Pediatric dentistry school: what's NEW in 2024

– Background and scientific evidence behind behavior management
– Comprehending child psychology and its impact on dental practice
– The dentist-child relationship from both perspectives
– Aspects of behavior management from the point of view of the child-patient, dentist, and parent
– Patient-related factors
– Dentist-related factors
– Parent-related factors
– Effective child-parent-dentist communication techniques
– Minimal invasive caries management methods: Hall technique and silver diamine fluoride.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– Definitions of minimal and moderate sedation
– States of anesthesia and phases of general anesthesia 
– Advantages, drawbacks and risks of sedation
– Pharmacology of commonly used sedation drugs
– Indications, contraindications, complications of sedation and general anesthesia and how to minimize them
– Clinical protocol for the use of sedation
– Pre-operative evaluation and admission to hospital for general anesthesia
– Induction of anesthesia and dental treatment
– Safety and occupational exposure considerations
– Patient/population selection for maximum success
– Patient, family education and documentation
– Competencies that practitioners should possess
– Practical tips for maximizing positive patient outcomes.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General 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.

– Fluoride in dentistry: benefit and harm
– Sources of fluoride intake
– "Оptimal" fluoride intake
– Sources of fluoride intake for children at the age of risk for dental fluorosis
– Fluoride absorption, distribution and excretion
– Fluoride toxicity
– Fluoride in dental products;
– Factors affecting acute fluoride toxicity
– Signs and symptomps of fluoride poisoning
– First aid of fluoride poisoning
– Treatment of fluoride poisoning
– Chronic fluoride toxicity
– Fluorosis. 

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– Dental fluorosis: clinical manifestations
– Histopathology of dental fluorosis
– Dental fluorosis: how does it happen and how to avoid it
– Formation of caries lesion
– How fluoride acts to control dental caries and erosion
– Mechanism of action of fluoride
– Fluoridated drinking water
– Hygiene products with fluoride: application
– Recommended use of fluoride dentifrices in children
– Professional use of fluoride
– Rational use of fluorides for caries control.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– Dental trauma: incidence, documentation
– Clinical examination protocol
– Radiographic examination
– Basic principles in trauma management and general recommendations
– Classification of luxation injuries, according to IADT
– Treatment guidelines in each category of luxation injuries:

- concussion
- subluxation
- extrusive luxation
- lateral luxation
- intrusive luxation
- avulsion.

– How to stabilise traumatised teeth with a splint and which splint is the most suitable
– Tooth avulsion: manage successfully a nightmare
– Clinical examples with documentation in every step
– Protocol for the treatment of a extrusive luxation in a teenager based on a clinical case
– Method for preserving a tooth broken below the gumline.

Recommended for: Pediatric dentists, General dentists.