periodontal diseases was 47.4.

27
Mean DMFT among 12 year olds in different
countries (Widstrom E, 2004)
28
Oral hygiene
  • Oral hygiene was satisfactory according to index
    OHI-S (Green-Vermillion) 1.4.
  • Data from nationwide survey on health behaviour
    and life style, which was carried out in 41
    country in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004. Survey is a
    part of study Health Behavior in School-Aged
    Children (HBSC), a WHO Cross-National Survey.
  • Schoolchildren who brush their teeth twice a day
    with a toothpaste.
  • Age of the respondents was 11,13 and 15 years.

29
Girls brushing their teeth more than once a day
30
Boys brushing their teeth more than once a day
31
Prevalence of dental caries among 12-yer-olds in
period 1983-2006
32
DMFT among Lithuanian 12-yer-olds in period
1983-1994
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