Pedodontist Runa Das and dental hygienist Elin Korsmo at TKmidt annually hold a 4-hour teaching program for the health nurse education at NTNU. The theme of the teaching is “Oral Health in Children and Adolescents” with a focus on the role of health nurses in the promotion of dental health.
The instruction includes what the health nurses should look for and how to conveniently perform a mouth examination on children at 6 weeks, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years of age according to the Health Station and School Health Service guidelines. In addition, it is taught about normal anatomy, eruption, the most common oral cavity diseases, such as caries, oral care, tips and tricks for examining babies and children and presenting relevant cases.
