Students are trained on specific research methods and stages of a promotion program for oral health and health education strategies in specific communities of preschool, school and high school students.

Basic course – sixth year – first semester (series 3) and second semester (series 1 and 2)

1. The definitions and determinants of oral health. Objectives and W.H.O. recommendations - 1h
2. Relation between life quality and oral health – 1 h
3. Planning and stages of oral health programs - 2 h
4. Aspects of oral health programs implemented in collectivities - 2 h
5. Epidemiological investigations. Classification, stages - 2 h
6. Applications of epidemiological surveys in oral health. Medical statistics - 2 h
7. Medical sociology- 2 h
8. Epidemiology of dental caries and caries risk assessment- 2 h
9. Epidemiology of periodontal disease and oral cancer, prediction methods- 2 h
10. Clinical indices of evaluation of oral status and treatment necessity- 2 h
11. Scale of assessment of quality of life – oral health association - 2 h
12. Classification of preventive strategies depending on the time of surgery - 2 h
13. Classification of preventive strategies based on the populaion segment- 2 h
14. Approaches to promoting oral health - 2 h
15. Goals and stages of health education- 2 h
16. Educational methods used in oral health - 2 h
17. Sanogenous message in health education - 2 h

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Pine C, Community Oral Health, Wright, Oxford, 2000
2. Comes, C , Ionescu Sabina. Scientific Research Methodology, Ed Cerma , Bucuresti, 2005
3. Dumitrache M.A, Sfeatcu IR , Buzea CM, DumitraAYcu LC, Lambescu DG : "Concepts and trends in oral health" ; Editura Universitara "Carol Davila", Bucuresti, 2009, ISBN 978- 973-708-382-1
4. Dumitrache A, Moraru R, Dumitrascu, L, Behavioral Sciences, Lecture notes, Ed. Cerma, Bucuresti, 2005
5. Hanganu, C, Danila I, Community Dentistry, Ed Tehnica –info, Chisinau, 2002
6. Lupu I, Zanc, I, Medical Sociology, Editura Polirom, Iasi, 2000
7.  Moraru, R, Dumitrache, A, Comunication and education in oral health,Ed. Cerma Bucuresti, 2002
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9. Timis Teodora, Oral health – essential determinant for quality of life:, Ed. Performantica, Iasi, 2005
10. WHO Basic epidemiology, Geneva 1993, www.who.org

Optional course – first year – Applied Sociology in Dental Medicine – Associate Professor Dumitrache Mihaela Adina

1. Psychosocial approaches to health and oro-dental diseases. Health dimensions, illness as deviant. Cultural meanings of health and disease - 2 h
2. Lifestyle and health. Dental disease risk factors: diet, smoking, alcohol and drugs -2h
3. Social stratification and health status. Poverty and inequality in access to health services -2h
4. Social influence. Theories and models of attitudinal change- 2h
5. Persuasion in Dental Medicine-  2h
6. Emotions and heath status. Psychosocial aspects of anxiety to dental treatment- 2h
7. Mass media and oral health- 2h

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Dumitrache, Adina, Moraru, Ruxandra & Dumitrascu, Loredana. (2006). Behavioral sciences. Lecture notes. Bucuresti: Editura Cermaprint.
2. Dumitrache, Mihaela A., Sfeatcu, Ionela R., Buzea, Corina M., Dumitrascu, Loredana C. & Lambescu, Dan G. (2009). Concepts and trends in oral health. Bucuresti: Editura Universitara Carol Davila.
3. Germov, John. (1998). Second opinion: an introduction to health sociology. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
4. Giddens, Anthony. [1989](2000). Sociology, Third Edition. BucureAYti: Editura Bic All.
5. Hanganu, Stela Carmen and Danila Ioan. (2002). Community Stomatology. Chisinau: Editura Tehnica-Info.
6. James, Veronica si Gabe, Jonathan (eds.). (1996). Health and the Sociology of Emotions. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
7. Lupu, Iustin & Zanc, Ioan. (1999). Medical Sociology. Theories and applications. Iasi: Editura Polirom.
8. Moraru, Ruxandra & Dumitrache, Adina, (2003). Communication and education in oral health. Bucuresti: Editura Cerma.
9. Oltean, Dumitru. (1996). Preventive Dentistry. Bucuresti: Editura Anotimp.
10. Radulescu, Sorin M. (2002).Sociology of health and disease. Bucuresti: Editura Nemira.

Optional Course – first year – Course Introduction in medical deonthology – Senior Lecturer dr. Sfeatcu Ionela Ruxandra

1. Health ( with reference to oral- dental health), essential coordinate for human existence and social progress.- 2 h
2. The concept of quality of life and its involvement in dentistry. Evaluation Tools.- 2 h
3. Onservation chart: forensic and ethical document. Patient informed consent, a necessity for medical activity. Iatrogen pathology.
4. Doctor- patient relation. Patient rights and obligations of medical staff. Presentation of the ethics code of the dentist.- 2 h
5. Responsability and truth in medical practice, with refference to dentistry. Ethical implications in clinical research and laboratory - 2 h
6. Perspectives on cloning: ethical, legal and religious considerations. Genetically modified organisms, a controversed technology. Euthanasia and assisted suicide, an issue of medical ethics? Bioterrorism, a problem of contemporany society.- 2 h
7. Case studies on research in dental medicine: ethical and social aspects, risks and benefits, confidentiality, results. - 2 h.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Codul Deontologic al Medicilor din Romania, Colegiul Medicilor din Bucuresti, Editura Medicala
2. Codul deontologic al medicului dentist, Colegiul Medicilor Dentisti din Romania. Monitorul oficial al Romaniei, partea I, Nr. 408/18.06.2010
3. Astarastoae V, Almos TB. Responsabilitatea juridica medicala in Romania. Editura Polirom, 2000
4. David D. Metodologia cercetarii clinice. Editura Polirom, 2006
5. Azoicai D. Etica cercetarii clinice. O prioritate in medicina bazata pe dovezi. Revista Romana de Bioetica, vol. 1, nr.2, 2003
6. Vulpoi C, Ungureanu G, Stoica O. RelaALia medic-pacient. Educatie terapeutica si implicatii bioetice. Revista Romana de Bioetica, vol. 5, nr. 2, 2007
7. Wiliams JR. Dental Etics Manual. Federatia Dentara Internationala, 2007.