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University College London

Paediatric Dentistry for Non-Specialists

University College London via FutureLearn

Overview

Gain practical knowledge on how to provide high-quality paediatric dentistry

This course aims to provide you with the practical advice and guidance you need to treat children’s dental issues and emergencies, achieving excellent results.

Apart from various treatment options, you’ll also learn more about the prevention of dental problems, how to manage children’s behaviour during dentist visits, and how to deal with children presenting with dental trauma as an emergency.

Explore practical techniques you can apply in your paediatric dental practice

As part of this paediatric dentistry course, you’ll get a deeper understanding of the management and prevention of caries in children. You’ll learn how to assess children presenting with dental trauma and what the critical emergency treatment options are.

You’ll get to develop your behaviour management skills as well as how to successfully deliver local anaesthetic injections in children. This course will highlight the importance of treatment planning and the key things to consider when managing children.

Learn from the leading global provider for postgraduate dental education

During this course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from dental care experts with strong clinical and teaching expertise. Their experience has provided them with significant insights into some of the most common children’s dentistry problems.

This course is designed for non-specialist dentists as well as dental care professionals treating children.

Syllabus

  • Prevention and management of caries and treatment planning basics
    • Welcome to the course
    • Evidence based prevention
    • Managing caries
    • Treatment planning: The basics
    • Week 1: Recap
  • Emergency management of a child with dental trauma
    • Trauma to primary teeth
    • Trauma to permanent teeth
    • Developing your skills
    • Week 2: Recap
  • Pain-free dentistry, patient assessment and course conclusion
    • Managing behaviour
    • Giving local anaesthetic
    • Assessing the child
    • Week 3: Recap and treatment planning a case
    • Course conclusion, final test and taking learning further

Taught by

Jasmin Mullings

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