Author/Editor		Skalerič, U
Title		Ustni higieniki in začetek njihovega šolanja v Sloveniji
Translated title		Dental hygienist: a new training programme in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Zobozdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 58, št. 5
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 144-9
Language		slo
Abstract		In the USA and in most European countries, the dental hygienist has played an important part in the dental team for several decades. In Slovenia, however, the newly established School of Dental Hygiene admitted its first generation of 18 students only in 2003. The training programme for dental hygienists lasts two years, whereas the basic training for dentists, offered at the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana, takes six years. Dental hygienists will be concerned primarily with dental prophylaxis. By carrying out a large part of preventive tasks, they will enable dentists to devote their attention to the more complex aspects od dental treatment. The introduction of this new profession into our dental service is expected to promote the growth of preventive care, at first for children and adolescents and later on also for adults. Working in cooperation with dentists and under their supervision, dental hygienists will contribute to major improvements in the dental, oral and general health of the Slovene population.
Summary		Ustni higienik je v ZDA in večini evropskih dežel nepogrešljiv član zobozdravstvenega tima že več desetletij. V Sloveniji so prizadevanja za vpeljavo ustnega higienika trajala več kot dvajset let. V letu 2003 se je na novo ustanovljeni dveletni Višji strokovni šoli za ustne higienike začela izobraževati prva generacija 18 študentov. Ustni higieniki bodo opravljali izrazito zobozdravstveno preventivno dejavnost in tako omogočili zobozdravnikom, da se posvetijo tistim nalogam, ki zahtevajo 6-letno izobraževanje na Medicinski fakulteti. Pričakujemo, da bo uvedba ustnih higienikov pripeljala do okrepitve preventivne zobozdravstvene dejavnosti med otroki in mladino ter jo razširila na odraslo populacijo. Ustni higieniki bodo tako v sodelovanju z zobozdraveniki in pod njihovim nadzorom pomembno doprinesli k izboljšanju oralnega in splošnega zdravja prebivalcev Slovenije.
Descriptors		DENTAL HYGIENISTS DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS SCHOOLS, DENTAL