Treatment Planning: Taking a history
In the first of two videos covering the importance of assessment in treatment planning, Dr Susan Parekh outlines how to take a history. What are the key questions? Is there …
Course: Paediatric Dentistry for Non-Specialists
Preventing caries in children: Treatment in the chair
Second of two short videos outlining evidence-based methods for caries prevention in children. In this video, we focus on evidence-based therapies we can use for children in the dental chair, …
Managing caries in primary molars: Using crowns
The second of two videos outlining evidence-based methods for restoring primary molar teeth. In this video, we focus on managing larger carious lesions with a focus on crowns and Hall …
Managing behaviour in children: Measuring anxiety
More on managing behaviour, this time we’ll talk about anxiety. Do you measure anxiety? Does it help?
Essential reading
There is a lot of research and guidance out there, but unfortunately, most of it is behind a paywall, and so you may not be able to access it. What …
Giving local anaesthetic: managing anxiety
Some tips and tricks on giving local anaesthetic successfully to children. In this first part, we think about how we can manage some of the anxiety children feel around having …
Managing behaviour in children
In this first of two videos on managing behaviour in children, Professor Paul Ashley outlines some of the key approaches behind a successful strategy. As we will see, managing behaviour …
Essential reading
Want to know more? In this article, we outline some of the key resources. Any discussion on trauma starts and ends with the trauma guidance published by the International Association …
Crown fractures
The next in our short series of videos covering dental trauma in children. In this video, Dr Susan Parekh looks into the management of crown fractures. Unlike primary teeth trauma, …
Avulsed teeth
This is the last video in the series covering dental trauma in children. We’ll see that when it comes to managing avulsed teeth, speed is of the essence!
Treatment Planning Case Study
It’s always easier to understand something with an actual example. So we’ve added that here. We’ve tried to bring together some of the teaching covered so far into a real-life …
Who are we?
Welcome to the course and our community of Paediatric Dentistry Learners! We are passionate about further education in paediatric dentistry and want to make it possible for everyone to get …
Recap
Well done — first week complete. We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. Over the next two weeks, we will consider the management of dental trauma and some …
Trauma to primary teeth
In this video, we describe the diagnosis and clinical management of trauma in primary teeth. What are the key things to look out for? And why doing nothing is often …
Managing caries in primary molars: Dealing with small one or two surface carious lesions
A short video outlining evidence-based methods for restoring primary molar teeth. In this video, we start off by looking at some management tips for smaller carious lesions. Which filling material …