Pediatric Dentistry
Merav Fruchter, DDS
4 units
$48.00
Contents
Early
Dental Intervention
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Assessment
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Anticipatory
Guidance
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Diet
Modification
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Fluoride
Supplementation and Oral Hygiene Counseling
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Non‑Nutritive
Habits and Trauma Prevention
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Anterior
and/or Posterior Cross‑Bite
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Trauma
Injuries
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Behavior
Management of a Child In a Dental Setting
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Nonpharmacological
Behavioral Methods
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Pharmacological
Behavioral Methods
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Conscious
Sedation
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Routes
of Administration
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Medications
Used For Conscious Sedation
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Endodontic
Treatment in Primary and Young Permanent Dentition
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Medical History
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Behavioral Factors
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Dental Factors
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Endodontic
Treatment in Primary Dentition
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Endodontic
Treatment in Young Permanent Dentition
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Gingival
and Periodontal Diseases In Children
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Child Gingiva
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Child Bone
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Child Teeth
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Dental
Anomalies
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Three Phases For
Initiation
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Dental Anomalies
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Pediatric
Dentistry
Learning
Objectives
After completion of the
course you'll be able to:
Early Dental
Intervention
1.
Identify some common dental abnormalities that occur in pre‑term and LBW
infants.
2.
List various elements that a dentist should look for while taking a child's
history.
3.
Identify the particular aspects of extraoral and intraoral examination.
4.
Describe the best position to examine an infant or a toddler.
5.
After a careful examination of the child assess the level of risk for caries.
Behavioral Management
For a Child in the Dental Setting
6.
Describe different types of child temperaments.
7.
Discuss the 5 anxiety‑producing times during a dental visit.
8.
State the different non‑pharmacological behavioral techniques used for
an apprehensive child.
9. List the levels
of sedation (conscious, deep, general) used to manage resistant pediatric
dental patients.
10.
Review necessary information needed (history, physical assessment, ASA status)
to determine if a patient is a candidate for conscious sedation.
11.
Describe the pros and cons of different routes of administration (inhalation,
PO, IM, IV) used to provide pharmacological behavioral techniques.
12.
State the necessary pre‑ and post-op steps and monitoring needed for
successful sedation procedures.
Endodontic Treatment in Primary and
Young Permanent Dentition
13. Describe indications and
contraindications for endodontic treatment over tooth extraction.
14.
Describe the information needed to obtain an accurate diagnosis and
determine if a primary or young‑permanent tooth is treatable with
endodontic treatment.
15. Discuss the
influence of behavioral factors on the plan of treatment.
16.
Review in detail the behavioral, medical and dental (clinical and
radiographic) data that factor into deciding the appropriate endodontic
treatment necessary.
17.
Discuss the different endodontic treatments, procedures and medicaments used
for the primary dentition.
18.
Describe the different endodontic treatments, procedures and medicaments
used for the young‑permanent dentition.
Gingival and
Periodontal Diseases in Children
19. Differentiate
between child and adult normal periodontium.
20. Describe different
anatomic periodontal abnormalities that occur in children.
21.
Discuss localized and general prepubertal periodontitis localized juvenile
periodontitis, and generalized juvenile periodontitis.
22. Discuss several
examples of gingival overgrowth that occurs in children.
23.
Provide a review of gingival and periodontal diseases that specifically
appear in the pediatric population.
24.
Describe systemic diseases in children that present with gingival or
periodontal abnormalities.
Dental Anomalies
25. Describe the dental
histologic and developmental stages of a tooth unit.
26.
Discuss dental anomalies of the number of teeth and related syndromes
(hyperdontia, hypodontia) and their management.
27. Describe twinning and differentiate
between fusion, gemination and concrescence.
28. Discuss dental
anomalies of size (microdontia, macrodontia and twinning) and their
management.
29. State details
of dental anomalies of size and shape (dens invaginatus, dens evaginatus,
taurodontism) and their management.
30. Describe
dental anomalies of structure related to enamel (amelogenesis imperfecta,
hypoplasia) and their management.
31. List
information about dental anomalies of structure related to dentin
(dentinogenesis imperfecta, dentin dysplasia, odontodysplasia) and their
management.
32. Discuss dental
anomalies of structure related to cementurn and management.
Learning Objectives
To
assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your
achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent,
B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each
learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.