NJHPDI

AGD Code: 430
Subject: Pediatric Dentistry

This lecture will cover the most important issues that clinicians and their staff may encounter when interacting with pediatric patients and their families.

Learning Objectives:

• Identifying and managing age related differences in behavior
• Basic principles of behavior guidance:
  • Identifying what the "true" problem is
  • How to control the situation (conversation, behavior)
    
    
• Managing the physical environment:
  • What we see and what our patients see
  • Being a "detective" - interpreting body language
    
    
• What to do when kids cry
• Influence of the parent/caregiver
• Equipment considerations and suggestions for simple and inexpensive modifications of the physical plant
• Restorative considerations unique to pediatric patients:
  • tooth preparation
  • specific restorative materials
  • endodontic considerations and options (pulpotomy, pulpectomy)
  • non-invasive techniques
    
    
• Anxiety:
  • How does it affect behavior?
  • Considerations for managing anxiety in different situations
    
    
• Specific management techniques:
  • Tell, Show, Do
  • Voice Control
  • Distraction
  • Non-traditional techniques (hypnosis, animal assisted therapy)
  • Positioning techniques and aides
    
    
• Dealing with "special needs patients":
  • Physically challenged - wheel chair accessibility, Visually Challenged, Hearing Challenged
  • Psychologically challenged - Autism, Sensory
    
    
• Identifying and treating common pathology:
  • Orthodontic considerations - missing teeth, extra teeth, delayed eruption, ectopic eruption, cross bites, open bites, habits
  • Common malformations - physical and dental
  • Periodontal considerations
  • Eating disorders
  • Trauma
  • Identification, management, prevention
    
    
• When pharmacological behavioral guidance techniques are needed:
• What are your management options? (inhaled, oral, intravenous, general anesthesia)
• Precautions and considerations