The visiting healthcare workers, Bob Natuman and Morinda Toara, are in Melbourne for an intensive four-week training on the key areas of oral health practice and promotion.
Their training include anatomy of the oral cavity, oral function, oral biology, charting, caries risk assessment, oral pathology (including dental caries), oral health education and prevention, atraumatic restorative treatment (ART – a low cost tooth filling procedure designed for developing countries), infection control, education materials and resources, and practical oral health promotion strategies.
The visit to DHSV focused on discussing with the health promotion team various strategies that could be appropriate in Vanuatu. Bob and Morinda were accompanied by Robert Latimer, a coordinator of the Vanuatu Dental Care Program which is an AusAID funded program with an emphasis on oral health education and prevention.
DHSV is proud to contribute to this project which will benefit people living in rural villages with little or no access to dental and other healthcare services.
Read more about the Vanuatu Dental Care Program.
