Unit Code: DNT740

Unit Name: Pediatric Dentistry

Description: This course is designed to provide students a guidance to begin delivery oral health care for healthy children. It aims to educate students in Paediatric Dentistry who are competent and confident in most common areas of Paediatric Dentistry for the growing and developing child with an emphasis on developing communication skills to gain rapport with the child, parent/guardian. Basic understanding of dynamics of change is essential in Paediatric Dentistry as to describe the growth and development of child in many aspects including physical, cognitive, emotional and social changes seen in children helping students to make appropriate diagnosis of normal from abnormal development and common oral health problems from birth to adolescence for both healthy children and children with special care needs. The educational experiences in paediatric dentistry are organized into several phases beginning in the 3rd year. The course includes lectures, group activities, and pre-clinical, pre-laboratory and clinical sessions. The paediatric experience is directed by 2 major goals which includes to obtain optimum oral health for the child through the pursuit of excellence in contemporary preventive, interceptive and restorative concepts and secondly to create a positive understanding and acceptance of dentistry by child patients and their parents or guardians. The lectures are carefully coordinated with relevant readings, stimulating and clinically relevant activities, preclinical and pre-laboratory sessions with many opportunities for the student to reflect on their clinical experience with children. The course provides best possible conditions for learning. In return, the expectation for you to be prepared for all sessions and to conduct yourself in a professional manner.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to : 1. Describe the dynamics of change from birth to adolescence in terms of physical, cognitive, emotional and social development. 2. Describe the child behaviour at respective developmental stages and the non-pharmacological and pharmacological behaviour management techniques. 3. Discuss the responsibilities of the oral health professionals during treatment of children and adolescents guided by relevant rules and laws that apply to management of paediatric patients. 4. Describe pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and prevention of early childhood caries (ECC) and common periodontal diseases seen in paediatric patients. 5. Discuss ways to develop an appropriate treatment plan, taking into account the child\'s age, maturity, medical history, treatment needs and risk factors. 6. Demonstrate knowledge and skills used for diagnosis of pulp pathology and the clinical management of primary and immature permanent dentition. 7. Demonstrate knowledge and skills of surgical techniques used in paediatric dentistry. 8. Describe the classification, epidemiology, diagnosis and management of dental trauma for primary and young immature permanent dentition. 9. Identify the presence of pathological conditions and developmental anomalies of the oral and dental tissue. 10. Demonstrate knowledge and skills used for orthodontic diagnosis and its preventive and interceptive management of mixed dentition. 11. Describe the special care dentistry and the behaviour, educational, pharmacological management approaches applied to children with disabilities.

Prerequisite: Passed all Level 6 courses in Year 2

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1,2