Pediatric Oral Medicine & Surgery
- Course Code :
PEDO752
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
2.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2024/2025
- Department :
Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine
Aim of the course
This course enables the student to:
• Master the classical and state of the art procedures in managing hereditary, anomalies and syndromes in treating the child dental patient
• Utilize all available resources and knowledge to get the best output in different fields of dental treatment in children including gingival and periodontal management
• Perform oral surgeries in pediatric patients
Identify oral pathology and oral medicine diseases
Course Contents
• Gingival diseases in children
• Periodontal diseases
• Inherited and acquired enamel defects
• Oral medicine in children
• Oral pathology in children
• Oral surgery in pediatric children
a) Knowledge and understanding
a1-Recognize the etiology, clinical picture and management of oral pathological conditions in children
a2-Realize predisposing and etiologic factors in dental diseases
a3-Identify oral pathology diseases in children
a4-Memorize gingival and periodontal diseases in children
b) Intellectual Skills
b1-Make decisions regarding oral pathology and oral medicine diseases
b2-Make decisions regarding gingival and periodontal diseases
c) Professional and Practical Skills
c1-Carry out dental extractions
c2-Perform oral surgeries
d) General and transferable skills
c1-Carry out dental extractions
c2-Perform oral surgeries
Theoretical:
Seminars
Lectures
Problem based learning
Assignments
Teaching and Learning Methods for special needs students
a) Assessment Methods
Written
practical
b) Assessment Schedule
Midterms (Written-practical)
Finals (written)
c) Weighting of Assessment
Class works:
Written exam 25
practical exam 25
Finals
Written exam 50
Total marks:100
a) Course Notes
Handouts of presentations
b) Essential Books (Text Books)
McDonald , R. E.; Avery,D .R.and Dean J.A: Dentistry For The Child And Adolescent
Pediatric dentistry (Pinkham)
c) Recommended Books
Comprehensive preventive dentistry
Preventive and community dentistry
d) Scientific periodicals,bulletins,etc...
American academy of pediatric dentistry guidelines