Saila Pakarinen

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Updated 20.11.2024

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Saila Pakarinen

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Researcher, Master of Arts (Education), Registered Dental Hygienist

School of Rehabilitation and Examination

Kind-hearted, gentle and excited about the world. Special expertise: co-creative and multiprofessional development of oral health promotion for older people.

Contact us

Phone:

+358 40 679 1288

Email:

Saila.Pakarinen@metropolia.fi

Postal address:

PL 4000, 00079 Metropolia

Campus:

Myllypurontie 1, 00920 Helsinki

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Competences

Adult education Blended Learning Case Management Community spirit Creativity Dental hygiene Dental nursing

Responsibilities and tasks

Expert in Excellence Center of Ageing at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Coordinator in thesis supervision in Degree Program of Oral Hygiene.

Teaching about Oral Health of Elderly in multiprofessional settings.

Teaching continuing education: interaction in social and health care activities.

Projects

The common risk factor approach: Developing an international e-learning course for oral hygiene students in Finland and Japan, Project Manager, 2018-2020. CRFA-project

Student-run and Digital Student-run (ERASMUS-projects). Project worker, 2019-2022. Student-run Interdisciplinary Allied Health Digital Practice Centre | Metropolia UAS

Sohe-Bridge, project worker 2018-2021.

Degrees, certifications and courses

Master of Arts (Education) (HY)

Registered Dental Hygienist, Bachelor of Health Care

Pedagogical Studies (Adult Education) 60 ECTS (HY)

Management, Basic Studies 25 ECTS (HY)

Global Development Studies, Basic and Intermediate Studies, 60 ECTS (HY)

Language skills

Publications

Pakarinen et.al. (2022). Home-Applied Dual-Light Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Stable Chronic Periodontitis (HOPE-CP)—Three-Month Interim Results. Dentistry Journal. 2022; 10(11):206 Here to article

Romppanen, Wilma et. al. 2024. Dual-Light Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy: A Study on Oral Health Improvements in Assisted Living Facilities. Oral presentation in Finnish Dental Congress and Exhibition 8.11.2024, Helsinki

Networks

Alumni networks at Metropolia and the University of Helsinki

Alumni networks at SAMOK ry and METKA ry

Private and public oral health care networks in the Helsinki metropolitan area

Interests

I am interested in learning processes (also in online), blended learning, quality and development of Education, facilitation, guiding thesis process, clinical oral health care guidance, client service and counseling, health promotion, international collaboration, multidiciplinary teamwork and multiprofessional collaboration and promoting oral health of elderly patients.

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