Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE DNS3110

 
TITLE Child Dental Health and Orthodontics 1

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Child Dental Health and Orthodontics

 
DESCRIPTION This study-unit gives basic knowledge on the development of the dentition, diagnosis and management of dental disease and correction of growth anomalies in young patients. This study-unit covers assessment of the Child Patient including Psychological Assessment and Behaviour Management Techniques, Local Anaesthesia and Management of Carious and Discoloured Teeth is covered as well as the Management of Medically Compromised Children.

Study-unit Aims:

- Be able to diagnose orthodontic problems and formulate a basic treatment plan.
- Be able to construct a simple removable orthodontic appliance.
- Be able to manage simple techniques in paediatric and special needs patients.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Explain how to obtain and record a comprehensive medical, social, behavioral and dental history from a child patient/parent.
- Explain how to obtain and record information about diet, oral hygiene and other dental health related behaviours.
- Explain how to complete an extra and intra-oral examination.
- Discuss the use of radiographs.
- Describe methods of detection of dental disease in the child patient.
- Discuss the concept of the caries risk assessment process.
- Discuss behavioural aspects of child development and the aetiology.
- Report the assessment and treatment of dental anxiety and phobias.
- Explain behaviour management of children.
- Formulate a treatment plan for a child patient with due regard to the child’s social, psychological and physical development.
- Discuss treatment options for a child patient.
- Explain a treatment plan.
- List the properties and limitations of dental materials.
- Describe the principles of endodontic treatment techniques involved in the management of pathology of the pulp and peri-radicular tissues in the primary dentition.
- Report the aetiology, assessment and treatment of the discoloured dentition.
- List the principles of local anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry.
- Describe sedation techniques including inhalational sedation in clinical practice.
- Explain the main medical disorders found in medically compromised child dental patients and the aspects of general medicine.
- Discuss surgery that may impinge on dental treatment or the effect dental treatment may have on them.
- Explain the physiological and anatomical principles of normal growth and development of the face, jaws and occlusion.
- Describe the physiological and anatomical mechanisms of tooth movement and principles of Orthodontic retention.
- List the principles of Orthodontic radiography including Cephalometry.
- Discuss the principles of Case Assessment, Appliance Design and Extraction Patterns.
- Explain the aetiology of Class 1 and 2 malocclusions.
- List the principles of treatment.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Describe the procedure to carry out a thorough clinical examination of the child patient.
- Show competency in basic orthodontic examination.
- Show competency at interpreting a diet analysis sheet/diary to assist in treatment planning and the delivery of oral hygiene instruction.
- Demonstrate the necessary communication skills while simplifying the treatment plan.
- Demonstrate differences and appropriate execution of procedures and the use of appropriate materials in clinical practice.
- Describe the simple interceptive orthodontic techniques.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Recommended Textbooks:

Paediatric Dentistry (Paperback Edition). Richard Welbury. Publisher : Oxford University Press ; 3rd Edition. ISBN: 019 26 3186 1.

Oral and Dental Trauma in Childen and Adolescents. Graham Roberts, Peter Longhurst. Publisher : Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192620495. Paperback edition.

Orthodontics

Recommended Textbook:

A Textbook of Orthodontics (Dental Practitioner Handbook) . W. B. Houston, Jack Tulley, Chris Stephens. ISBN: 0723609861.

Recommended Readings:

Diagnosis of the Orthodontic Patient. F. McDonald and A. J. Ireland. ISBN: 0192628895.

The Orthodontic Patient: Treatment and Biomechanics. A.J. Ireland and F. McDonald. ISBN: 0198510489.

Reference only:

Contemporary Orthodontics. William R. Proffit. ISBN: 1556645538.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES A pass in this study-unit is required before registering for CDO4034 and DNS4036.

Co-requisite Study-unit: DNS3109

Please note that a pass in all assessment components is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded.

Attendance to scheduled sessions, inclusive of lectures/tutorials, practical, laboratory and clinical components is compulsory. Students who do not attend at least 90% of the scheduled sessions will not be allowed to sit for any of the assessment components mentioned below.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture and Independent Study

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination - Child Dental Health [See Add. Notes] (1 Hour) SEM2 Yes 50%
Examination - Orthodontics [See Add. Notes] (1 Hour) SEM2 Yes 50%

 
LECTURER/S Emad Eddin Alzoubi
Audrey Camilleri
Gabriella Gatt
Kevin Mulligan
Jan Muscat

 

 
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