Child and Adolescent Oral Health

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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This subject comprises Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry.

Orthodontics expands on the principles introduced in Growth and Development in Dental Practice 2 and Dental Practice 3. It emphasises recognition of normal and aberrant growth, skeletal and occlusal patterns and covers diagnosis of malocclusion, treatment planning and the biomechanics of tooth movement. Clinical activities are aimed primarily at interceptive treatment; however limited fixed appliance therapy is introduced.

Paediatric Dentistry builds upon the principles of growth and development already covered in Dental Practice 2 and Dental Practice 3 and addresses the effects of physical and psychological growth and development on dental health and treatment of the child and the principles of diagnosis and treatment planning for the child. Preclinical experience and practice is gained in preventive and restorative procedures in primary and young permanent dentitions and the management of trauma is addressed.

On completion of this subject, students should:

Be able to appreciate:

a) the concepts of total patient care and the dentist's responsibility for the safe and effective management of young persons in the dental situation;

b) the concept and practice of ongoing total patient care in the prevention, identification, assessment and treatment of oral diseases - as opposed to the episodic management of symptomatic oral problems;

c) the necessity for accurate examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and accurate record-taking before commencing the care of child and adolescent patients whether or not they have advanced or complicated problems;

d) the value of ensuring the maintenance of oral health after treatment of child and adolescent patients including those with advanced or complicated problems;

e) the need for referral in those situations which cannot be successfully managed in general dental practice or require specialist advice or intervention;

f) the importance of a preventive and minimal intervention approach to the treatment of

routine dental disorders; and

g) the behavioural and management aspects of child and adolescent patients.

Have Developed:

a) the skills and knowledge to act with safety and care within the dental surgery;

b) through student-directed learning, a capacity for independent learning and for critical thinking and reasoning;

c) skills in assessing human growth and development;

d) skills in history-taking, clinical oral examination and patient management; and

e) skills in intra-oral radiography and local analgesia administration.

Orthodontics :

Athanasiou AE 1995 Orthodontic Cephalometry Mosby

Graber TM, Rakosi T and Petrovic AG 1985 Dentofacial Orthopedics with Functional Appliances Mosby

Houston WJB, Stephens CD and Tulley WJ 1992 A Textbook of Orthodontics 2 nd ed, Butterworth-Heinemann

Moyers RE 1988 Handbook of Orthodontics for the Student and General Practitioner 4 th ed, Year Book Medical Publishers

Profitt WR, Fields HW, Ackerman JL, Sinclair PM, Thomas PM and Tulloch JFC 2000 Contemporary Orthodontics 3rd ed, Mosby

Paediatric Dentistry :

Cameron A and Widmer R 2008 Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry 3rd ed, Mosby Wolfe

Shaw L (ed) 1994 Self Assessment Picture Tests in Dentistry: Pediatric Dentistry Wolfe

McDonald RE, Avery DR and Dean JA 2004 Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent 8 th ed, Mosby

Rugg-Gunn A and Nunn J 1999 Nutrition, Diet and Oral Health Oxford Med Publ

Scully CM and Welbury R 1994 Color Atlas of Oral Diseases in Children and Adolescents Wolfe

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Professional communication;
• Critical analysis and decision making;
• Counselling;
• Observation;
• Leadership and teamwork;
• Planning and organisation;
• Time management; and
• Problem solving.