Dental Care for People with Special Needs Friday 01/03/2019 9am-5pm Blk H Lecture Room H511 School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic Registration Closing Date: 15/02/2019 This SkillsFuture funded course will help anyone involved in the oral care of people with special needs such as elderly & individuals with disabilities. You will understand the challenges faced by this special group of people & learn how to provide holistic oral care.                                                                                       At the end of the programme, participants will be able to: • Understand oral health problems commonly faced by patients with special needs • Describe consequences of poor oral health on quality of life • Understand prevention of oral health disease • Demonstrate competency on delivery of basic oral hygiene • Understand delivery of oral hygiene to patients who are wheelchair users, bedridden, tube fed & those who demonstrate care-resistant behaviours • Know where to seek further oral health care for special needs patients Please write to Ms Wilna Thang at: wilna_wu_thang@nyp.edu.sg Tel: 65501494