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Welcome to the course

Introduction to the course from the lead educators.

Welcome to our course, Providing High-Quality Paediatric Dentistry.

Your Lead Educators are Dr Susan Parekh and Professor Paul Ashley, who both work in the Paediatric Dentistry Unit at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London.

Let’s begin!

What will we learn?

As a result of our time together on the course, you will learn:

  • How to apply evidence-based prevention and management of caries
  • How to assess and manage a child presenting with dental trauma
  • Behaviour management and local anaesthetic techniques
  • The fundamentals of treatment planning for children

A crucial part of the course is your participation in the collective reflections. Remember that each step features a comments area that you can use to share your thoughts and experiences. When you feel happy with the material and ideas covered in a step, please mark it as complete before using the arrow to move on. You can check your progress using the Progress tab at the top of each page.

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