![]() | Where There Is No Dentist (Hesperian Foundation, 1983, 210 p.) |
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In many different countries, teachers and dental workers have made their own materials to help them teach better. Below is a list of some of the materials we know about. We would like to improve this list. Please write us and let us know what you are doing. We will pass along your good ideas to others.
To receive the materials in this list, write to the addresses on the right.
A. Manuals and Notes |
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1. Common Oral Diseases. A manual for health teachers about common diseases and emergency treatments. Now available in English and French. Soon available in Arabic and Spanish. |
All regional offices of the World Health Organization (main address: CH - 1211 Geneva, Switzerland) |
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2. Dental Therapist Program. This book outlines the content of an existing 2-year basic dental care program for Native people living in isolated areas of Canada. English only. |
Dr. Keith W. Davey |
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3. Saenta-O Povo Mobicano. A manual for health workers, adapted from Where There Is No Dentist, now being field tested in Mozambique. In Portuguese. |
Direc Provincial de Sae Sofala |
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4. The Good Teeth Book-How to Take Care of Your Mouth. A manual of ideas, especially for school teachers. In English. |
The Good Teeth Book |
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5. School Health Manual. Health lessons for primary-school teachers, with a prominent section on dental health. In English. |
Gutnius Lutheran Church |
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6. Dental Health: A Teachers Guide K-12 Lesson plans for teaching dental health in Canadian schools, from kindergarten to Grade 12. In French and English. |
Health & Welfare Canada |
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B. Slides |
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1. Two slide sets to accompany Common Oral Diseases. Script in English. |
Teaching Aids at Low Cost |
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2. How to Take Care of Your Teeth, slides of the puppet show shown on pages 27-37 and 27-38 of Helping Health Workers Learn. |
The Hesperian Foundation |
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C. Flannel-boards |
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Happiness is Healthy Teeth. Presentation on dental health of children - a series of pictures to show the importance of brushing and healthy food. |
Council on Dental Health |
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Taking Care of Your Teeth, and Those of Your Children. Large drawings showing local foods and possible ways of cleaning the teeth. Portuguese script available. |
Direc National Medicina Preventiva Sec Educa
Sanita |
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D. Flipcharts |
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1. Taking Care of a Small Childs Teeth and Improving Your Dental Health are two separate poster-size sets, using enlarged photographs. Script, in English and Melanesian Pidgin, can be attached to the back of each poster. |
Immanuel Hospital |
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2. Nutrition/Dental Flipchart. Poster-size flipcharts using photographs. Script, in both English and Melanesian Pidgin, is printed on the back of each poster. |
Ministry of Health |
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3. Flipchart on dental health, in the form of a manual (approx 35 cm x 20 cm), for use in small groups. Discusses food and hygiene for adults and children. Explanation in Portuguese on the back of each picture. |
Direc National Medicina Preventiva |
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4. Dental flipcharts for mothers and children in rural areas. Text in both English and Bengali on back of each chart. A booklet with further explanations is also included. |
Swedish Free Mission Dental Clinic |
Write also to these organizations - they have a special interest in teaching aids:
1. Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG)
Dental Health Services Unit
85 Marylebone High Street
London W1M 3DE
England2. Teaching Aids at Low Cost
P.O. Box 49
St. Albans,
Herts. AL1 4AX
England3. Medical Education Unit
Faculty of Medicine
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka4. Health Education Bureau
Kynsey Road, Colombo
Sri Lanka5. World Health Organization
Oral Health
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
You can write to these World Health Organization Intercountry Centers:
6. Intercountry Center for Oral Health
Ban Nong Hoi, Chiang Mai
Thailand7. Training and Research Center for Oral Health
Ministry of Health
Jissr A1 - Abyad Raiss
Damascus, Syria