Pediatric dentistry school: what's NEW in 2024

Pediatric dentistry school: what's NEW in 2024

Category: Pediatric Dentistry

Instructor(s): Dimitris Emmanouil, Marina Papachroni, Burak Buldur, Marília Buzalaf, Eraldo Pesaressi

Course structure: Lessons: 6 lessons | Duration: 8 h 41 min

Course overview

What's NEW in pediatric dentistry in 2024? World-famous pediatric dentists will tell you in our NEW online course!

You will learn:

Course lessons

Lesson 1: Pathways to improve child-patient communication within the context of “anxiety-free” and “child-friendly” pediatric dentistry

• Background and scientific evidence behind behavior management
• Comprehending child psychology and its impact on dental practice
• The dentist-child relationship from both perspectives
• Aspects of behavior management from the point of view of the child-patient, dentist, and parent
• Patient-related factors
• Dentist-related factors
• Parent-related factors
• Effective child-parent-dentist communication techniques
• Minimal invasive caries management methods: Hall technique and silver diamine fluoride.

Lesson 2: Procedural sedation and general anesthesia in pediatric dentistry.

• Pharmacological behaviour guidance
• Definitions of minimal and moderate sedation
• States of anesthesia and phases of general anesthesia
• Advantages, drawbacks and risks of sedation
• Pharmacology of commonly used sedation drugs
• Indications, contraindications, complications of sedation and general anesthesia and how to minimize them
• Clinical protocol for the use of sedation
• Pre-operative evaluation and admission to hospital for general anesthesia
• Induction of anesthesia and dental treatment
• Safety and occupational exposure considerations
• Patient/population selection for maximum success
• Patient, family education and documentation
• Competencies that practitioners should possess
• Practical tips for maximizing positive patient outcomes.

Lesson 3: Minimal intervention dentistry for dental caries management

• Prevalence of dental caries
• Dental caries and quality of life
• Pathogenesis of caries
• Minimal intervention dentistry: definition
• International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS)
• Active and inactive cavitated lesions
• Detection of caries
• Preparation, degree of removal of affected dentin
• Materials for restorations
• Hall-technique.

Lesson 4: Fluorides: sources of ingestion, metabolism and toxicity

• Fluoride in dentistry: benefit and harm
• Sources of fluoride intake
• "Оptimal" fluoride intake
• Sources of fluoride intake for children at the age of risk for dental fluorosis
• Fluoride absorption, distribution and excretion
• Fluoride toxicity
• Fluoride in dental products;
• Factors affecting acute fluoride toxicity
• Signs and symptomps of fluoride poisoning
• First aid of fluoride poisoning
• Treatment of fluoride poisoning
• Chronic fluoride toxicity
• Fluorosis.

Lesson 5: Fluorides: home and professional use

• Dental fluorosis: clinical manifestations
• Histopathology of dental fluorosis
• Dental fluorosis: how does it happen and how to avoid it
• Formation of caries lesion
• How fluoride acts to control dental caries and erosion
• Mechanism of action of fluoride
• Fluoridated drinking water
• Hygiene products with fluoride: application
• Recommended use of fluoride dentifrices in children
• Professional use of fluoride
• Rational use of fluorides for caries control.

Lesson 6: Luxation injuries management: basic steps

• Dental trauma: incidence, documentation
• Clinical examination protocol
• Radiographic examination
• Basic principles in trauma management and general recommendations
• Classification of luxation injuries, according to IADT
• Treatment guidelines in each category of luxation injuries:
• concussion
• subluxation
• extrusive luxation
• lateral luxation
• intrusive luxation
• avulsion.
• How to stabilise traumatised teeth with a splint and which splint is the most suitable
• Tooth avulsion: manage successfully a nightmare
• Clinical examples with documentation in every step
• Protocol for the treatment of a extrusive luxation in a teenager based on a clinical case
• Method for preserving a tooth broken below the gumline.

Who is this course for?

This online course is designed for dentists and dental professionals interested in pediatric dentistry, clinical decision-making and evidence-informed dental practice.