Anaesthesia/sedation pain and anxiety control & Oral Cancer & Oral Disease (VT270111BE)

Recommended to all

1. • Use local anaesthesia techniques for clinical dentistry as appropriate to ensure pain controlled treatment of patients. • Select and prescribe appropriate drugs for the relief of pain and anxiety in a safe and effective manner with an understanding of the risks involved.
2. • Use suitable behavioural, psychological and interpersonal techniques for the relief of fear and anxiety. • The benefits, limitations and risks of using general anaesthesia and sedation.
3. • Take an accurate drug history including current / self-medication, and enquire, recognise the significance of and manage any history regarding allergic reactions. • Diagnose and treat localised odontogentic infections and post-operative surgical complications with the appropriate therapeutic agents, and diagnose and refer major odontogenic infections with the appropriate degree of urgency. • Understand and assist in the investigation, diagnosis and effective management of oral mucosal disease. • Understand the pathology of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease of the head & neck.
4. • Recognise disorders in patients with craniofacial pain that require specialised management, and to refer such conditions appropriately. • Recognise and anticipate the potential drug interactions that may occur between medications prescribed by the patient’s doctor and those used in dental practice. • Assess the influence of systemic diseases and other disabilities (and associated treatment) on oral health and the delivery of dental treatment. • The clinical features associated with oral mucosal diseases, and identify conditions which may require treatment or onward referral.