Child and Adolescent Oral Health 3 (DENT90077)

Intended learning outcomes

Intended learning outcomes (ILOs) for Paediatric Dentistry component:

On completion of Block 3 and 4, students should be able to:

1. effectively communicate with young persons in the dental situation;
2. be able to take appropriate medical history, and examine patients with minimal assistance from staff;
3. accurately produce, interpret and critique intra-oral and extra-oral radiographs of young patients;
4. have developed skills in diagnosis and treatment planning and management of young patients in their care;
5. be responsible and safe in the dental management of young persons under your care;
6. perform a dental prophylaxis, place a rubber dam, give local anesthesia, place fissure sealants, issue mouthguard and perform challenging restorations including placement of stainless steel crowns;
7. understand the importance of prevention, identification, assessment and treatment of oral diseases, as opposed to the episodic management of symptomatic oral problems;
8. appreciate the value of maintenance of oral health after treatment of child and adolescents including those with complicated problems;
9. manage the behavioural aspects of young patients in the dental setting with some assistance;
10. appreciate the need for specialist referral for those patients which cannot be successfully managed in general practice.

Intended learning outcomes (ILOs) for Orthodontics component:

On completion of Block 3 and 4 in DDS 3, students should be able to achieve the following objectives:

1. understand diagnostic procedures for developmental problems, so that students will be prepared when they plan treatment to sort patients by the difficulty and severity of their problems ;
2. understand at an introductory level the clinical orthodontic treatment of children. This includes learning the procedures in treating a child patient and participation in active orthodontics treatment.
3. Understand and be able to explain the biomechanical principles involved with orthodontic tooth movement.
4. Recognise the clinical situations for which orthodontic appliances are indicated, as well as their limitations.
5. Understand and explain the effects which orthodontic appliances can produce (both desirable and undesirable.

Generic skills

Students should:

1. be able to access new knowledge from different sources, analyse and interpret it in a critical manner;
2. begin to develop skills in effective communication with teaching staff and peers;
3. develop effective organizational skills and time management;
4. develop skills in team work and develop skills of workplace safety;
5. be able to identify and address their own learning needs.