Learning Objectives
Endodontic Treatment
After completion of the course you’ll be able to:
Early-Dental Intervention
- Identify some common dental abnormalities that occur in pre-term and LBW infants.
- List various elements that a dentist should look for while taking a child’s history.
- Identify the particular aspects of extraoral and intraoral examination.
- Describe the best position to examine an infant or a toddler.
- After a careful examination of the child assess the level of risk for caries.
Behavioral Management For a Child in the Dental Setting
- Describe different types of child temperaments.
- Discuss the 5 anxiety-producing times during a dental visit.
- State the different non-pharmacological behavioral techniques used for an apprehensive child.
- List the levels of sedation (conscious, deep, general) used to manage resistant pediatric dental patients.
- Review necessary information needed (history, physical assessment, ASA status) to determine if a patient is a candidate for conscious sedation.
- Describe the pros and cons of different routes of administration (inhalation, PO, IM, IV) used to provide pharmacological behavioral techniques.
- State the necessary pre- and post-op steps and monitoring needed for successful sedation procedures.
Endodontic Treatment in Primary and Young-Permanent Dentition
- Describe indications and contraindications for endodontic treatment over tooth extraction.
- Describe the information needed to obtain an accurate diagnosis and determine if a primary or young-permanent tooth is treatable with endodontic treatment.
- Discuss the influence of behavioral factors on the plan of treatment.
Course Contents
1. Early-Dental Intervention
- Introduction
- Assessment
- History
- Table 1: Health and Development Questionnaire
- Examination
- Caries-Risk Assessment
- Anticipatory Guidance
- Table 2: Anticipatory Guidance
- Diet Modification
- Fluoride Supplementation and Oral hygiene Counseling
- Table 3: Fluoride Supplementation Regimen
- Non-Nutritive Habits and Trauma Prevention
- Table 4: Malocclusion Due to Non-Nutritive Habits
- Anterior and/or Posterior Cross-Bite
- Trauma Injuries
- References
2. Behavior Management of a Child in a Dental Setting
- Table 5: Different Types of Child Temperaments
- First Impression
- Separation from the Parent
- Getting into the Chair
- Then Injection and the Dental Procedure
- Return to the Parent
- Nonpharmacological Behavioral Methods
- Tell-Show-Do
- Positive Reinforcement
- Distraction
- Fading
- Systematic Desensitization
- Voice Control
- Restraints
- Pharmacological Behavioral Methods
- Conscious Sedation
- Routes of Administration
- Inhalation
- Oral
- Intramuscular
- Intravenous
- Preparation for Conscious Sedation
- Monitoring
- References
3. Endodontic Treatment in Primary and Young-Permanent Dentition
- Medical History
- Behavioral Factors
- Dental Factors
- History of Pain
- Clinical Examination
- Future Considerations
- Radiographic Examination
- Endodontic Treatment in Primary Dentition
- Vital Pulp Therapy
- Pharmacologic Medicaments
- Nonpharmacologic Techniques
- Non-Vital Pulp Therapy
- Endodontic Treatment in Young-Permanent Dentition
- Dental Factors
- History of Trauma
- Clinical Factors
- Radiographic Exam
- Vital Pulp Therapy
- Non-Vital Pulp Therapy
- References
4. Gingival and Periodontal Diseases in Children
- Child Gingiva
- Child Bone
- Child Teeth
- Anatomic
- Gingival Overgrowth
- Gingival Disease
- Early-Onset Periodontitis
- Adult-Onset Periodontitis
- Systemic Diseases
- References