EDUCATION FOR ORAL HEALTH - METHODS AND LESSON MODEL --.

Oral health education is a part of human health education. Education for health is essential for a healthy behaviour. According to the World Health Organization's concept of health, a healthy behaviour must be a normality for an educated life, and the level of health is a measure of qualitative life.Access to educational health services is important for good oral health. Health is a fundamental human right (W.H.O., 2002). This paper is a short review of the methods and techniques of oral health education and of the practical possibilities that can improve the level of general health knowledge. To this purpose, we propose a Model of health education lesson for adults. It can be used as a general model in continuous professional health education. Conclusion: Oral health education can be achieved through different techniques and methods, included in the universal approach of education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]