Essential skills: Minor Oral Surgery (MK180517)

Registration is 08.45 to 09.15 with the educational programme starting at 09.15. Lunch and refreshments are provided throughout the day (included in the course fee) and the course finishes at 16.30

Please inform the course tutor 3 weeks prior to the course if you have any dietary requirements hazel.coey@thamesvalley.hee.nhs.uk

Directions - Exit the M1 at Junction 13 and follow signs marked A421 to Milton Keynes/Buckingham, as you enter the Milton Keynes roundabout, you will see a filling station on the right. Take the 3rd exit, which is a continuation of the A421 and marked H8 Standing Way; follow signs to Buckingham. Continue on this road - across all roundabouts - until you come to the hospital roundabout. (You will see the hospital - a long cream building - on your right as you come across the double roundabout - the last roundabout before the hospital roundabout)

Turn right at the hospital roundabout into the hospital grounds. Take first left and follow the road along to the multi-storey car park. The entrance to the centre is along the side of the Treatment Centre. Parking in the multi-story car park 6-8 hrs £5 (charges may change).

 OUTLINE PROGRAMME

0845-0915 Registration & refreshments

0915-0930 Introduction

0930-1000 Assessment for tooth extraction.

1000-1015 Armamentarium for surgical extraction.

1015-1100 Simple surgical extraction techniques.

1100- 1115 BREAK

1115-1145 Basic flap design

1145- 1215 Suturing techniques.

1215-1300  Removal of wisdom teeth

LUNCH 13.00-13.30

1330- 1500 Practical (on pigs heads)

1500- 1515 BREAK

1515- 1545 Complications and how to manage them  

1545- 1630   Tricks of the trade

1630 COURSE ENDS

Mandatory: NHS Dentist, or Non-NHS Dentist (£50.00pp surcharge)

The aim of this course is to improve GDPs' minor oral surgery skills.

1. To provide training in the theory and practice of minor oral surgery for the GDP, including patient assessment and selection, care planning and instrument and surgery set-up.

2. To demonstrate a range of minor oral surgery procedures that can be safely undertaken in general practice including principles of flap design, tooth sectioning, safe bone removal and suturing, so as to aid surgical removal of fractured teeth, uncomplicated third molars and root removal.

3. To discuss the management of pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative complications associated with dento-alveolar surgery.

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

1. Describe the fundamental principles of care planning and patient management for safe and effective hard and soft tissue surgery, in general dental practice.

2. Identify risk and manage complications in oral surgery, and understand when and how to refer onwards.

3. Demonstrate and carry out the steps involved in minor oral surgery procedures,  so as to gain confidence in removing teeth and roots in a safe and effective manner, and reduce dento-alveolar referrals to secondary care.

4. Outline strategies for managing the risk of complications/emergencies, so as to increase predictability and effective outcomes for patients, and minimise the risk of complaints and  performing dento-alveolar surgery in general dental practice.