Child and Adolescent Oral Health 2

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

54 contact hours (indicative), 16 non-contact hours (indicative)

Successful completion of all 2nd year DDS subjects.

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It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject is a continuation of Child and Adolescent Oral Health 1 (Semester 2 of 2nd year) and covers the practise of paediatric dentistry and orthodontics at a more advanced level.

On completion of this subject. students should have achieved competencies in:

1. assessing human growth and development from childhood, through adolescence and early adulthood;
2. accurate history-taking, clinical oral examination and patient management of children and adolescents;
3. intra-oral radiography procedures and local analgesia administration in the child patient;
4. basic treatment planning for child and adolescent patients.

1. 1 x 1 hour written paper on Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry at the end of Block 2 (Semester 1) (30%)
2. Continuing clinical assessment of the treatment of patients receiving orthodontic and paediatric dentistry care through a clinical log book assessed by the clinical supervisor (criteria provided) at the end of each session and presentation of a journal article at a seminar, throughout Blocks 1 and 2 (20%)
3. 1 x 1 hour combined paediatric dentistry and orthodontics Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), end of Block 2 (50%)

Cameron AC and Widmer RP, 2008 Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry 3 rd ed, Mosby

McDonald RE, Avery DR and Dean JA 2011 Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent 9 th ed Mosby

Scully CM and Welbury R 1994 Color atlas of Oral diseases in Children and Adolescents Wolfe

Koch G, Poulsen S 2009 Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach 2 nd ed, Wiley-Blackwell

Hall RK 1994 Pediatric Oro-facial Medicine and Pathology Chapman and Hall Medical

Profitt WR, Fields HW, Ackerman JL, Sinclair PM, Thomas PM and Tulloch JFC 2007 Contemporary Orthodontics 4 th ed, Mosby

Therapeutic guidelines – Oral and Dental. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Melbourne, 2007

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students should:

1. be able to access new knowledge from different sources, analyse and interpret it in a critical manner;
2. develop skills in effective communication with teaching staff and peers;
3. develop effective organizational skills and time management;
4. develop skills in team work and develop skills of workplace safety;
5. be able to identify and address their own learning needs.