DFT Blackburn & Pennine - Oral Surgery Practical (NW160212FBPN)

FP84 - Blackburn

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Hands On Oral Surgery Course for Foundation Dentist - A mixed day of didactic lectures and hands on pigs head demonstrations and experience to help improve basic oral surgery skills.

Mandatory: Foundation Dentist

A practical hands-on interactive session focusing on the assessment and treatment of surgical dentistry patients in general practice. What to refer and guidance on how to deal with surgical problems simply and efficiently in general practice.

To help Foundation Dentists provide better Oral Surgery care for their patients, by improving their Oral Surgery skills in the following areas:

• Assessment of surgical dentistry patients in general practice.
• Undertaking simple surgical procedures, fractured teeth and retained roots, effectively and safely.
• Being aware of, and where appropriate, being able to undertake simple third molar removal, apicectomies on anterior teeth, biopsy of small, non-suspicious lesions and primary closure of an ora-antral communication
• Being aware of personal limitations in provision of Oral Surgery

To help Foundation Dentists provide better Oral Surgery care for their patients, by improving their Oral Surgery skills in the following areas:

• Assessment of surgical dentistry patients in general practice.
• Undertaking simple surgical procedures, fractured teeth and retained roots, effectively and safely.
• Being aware of, and where appropriate, being able to undertake simple third molar removal, apicectomies on anterior teeth, biopsy of small, non-suspicious lesions and primary closure of an ora-antral communication
• Being aware of personal limitations in provision of Oral Surgery
• Assess surgical patients
• Demonstrate the principles of Flap design, Bone Removal and Suturing
• Demonstrate principles of third molar removal, apicectomies and biopsies
• Review common complications and their management
• Identify appropriate surgical instruments
• Discuss appropriate referral practice and limitations and patient safety
• Demonstrate the principles of Flap design and Bone Removal
• Demonstrate the principles of suturing
• Identify appropriate surgical instrumentation
• Develop good clinical practice with regards to their role as educational supervisor and as a dental Practitioner
• Discuss appropriate referral procedures 

• Analyse their clinical practice with oral surgery techniques
• Develop their oral surgery skills to the level of a graduating FD/new GDP
• Support the FD with Oral Surgery cases
• Review their surgical instruments within their practice environment
• Be able to assess patient’s surgical needs, and refer where appropriate
• Develop their oral surgery skills as a general dental practitioner to be able to provide simple surgical removal of fractured teeth, retained roots, simple third molars, apicectomies on anterior teeth, biopsy of non-suspicious lesions, and primary closure of an oro-antral communication, where appropriate, and within skill set
• Review surgical instrument needs within a general practice environment