Occupational health - a plea in the curriculum of dental schools? (CROSBI ID 711043)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Vodanović, Marin ; Puriene, AP ; Szymańska, J ; Galić, Ivan ; Kelmendi, Jeta ; Berlin, V ; Chalas, Renata
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Occupational health - a plea in the curriculum of dental schools?
Background: Dentists worldwide are very susceptible to the occupational health hazards and the development of occupational related diseases. Aims & Objectives: We aimed to point out the most common health problems of dentists in three European countries and to compare training on occupational diseases in study programs for dental students. Materials & Methods: Original studies regarding occupational diseases among dental professionals in Croatia, Lithuania and Poland were searched from PubMed and Scopus, as well as manually. Results: Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common occupational health problem reported by dentists in Croatia, Lithuania and Poland. It was found that over 86 % of the surveyed dentists in Lithuania, 78% in Croatia and 77% in Poland experienced work related back pain ; 83% of Lithuania, 75% of Croatian and 44% of Polish dentists experienced some kind of pain in shoulders, hands or fingers. Occupationally skin disorders, allergies and vision problems were also very often reported. Ergonomics was introduced in dental students’ curriculum in Vilnius University in 2010, students have only 10 hours of lectures. In Medical University of Lublin the subject “Safety at work and ergonomics in dentistry” is taught by 30 hours (5h of lectures and 25h of labs). On School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, an elective course entitled “Occupational diseases in dentistry” has been introduced 2015 in the study program, consisting of 20 hours lectures and labs. Considering the feminization of dental profession this course has also a lecture about the influence of dentistry on reproductive health. Unfortunately on many other dental schools there is no systematic training of dental students regarding occupational diseases and their prevention. Conclusions: There are numerous health hazards and the prevalence of occupational diseases among dental professionals is high. It is of highest importance to increase health knowledge on occupational hazards among dental students and dental professionals, to train them to work ergonomically.
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Podaci o prilogu
23-23.
2017.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
ADEE Annual Meeting 2017 Book of abstracts
Podaci o skupu
ADEE Annual Meeting 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania, 23-26 August, 2017.
predavanje
23.08.2017-26.08.2017
Vilnius, Litva