Curriculum Pediatric and Adolescent Dentistry

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

Fundamentals of Child Development, Psychology and Communication (Dr. Kossak)

• Brief outline for practice application for dentists
• Development: theories in outline
• Neuropsychology, developmental aspects: Consideration of selected areas: e.g., perception, need for security, constancy, communication, adolescence, child and adolescent problems.
• Parents: parenting styles and expectations
• Fears: learning, learning factors
• Limits of dental treatment: counseling, psychotherapy

Children’s hypnosis (QuickTimeTrance) and acupuncture/acupressure in the treatment of children’s teeth (Dr. Zehner)

• Natural trance phenomena and dental hypnosis
• Indication of hypnosis and special features in children
• Dealing with children, first contact, rapport building
• Child-friendly communication and behavior management
• Developmental psychological aspects
• Age-appropriate trance inductions and practical exercises
• Acupressure to soothe, relieve pain and gag reflexes
• Practical exercises to find the acupuncture points
• Video examples of dental treatments with children hypnosis (QuickTimeTrance) and acupuncture/acupressure.

Anatomy, Teratology (PD Dr. Dr. Kirschneck)

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

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

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.

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

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