Daily manipulations of a pediatric dentist: from communication to restoration

– Behavior management: basic principles

– Scientific foundations for the management of child behavior

– Factors of poor communication of the child: indications and contraindications for non-pharmacological methods

– The influence of parents and parenting style: the relationship with the behavior of the child

– Dental team: aspects of successful communication

– Basic and advanced non-pharmacological methods of behavior management:

- communication and communication guidance (appropriate to age)

- positive pre-visit imagery

- direct observation

- tell-show-do

- ask-tell-ask

- voice control

- non-verbal communication

- positive reinforcement and descriptive praise

- distraction

- memory restructuring

- desensitization to dental conditions

- enhancing control.

– Documentation of admission and individualization of the treatment plan

– Sensory-adapted dental environment (SADE technique)

– Animal-аssisted Therapy (AAT)

– Picture exchange communication system (PECS)

– A technique of protective stabilization.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists.

– Goals and indications for general anesthesia:

- Age and weight of the child

- Health status

- Amount of tretment

- Cooperation

- Parental preferences.

– Nitrous oxide: clinical effect, indications and safety of use

– Contraindications for nitrous oxide

– Sedation levels: characteristics and benefits of moderate sedation

– Specific pharmacological agents in pediatric dentistry, features and details of use:

- Midazolam

- Triazolam

- Flumazenil

- Hydroxyzine

- Diphenylhydramine

- Drug combinations.

– Scheme for selecting drugs by age

– Local anesthetics: interaction with general sedatives

– Levels of monitoring of the patient's condition

– Documentation of admission: child behavior, treatment and informed consent.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists.

– Radiation risk

– Principles in radiology

– Indication oriented and patient specific image quality in pediatric dentistry

– Impacted teeth visualization

– Diagnosis of orofacial cleft

– Visualization of dental anomalies

– Visualization of bone pathology

– Imaging in syndrome

– Visualization in Orthodontics.

Recommended for: General dentists, Pediatric dentists.

– Modern concepts in Cariology

– Fundaments for non and minimally invasive caries treatments

– The techniques of non and minimally invasive dental caries treatment:

- Non restorative caries treatment 

- Atraumatic restorative treatment 

- Silver diamine fluoride 

- Hall technique.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists.

– Prevalence of dental caries
– Dental caries and quality of life
– Pathogenesis of caries
– Minimal intervention dentistry: definition
– International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS)
– Active and inactive cavitated lesions
– Detection of caries
– Preparation, degree of removal of affected dentin
– Materials for restorations
– Hall-technique.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– What is the meaning of Minimally Invasive Dentistry (MID):

- Non-restorative caries control

- Restorative caries control

- Selective caries removal. 

– Caries prevention: xylitol as a sugar substitute

– Sealants of pits and fissures: hidden fissures and early diagnosis of caries

– How to differentiate between infected and affected dentine

– Rotary caries removal: conventional tungsten carbide burs and their microhardness

– Rotary caries removal: polymer bur for carious dentin removal

– Mechanical caries removal: classification of each type of excavator

– Direct pulp capping in primary teeth 

– Silver Diamine Fluoride 38%: Non-Restorative Cavity Control 

– Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) and enamel hypoplasia 

– Bioactive biomaterials

– SMART TECHNIQUE:

- Early Lesions

- Deep Caries

- Caries in teeth affected by MIH.

– Biomimetic in Minimally Invasive Dentistry: Bio-Remineralization

– Bioactive Glass Materials in Dentine: MTA, Biodentine and NeoMTA in indirect and direct pulp capping

– What does Biomimetic mean in pediatric dentistry? 

– New Generation of Glass Ionomers with Strontium

– Giomers

– Minimally Invasive Dentistry in molars affected by MIH:

- Hypersensitivity Control

- Deproteinization of hypomineralized enamel 

- Bioactive Biomaterials

- Adhesion

- Aesthetic Restorative Treatment.

– Hall Technique and Modifications

– Selective Caries Removal

– Pulp Capping (IPC and DPC)

– Pulpotomy

– Access opening for Primary Teeth

– Working Length Determination

– Shaping (Root canal Preparation) in Primary teeth

– Cleaning (Root canal Disinfection) in Primary teeth

– Obturation in Primary Teeth

– Modern Endodontic Approaches (Management of Internal Root Resorption, LSTR and Broken Instrument Retrieval).

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– Immature teeth particularities 

– Apexogenesis 

– Apexification and MTA 

– How understanding of biology will help the clinician to better select clinical cases for regenerative procedures

– Revitalization and Revascularization 

– Advantages of revitalization and apexification

– Contraindications of revitalization and apexification

– Tissue engineering: stem cells, growth factors, and scaffold dental pulp

– Repair vs. Regeneration 

– Outcomes:

- patient-based outcome

- clinician-based outcome 

- scientist-based outcome.

– Revitalization of mature teeth

– The clinical factors to take into account when selecting one technique or the other depending on the clinical situation.

– Full coverage crown restoration for primary teeth

– Communication with parents. Motivation for crowns

– Indications and contraindications for the use of crowns in children

– Necessary equipment, tools and materials

– X-ray examination before and after treatment

– Stainless Steel Crowns: 

- Indications, contraindications, advantages and disadvantages

- Tooth preparation protocols

- Cementation 

- Postoperative instructions. 

– The HALL technique: 

- Indications, contraindications, advantages and disadvantages

- Chairside protocol of the technique. 

– Strip crowns: 

- Indications, contraindications, advantages and disadvantages

- Tooth preparation protocols

- Composite strip crowns

- Glass ionomer strip crowns

- Injection moulding technique.

– Zirconia crowns in pediatric dentistry: 

- Posterior and anterior zirconia crowns

- The tissue attachment to zirconia 

- Case selection 

- Tooth preparation protocols 

- Methods for controlling hemorrhage 

- Crowns try-in and common errors 

- Cementation.

– Postoperative period and general recommendations

– Difficulties, complications and ways to solve them

– Clinical tips and tricks.