About Oral Hygiene Online.
What is the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and what is the 2019 ‘Smiling Matters: Oral Health Care in Care Homes’ guideline? Who is at risk of bad oral hygiene? What are the effects of aging within the mouth? Why might it be difficult for some people to maintain good hygiene? What does a health tongue look like? What does a dry tongue look like and what it is causes by? What is Leukoplakia, what does it look like and what can it be caused by? What is Glossitis, what does it looks like and what is it caused by?
Our Oral Hygiene course will help you answer the questions above and more.
Dental Inspectors attended 100 care homes – 27% of care plans filly covered oral hygiene, 10% have not heard of it, 39% of managers had not heard of NICE and 47% of staff had never received training.
Through our Oral Hygiene course, you will gain an understanding of what assessment tools are and what the acronyms THROAT and OHAT stand for. You will learn the difference between lip conditions these are: Angular Cheilitis, Granulomatous Cheilitis, Exfoliative Cheilitis and Eczematous Cheilitis. You will learn how to correctly care for lips. You will learn what Periodontal Disease is and what it can impact. What are the signs of a healthy mouth.
Who is Oral Hygiene Online for?
Our Oral Hygiene course is for anyone who works with older adults as our course is specifically designed and aimed at the elderly care sector.
What are the learning outcomes?
- Discuss the importance and uses of saliva.
- Discuss what medication can cause dry mouth.
- Recognise the importance of oral health.
- Be able to understand a care plan as well as how to use a care plan.
- Discuss why good oral hygiene may be difficult to maintain.
- Evaluate the different conditions relating to the mouth, tongue, and lips.
- Develop knowledge, skills, and strategies to develop good hygiene techniques.
