Treating Pediatric Patients: A Comprehensive Two Day Course with Dr. Doron Kochman & Dr. Sean McLaren (Hands-On)

Course Description:

This two day continuous hands-on comprehensive course 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

Hands on learning sessions will include:

• Specific restorative techniques:
  • Preparation of stainless steel crowns and veneered crowns, esthetic crowns including strip crowns, Cheng crowns
  • Modifications to common dental restorative preparations for primary teeth
  • Endodontic techniques – Primary Molar Pulpotomy
• Simple interceptive orthodontic measures such as:
  • Simple wire bending techniques
  • Fitting orthodontic bands and techniques and hints for cementation of bands
  • Techniques to treat ectopically erupting teeth such as the use of Separator Elastics, Separator Springs, Brass Ligature Wire, and other device
• Management of commonly occurring cases of oral-facial trauma
  • Participants will practice techniques for splinting and repositioning of luxated teeth
• The Use of Hypnosis as a Behavior Guidance Technique for Children
  • Participants will be taught and practice simple hypnotic techniques that can be used clinically with patients to manage a variety of issues such as: anxiety, pain, bleeding, parafunctional habits, tolerance with appliances, etc.
• Basic pediatric behavioral guidance techniques and those that can be used specifically when working with patients with special needs
  • Practice the use of various forms of restraints and mouth props.
  • Fabrication of simple mouth props for use with special needs patients.
• Practice safely transporting special needs patients in the office
  • Specific pediatric dental equipment
  • Practice using positioning aides like special pillows
  • Handle various patient stimulation aides

Attendees are encouraged to bring loupes for the course to aid in the hands-on portion of the program. They are also encouraged to bring cases and/or treatment plans/x-rays that they are working on.

Treating pediatric patients can be both fun and financially rewarding for the clinician and the office staff. Come join us to learn how!