Wstecz Barrier-free dentistry - adaptation and qualification of patients with disabilities
Dental prevention model for students with special needs
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About innovation
The nature of innovation
Organizational model
The problem that innovation answers
The social innovation seeks to address the problems of accessibility, education and coordination of dental care for people with intellectual disabilities.
How does innovation work?
As part of the innovation, an adaptation procedure has been created to prepare students to visit the dentist at school. A student visiting the dentist's office uses a suitably equipped dental station and obtains an initial diagnosis. At the next stage, the person with a disability is informed about the condition and prepared for the procedures that will be followed in specific medical units.
Who is the innovation for?
The innovation serves students with intellectual disabilities and other dysfunctions and/or chronic diseases.
Who can implement the innovation?
Special education teachers; school counsellors; school support personnel; nurses; childcare workers in educational and childcare institutions; parents and caregivers of persons with intellectual disabilities; employees and caregivers in care and social assistance institutions; students of medical schools in the medical and dental faculty; dentists.
Products resulting from testing
The resultant products of the innovation testing are the workshop scenarios and the model manual.
Results achieved as a result of testing
The acquisition of new skills in the area of technology an increase in self-confidence; stimulation of the mind through intellectual activity; strengthened social bonds and involvement in community life; openness to access a variety of culture and entertainment; increased motivation to learn and discover new things.
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How to implement an innovation?
Who is necessary to implement innovations?
Special school students; school dentists or medical and support personnel at a special school.
What is necessary to implement innovations?
Space adapted to the needs of the students; printout of necessary materials.
Who is behind it?
Name and surname or name of the innovator(s)
Fundacja na rzecz wspierania osób niepełnosprawnych i ich rodzin „Razem na 103”, prof. dr hab. n. med. Maria Borysewicz-Lewicka, dr hab. n. med. Karolina Gerreth
City where the innovator(s) reside or have their registered office
Poznań
An institution supporting the development of innovation
Inkubator Wielkich Jutra [2019-2023]
Contact for innovation
Fundacja na rzecz wspierania osób niepełnosprawnych i ich rodzin „Razem na 103”:
E-mail: fundacjazss103@gmail.com;
Adres korespondencyjny: ul. Kanclerska 31-33, 60-327 Poznań.
Dr hab. n. med. Karolina Gerreth:
Zakład Stomatologii Grup Ryzyka Katedry Stomatologii Dziecięcej Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu;
E-mail: karolinagerreth@poczta.onet.pl;
Adres: ul. Bukowska 70, 60-812 Poznań.
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