This course aims to provide the knowledge and clinical skills required to deliver high quality dentistry to all children. There will be emphasis on methods to achieve definitive diagnoses, including how to take radiographs in children. Treatment planning considerations will be a large component of this course and it is expected the attendee will develop the skills to formulate ideal treatment options and treatment modalities for each child as well as how to communicate this to parents. The hands-on component of this course will provide practice in placing stainless steel crowns, performing pulpotomies and constructing space maintainers.

COURSE TOPICS

• Diagnosis and treatment planning
• Orthodontic considerations with treatment planning
• Understanding Early Childhood Caries
• Understanding Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation
• Common dental anomalies seen in children
• Communicating with children and their parents
• Preparation and placement of stainless steel crowns (hands on)
• Indications and techniques for performing pulpotomies (hands on)
• Preparation and placement of space maintainers (hands on)
• Preparation and placement of resin composite strip crowns (hands on)

Morning tea and lunch

Learning objectives

• Develop the necessary skills to efficiently diagnose the common dental conditions seen in children
• Develop strategies to improve treatment planning in children's dentistry as well as determining when to use sedation in children
• Understand how orthodontic considerations play a role in treatment planning
• Develop skills in how to communicate better with children and their parents
• Improve hand skills in preparing and cementing stainless steel crowns and space maintainers
• Learn the indications and techniques used for performing pulpotomies