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pedodontics

PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Primary focus of most other dental specialties is a particular area of dental, oral or maxillofacial expertise. Pediatric Dentistry encompasses a variety of disciplines, techniques, procedures and skills that share a common basis with other specialties, but are modified and adapted to the special needs of infants, children, adolescents and those with special health care needs. Most of the instances the fear of the dentist for rendering treatment to a child patient, would rather compromise the quality of the rendered treatment. Management of the child not only includes treatment of the tooth, but also gives an emphasis on the behavioural, emotional, and attitude based management of the child. Rather than the patient, more emphasis goes to the management of the care taker. Failure to project your confidence level in management would have a tenfold deleterious effect on the child as well as the parent, regarding reading your capability, and to decide whether to hand over their child to you for treatment. The present course not only gives a detailed idea about treatment modalities in paediatric dentistry, but also an emphasis on in-chair management of the child from day one of the appointment.

Schedule

Day I

Introduction

Different dentitions and its significance
Malocclusion & etiology

Child management

Non pharmacological management of child
Child or parent

Diagnosis of common dental problems in children

Use of conventional and digital radiographs
Other diagnostic aids

Deciduous Tooth…. Which to preserve and which to extract?
Painless dentistry!!!!!!! Administration of LA effectively…..the myth of painless prick!!!
Preventive procedures

Fluorides
Pit and fissure sealants Demo and Hands – on
Remineralizing agents

Class II and Class III restorations on a primary tooth

Ionomers and composites
Use of matrix bands and strips

Pulp therapy in primary teeth

Pulp capping
Pulpectomy
Emergency procedures

Demonstration and Hands-on

Application of Pit and fissure sealants

Pulpectomy procedure on natural tooth

Day II

Pulp therapy in young permanent teeth

Apexogenesis
Apexification
Regeneration

Semi- permanent restorations

Stainless steel crowns
Celluloid crowns
Polycarbonate crowns

Preventive orthodontic procedures
Space management Demo & Hands – on
Oral Habits

Diagnosis of the habit
Interception of habits
Time of interception
Management

Introducing interceptive orthodontics
Traumatic injuries to teeth

Trauma to teeth
Trauma to the supporting tissues
Management protocol for avulsed teeth!!!

Demonstration and Hands-on

Tooth crown preparation and delivery of Stainless steel crowns

Space maintainer for tooth - Banding exercise