
Explore the world of dental health and hygiene and how to prevent dental diseases in this free online course. Dental health involves maintaining a clean mouth free of diseases and other dental disorders. But did you know that dental problems can affect vital organs in your body, including the heart? What are the ways in which you can take personal care of your dental health and prevent these dental diseases from ravaging your overall health? In this course, you will learn the nitty-gritty of dental health and hygiene in basic terms.
| Course Category | Healthcare, Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘dental hygiene’ • Establish the importance of dental hygiene • Estimate the cost of dental hygiene • Describe how to achieve healthy teeth and gums • Explain oral health and list the benefits of herbal dental care • Recognise the stages of teeth development and formation • Explain diet and nutrition and the impacts of food on oral health • Define ‘paediatric dentistry’ and explain baby teeth hygiene • Identify the advantages of natural oral care • Describe the causes of dental phobia and how to ease them • Distinguish between denture reclining and denture rebasing |
| Course Code | 4665 |



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