Child Oral Health – where are we today? (PO091211)

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DescriptionOur speakers will provide clinicians with an overview of current knowledge and clinical practice in most aspects of paediatric dentistry. The following topics will be discussed:
Additional informationPractical prevention
• Summary of child oral health status in the UK
• Evidence based guidelines in relation to fluoride
• Practical preventive strategies for general practice

Restoring the primary dentition
• Early caries
• Intra-coronal restorations
• Minimal intervention
• Gross caries
• Pulp therapy
• Stainless steel crowns including the Hall technique

Molar incisor hypomineralisation
• Aetiology and epidemiology
• Management challenges and solutions

The luxated permanent tooth
• The impact of acute management on prognosis

Attending this course will provide evidence to demonstrate compliance with some of the requirements of CQC Outcome 4: Care and welfare of people who use services, CQC Outcome 6: Co-operating with other providers, CQC Outcome 12: Requirements relating to workers, CQC Outcome 13: Staffing and CQC Outcome 14: Supporting workers.

This course is intended for Dentists and Therapists.

Professor Nicky Kilpatrick BDS PhD FDS RCPS FRACDS (Paed)
Nicky graduated from the University of Birmingham and underwent her specialist paediatric dental training in various London hospitals before completing her PhD at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1993. Following a fellowship year at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, she was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Paediatric dentistry at the University of Sydney. In 1999 she returned to the Royal Children’s Hospital as Director of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry where she also co-directed the Cleft Lip and Palate Service. In mid 2010 Nicky returned to the United Kingdom to take up the Chair in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Bristol. She remains an Honorary Fellow of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, has over 60 publications and lectures widely around the world.

Nicky’s clinical interests focus on the oral health and management of children with special healthcare needs; her research interests include the aetiology and management of children with clefts of the lip and/or palate and the integration of oral health in to child health and well being.

Lucy Williams BDS MFDS RCS (Eng) MPaedDent
Lucy is currently a specialist registrar in paediatric dentistry at the University of Bristol but has experience in general practice and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Her professional interests include the prevention of disease, dental injuries, child protection issues and making dentistry comfortable for children. She is currently studying for an MSc in Healthcare Ethics and Law.
VenueDental Academy, Portsmouth  View details
Date & timeFriday 9 December 2011, 09:00 to 16:30
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
Cost£28.00
Aims
  1. To summarise contemporary management of children in the dental setting
  2. To provide participants with the evidence base to paediatric clinical practice
  3. To ensure participants are familiar with contemporary guidelines regarding child oral health
  4. To promote confidence in the management of children in the dental setting