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Paediatric Dentistry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:14.06.2022 16:16:53
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_024 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Maldupa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preliminary knowledge of dental development, Anatomy, Histology, Preventive Dentistry, Pre-clinical studies, Periodontology, Dental Public Health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Holistic approach for children and young adults' dental health and be able to perform related and age – appropriate preventive treatment of both dental caries and gingivitis / periodontitis. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Children's dental philosophy, child development, primary and permanent teeth development, formation. Teeth mineralization and characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Normal occlusion. Anatomical features of primary and the new permanent dentitions and their significance in clinics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Child Investigation. Full disease history. General medical history. Family history. Clinical examination. Nutritional analysis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Caries risk assessment in children. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Caries diagnosis in children. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Caries treatment of primary teeth. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Use of various professional fluorides in pediatric dentistry. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Dental trauma. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Cerebral pulsy. Eating and drinking disorders in children with cerebral palsy. | Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Children Examination. Collection of medical history. Family history. Determining dental status. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Autistic spectrum disorders. Alternative communication. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Children with chronic health conditions – implications for oral health, preventive strategies. Practice at the rehabilitation care centre “Mēs esam līdzās” (Riga, Lēdmanes Str. 2) with children with cerebral palsy. | Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Craniofacial growth and development, tooth eruption, structure form, formation of primary and permanent dentition. The chronology of primary, mixed and permanent dentition development. Normal occlusion. Anatomical features of primary and the new permanent dentitions, their significance in clinics. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Independent work. Examination. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Participate in lectures, seminars and workshops. To perform independent tasks – creating presentations on alternative communication and successfully defending it. Fill in the course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and active participation in classes (50%). Successfully pass the test and the final examination (50%) – a written exam on the lessons learned in lectures and classes – in the form of a test. The test is passed if 55% of the correct answers are given. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Studies of the subject acquisition should result in knowledge and competences in development of child’s teeth and occlusion, oral diseases in children, their prevention and treatment. Caries risk assessment. Emergency help with teeth trauma. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to: • establish contact with a child and their parents; • use suitable communication skills during the educational work, taking into account the patient's age; • record anamnesis, do examination, cariess risk assessment, diagnose dental caries in primary, mixed and permanent dentitions; • diagnose gingivitis and perform the necessary treatment; • have understanding of emergency aid, treatment of dental trauma; • recognise developmental defects of the dental hard tissues and their prevention; • do appropriate pit and fissure sealants' application; • ensure dental services and oral health education for patients with special needs – autism, cerebral palsy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To identify risks groups according to patient’s general health conditions. To identify risks groups according to patient’s skills in oral hygiene, saliva testing, intensity of caries, periodontal and oral mucosa conditions and occlusion. To develop a plan for oral health education, prevention and clinical treatment, its precise and positive accomplishment individually for each patient in paediatric dentistry. Basic principles of pedagogy, components of study process, types of information selection and transfer. Motivation in the educational process and teaching techniques. Possibilities of changing attitudes and behavior within the education and process. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Caufield PW, Li Y, Bromage TG. Hypoplasia-associated severeearly chilhood caries: A proposed definition. J Dent Res 2012;92(6):544-50. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Cameron – Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry. 2013, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders | ||||||||
| 3 | Koch G., S. PoulsenI. Espelid, D.Haubek. Pediatric Dentistry. A Clinical approach. 3rd edition. Wiley Blackwell. 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Klinberg G,Hallberg U.Oral health-not to priority issue a groundedtheory analysis of barriers for young patients with disabilities to recieve oral health care on the same premise as others. Eur J Sci 2012;120:232-8. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Jens O. Andreasen, Frances M Andreasen, Lars Andersson „Texbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth”. 4th edition, Blackwell Munksgaard, 2007. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Nassar Seifo, Mark Robertson, Jeanette MacLean, et.al. The use of silver diamine fuoride (SDF) in dental. BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL, 2020 practice | ||||||||
| 7 | Tinanoff N. Introduction to the conference: Innovations in the prevention and management of early childhood caries. Pediatr Dent 2015;37(3):198-9. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Haitham Askar & Joachim Krois & Gerd Göstemeyer & et.al. "Secondary caries:: What is it, and how it can be controlled, detected, and managed?" Clin Oral Invest, 2020. 24:1869–1876 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ole Fejerskov, Edwina Kidd. Dental Caries The Disease and its Clinical Management. 3rd edition. 2015, Blackwell Munksgaard. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pediatric Dentistry – Journal of the Americans Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. | ||||||||
| 4 | International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Pieejamie zinātniskie materiāli un interneta resursi. | ||||||||
