Dental Trauma Course

Speciality Dentistry - Endodontic

Organizer Fahad Mohammed ALZoubi

CME/CPD Provider Kuwait Board of Endodontics-KIMS


Scheduled date(s):

From 27 March 2022 To 31 March 2022


Aims And Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the residents will be able to carry out the following: The Dental-Trauma Patient: Describe how to take a history and examine a patient with dental injuries Indicate what radiographs are useful in evaluating the dental-trauma patient Indicate various diagnostic tests, when and how to use them Injuries to Permanent Teeth: Distinguish between different types of injuries to permanent teeth Describe various types of crown fractures Describe various types of root fractures, make a diagnosis and provide immediate and definitive treatment Displacement of Permanent Teeth: Discuss the pathophysiology of injuries to the teeth Provide treatment options for injuries to permanent teeth Describe the advantages of semirigid and rigid splinting techniques Explain how to monitor and treat pulpal complications of dental injuries Discuss how to monitor and treat root resorption caused by dental injuries Describe neurovascular injury and pulpal necrosis and periodontal ligament injury and resorption Describe lateral displacement (luxation), extrusion, intrusion, avulsion of permanent teeth, make a diagnosis, and provide immediate and definitive treatment Injuries to Primary Teeth: Explain the diagnosis and treatment options for injuries to primary teeth Describe concussion and subluxation of primary teeth, make a diagnosis and provide a treatment Describe dislocation of the mandible, make a diagnosis, and provide a treatment Soft-Tissue Lacerations: List the advantages of various types of suture materials used to treat lacerations Describe the benefits and applications of absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures Provide the rationale and steps for suturing oral and facial lacerations Give an explanation of wound healing in soft-tissue lacerations Alveolar Fractures: Explain the diagnosis and treatment of alveolar fractures Take history, make a diagnosis, and provide treatment for alveolar fractures Mandible Fractures: Discuss the physiology of bone repair Identify various causes of mandible fractures Provide a classification of mandible fractures, by location, type of fracture, severity of fracture, and the direction or displacement of fracture List symptoms of patients who have sustained fractures of the mandible Make a diagnosis of specific fractures of the mandible Provide treatment for mandible fractures Midface Fractures: Describe three types of fractures of the maxilla, their diagnoses, and stabilization techniques for the patient Describe the fractures of the zygomatic complex, zygomatic arch and nasal bones List the clinical findings of fractures of the midface, zygoma, and nose Dental First Aid in the Field: Discuss methods of dental first aid in field conditions Pharmacology in the field: Be familiar with all topical and systemic medication used in the treatment of traumatic dental injury Psychosocial impact: Become familiar with the effects of traumatic dental injuries on the psychosocial wellbeing Become familiar with the impact on the patient and their family’s quality of life Identify potential non-accidental injury and to define the child protection process


Content Outline

This one week course will focus on the classification, management and sequelae of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) through a list of seminars and presentations. In addition, the course will also consist of lab sessions that will help develop the necessary skills required to manage TDIs. The course is taught once every year to the Endodontic and Paediatric Dentistry residents during the R4 year.


Target Audience

KBE and KBPD residents and staff


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