" Hands up" for "Hands-0n" a classroom and skills room based Paediatric Dentistry refresher course. (BE140618)

The course addresses the GDC Development Outcome C - clinical updates.

Recommended: Dental Therapist, or NHS Dentist

Pre-Formed Metal Crowns Session:-

AIM: 1. To provide an update on the use of pre formed metal crowns in children.

        2. To know which cases and scenarios they should be used.

        3. To gain hands 0n experience of the placement of stainless steel crowns in the deciduous dentition.

Fractured Incisors Session:-

AIM: 1. To understand how to deal with a fractured incisor in am emergency.

        2. Appropriate history taking.

        3. Short term management options.

        4. Best practice treatment.

        5. Hands on restoration of an enamel & dentine fracture - layering technique and crown former

            methodology.

Pre-Formed Metal Crown Session:-

Learning outcomes:

1. Feel more confident about managing children with gross caries in the deciduous dentition that require a pre-formed metal crown.

2. Be able to justify the Hall technique and be able to place a pre-formed metal crown on a suitable tooth.

3. Identify clinical situations when further intervention is required and how to carry this out before placement of the pre-formed metal crown.

Fractured Incisors Session:_

Learning outcomes:

1. Feel more confident about managing patients with incisal enamel & dentine fractures.

2. Know when and how to restore fractured incisors in the short and mid term through childhood.