Oral Health | Clinical and Risk Asessment | Monitoring oral health outcomes : "Have I made a difference?

Monitoring oral health outcomes – have I made a difference?
Session overview
Description
This session will cover the importance of measuring oral health, and the significance of including patient self-perceptions of health, along with professional judgements.

Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• discuss the value of oral health measurement in monitoring individual patient and group patient outcomes
• describe systems which can be used to monitor oral health outcomes

Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should:

• have an understanding of the concept of oral health

The primary purpose of dental practice is to support patients towards optimal oral health. In this session, we will cover the importance of measuring oral health and the importance of patient perceptions (of their own oral health).