Perspectives in Dentistry

• Qualification:

  • Formal certification in forms of license and diploma
  • Official recognition of value in the labor market to determine if a person is qualified for a job
  • Further education and training with the ladderized system
• Philippine Qualifications Framework:

  • Describes the levels of educational qualifications
  • Sets standards for qualification outcomes as a reference for jobs
• People behind PQF:

  • PQF National Coordinating Council includes Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Professional Regulations Commission(PRC), Technical Education Skills and Development Authority(TESDA), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
  • Current Chair: Sara Duterte
  • 6 members: Secretary of DOLE, Chairperson of CHED and PRC, Director General of TESDA, One representatives of economic and industry sector
• Features of PQF:

  • Pathways and Equivalencies - setting standards ; National System of Credit Transfer ; Ladderized System
  • Quality Assurance - procedure manuals
  • Qualifications Register - checking qualifications for specific jobs
  • International Alignment
• Who is it for?

  • Learners, workers, professionals
  • Employers in the industry
  • Academe, government, all Filipinos
• Why do we need it?

  • Establish national standards and levels of qualifications
  • Assist academic and worker mobility
  • Address job skills mismatch
• Where do we find it?

  • Philippine Qualifications Register
  • Web-based information sharing system
  • Managed by Executive Director of TESDA Qualifications and Standards Office
• How do we qualify?

  • Dentistry stands on the L6 Baccalaureate
  • L7 can be obtained through Masterals
  • L8 can be obtained with a Ph.D
• Where do we find it?

  • Philippine Qualifications Register
  • Web-based information sharing system
  • Managed by Executive Director of TESDA Qualifications and Standards Office
• CHED Memorandum Order No. 03:

  • Policies, Standards, and Guidelines for the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) Program
  • Dictated the Lasallian Dental Curriculum
• Article IV: Program Specifications:

  • A 6-year program with 2 years each of Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Dental Public Health
  • Opportunities after graduation: General Dental Practitioner, Academician, Researcher, Pharmaceutical, Entrepreneur
• Performance Outcomes and Performance Indicators:

  • Provide quality oral health care
  • Communicate effectively
  • Plan and deliver community and extension dental services
  • Engage in research activities
  • Apply business principles, entrepreneurship practices and processes
  • Practice life-long learning and continue to be a lifelong learner
  • Practice ethical/legal/moral principles and social accountability
  • Demonstrate nationalism, internationalism, and dedication to service
  • Utilize systems-based approach in healthcare
  • Collaborate with inter-professional teams
• RA 9484:

  • Philippine Dental Act of 2007
  • Regulates the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology in the Philippines
• Technical Education Skills and Development

  Assigned for qualifications register
• Commission on Higher Education


  Responsible for pathways and equivalencies

  • Develop a national system of credit transfer
• Department of Education


  Responsible for information and guidelines
• Professional Regulations Commission

  Responsible for international Alignment
• Department of Labor and Employment

  Controls the workers

  Sets standards for employers
• EO No. 83


  Institutionalization of the PQF by Pres. Benigno Aquino III
• RA 10968


  The PQF Law
• RA 7722

  The Higher Education Act of 1994
• CMO No.46 s. 2012

  • Policy Standards to Enhance Quality Assurance in Philippine Higher Education Through an Outcomes-Based and Typology Based Quality Assurance
• RA 8981 


  PRC Modernization Act
• RA 10912

  
  

  Continuing Professional Development Act
• PD 422


  Labor Code of the Philippines
• CMO No. 03

  Policies and Standards and Guidelines for the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) Program
• General Dental Practitioner

  Private practice

  Hospital

  LGUs

  Private companies

  Law enforcement

  Military
• RA 768


  → An act to regulate the practice of dental hygienists in the Philippines, and for other purposes
• Pediatric Dentistry / Pedodontics


  management and treatment of the oral needs of child patients
• Orthodontics


  specialization in diagnoses, prevention and correction of malformations of the teeth and jaws

  →more on logic — decision making skills
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery


  → specialization in diagnosis and treatment of any condition in the mouth, or jaw, which requires surgical intervention
• Endodontics


  →specialization in diagnoses, treatment and management of pulpal diseases and management of the root canal
• Periodontics


  specialization in diagnoses, prevention and management of the periodontium (gingiva and structures supporting the teeth)

  →crown lengthening
• Prosthodontics


  specialization restoration of natural teeth and replacement of missing teeth

  →prosthetics

  →may nawawala dapat in order to practice this

  →contiguous oral and maxillofacial structures with artificial substitutes
• Operative Dentistry


  branch of dentistry that deals with the art and science of diagnosis, preventions, treatment, and prognosis of diagnosis or trauma of dentitiology

  →restorations and pasta
• Roentgenology


  →discipline in dentistry that deals with the study and interpretation of radiographic images for conditions affecting the neck, face, and jaws →interpretation of x-rays
• Philippine Dental Association


  -affixes the prices of dental practice

  -creates the Code of Ethics in Dentistry
• Mayans are a Mesoamerican Civilization


  Mexico

  Guatemala

  Honduras

  Belize

  El Salvador

  Nicaragua
• Inlays(Mayans)

  -Jadeite

  − Iron pyrite

  − Hematite

  − Turquoise

  − Serpentine

  − Quartz
• Ornamentation of Teeth (Mayans)


  It helped their teeth due to the adhesives they use

  → prevented decay and dental cavities

  − Sclareolide

  o Antifungal and antibacterial

  − Mint

  o Anti-inflammatory