Course: Pediatric Dentistry 1

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Course title Pediatric Dentistry 1
Course code ST1/ZAB23
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Krejčí Přemysl, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Špidlen Miloš, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Kamínková Petra, MDDr. Ph.D.
  • Kovalská Monika, MDDr.
  • Žižka Radovan, MDDr. Ph.D.
  • Voborná Iva, MDDr. Ph.D.
  • Miklasová Markéta, MDDr.
  • Rosa Matej, MDDr.
  • Kovalčík Adam, MDDr.
Course content
Synthesis of fundamental knowledge in pediatric dentistry. Diagnostics, prevention and therapy of the most frequent oral diseases in children. The emphasis is put on knowledge and skills in the field of cariology of temporary and mixed dentition, dental traumatology, diseases of mucosa, and periodontal diseases in children, developmental anomalies, and principles of prosthetic treatment in children.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Observation, Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The subject follows the knowledge of preventive dentistry and cariology with a theoretical overview of the development of dental crowns and tooth root teeth, their disorders, the principles of tooth eruption, numerous anomalies of teeth and morphological differences between temporary and permanent dentition. Students will be introduced to extraction indications in children and will receive an introductory note on tooth injuries.
Diagnostics and therapy of the most frequent diseases in children - caries and complications, dental injuries, developmental anomalies, parodontopathia, diseases of mucosa, and prosthetic therapy.
Prerequisites
Knowledges of previous subjects.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

100% attendance at practical training, sufficient theoretical knowledge, seminar papers prepared by (Check list) according to the topic
Recommended literature
  • Bruch, J. M. (2010). Clinical Oral Medicine and Patology. Humana Press.
  • Cameron, A. C., Widmer, R. P. (2003). Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry. Mosby.
  • Kilian, J. (2012). Stomatology for Students of General Medicine. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Tyldesley, W. R. (1994). Diagnosis in Color Oral Medicine. Mosby-Wolfe.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer