Curriculum Pediatric and Adolescent Dentistry (2024)

Introduction, prophylaxis concepts, traumatology, deciduous tooth endodontics, steel crown (Univ.-Prof. Splieth)

• Caries risk classification
• ECC (teat bottle caries)
• Prevention Plans
• Fluoride update, chlorhexidine and xylitol
• Fissure sealing
• Prophylaxis for pregnant women
• Primary prophylaxis
• Nutritional guidance
• Professionally supported oral hygiene
• Epidemiology, classification, diagnosis and immediate treatment of dental trauma
• Dental trauma prevention
• Anatomical features of the deciduous tooth and juvenile permanent teeth
• Pathology of the pulp and apical periodontium
• Endodontic measures in the primary dentition: capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy (demo)
• Endodontic measures in mixed dentition: Cp treatment, direct capping, pulpotomy, apexification, surgical measures.
• Indication, procedure, billing
• Steel crown in pediatric dentistry

Practical exercises:

Pulpectomy
Steel crown

Entspannte Kinderzahnbehandlung, Kindliche Entwicklung, Neuropsychologische Aspekte, Rapportaufbau, Kommunikation und Verhaltensführung, Akupressur und Hypnose bei der Kinderzahnbehandlung (Dr. Meißner, Dr. Zehner)
Behandlungsbereich Mund / Neuronale Entwicklung
Neuropsychologie:
Stress / Aufmerksamkeitsfokussierung, Schmerz, Angstgeneralisierung
Nähe und Distanz / Sicherheit, Eltern, Ersatzobjekte, Konstanz
System der Spiegelneurone / Wahrnehmung, Vorstellung, Modelllernen
Umgang mit Kindern:
Erstkontakt beim Zahnarzt, Rapportaufbau, Eltern
Kindgerechte Kommunikation und Verhaltensführung
Akupressur / Energetische Psychologie (Klopfakupressur)
Übungen zum Auffinden der Akupunkturpunkte
Hypnose / natürliche Trancephänomene, Suggestionen, Trancezeichen
Besonderheiten der Kinderhypnose / QuickTimeTrance
Entwicklungspsychologische Aspekte
Induktionsformen / Unterschiede in den Altersgruppen, Videobeispiele

Anatomy, Teratology (PD Dr. Dr. Kirschneck)

• Growth mechanisms
• Special developments and growth processes
• Maldevelopment of head and skull
• Oral development

MIH and pediatrics, extractions and surgical procedures in children (Dr. Schmoeckel, PD Dr. Santamaria).

• Pediatric dental concept
• Molar incisor hypomineralization (from etiology to therapy).
• Anatomical and functional peculiarities in childhood
• Influence of chronic and acute diseases on dental therapy (disease patterns at a glance)
• Local anesthesia in children incl. Behavioral guidance
• Extractions of deciduous teeth incl. Gap management/rehabilitation
• Extractions of permanent teeth
• Other minor surgical procedures
• Pre- and postmedication for extractions/surgeries

Practical exercises:

• Strip crown
• Splinting for anterior tooth trauma
• Application of SDF
• Hall technology
• Use of dentin substitute material
• Demonstration fixed gap holder

Early orthodontic treatment (Univ.-Prof. Kahl-Nieke)

• Indications for an immediate appliance-based orthodontic measure
• Chronic progressive findings
• Congenital and acquired disorders during tooth development and during tooth change
• Orofacial dyskinesias
• Successes and failures in early orthodontic treatment.

Sedation, practice organization and billing (Dr. Otto)

• Dental treatment of children under anesthesia
• Overview of sedation and the use of inhalation sedation (nitrous oxide) in children.
• Practice organization of a dental practice only for children
• Billing in pediatric dentistry
• Caries therapy, pediatric dentures, case presentations (Univ.-Prof. Splieth)
• Non- and minimally invasive caries therapy
• Arresting dental caries?
• Preventive composite restoration
• Special features of restorative therapy on deciduous teeth
• Filling materials, indication and problems
• Matrix systems for every situation
• Providing care for educational disorders such as MIH, etc.
• Pediatric Denture & Gap Retainer
• Case presentations (e.g. for therapy planning)

Case presentations and collegial final discussion (Univ.-Prof. Splieth)

Handing over of the certificates

Im Rahmen dieses Curriculums dokumentiert und präsentiert jeder Teilnehmende einen entsprechenden Patientenfall. 
Teilnehmende, die bei allen Modulen anwesend waren sowie einen Patientenfall vorgestellt haben, erhalten zum Abschluss das Zertifikat.

You will need for the practical exercises in the course:

• Moist stored extracted tooth with halfway intact roots, preferably deciduous tooth/molar
• Moist stored extracted carious tooth