Paediatric Dentistry Exam Preparation Guidance (ORE & LDS) with Study Plan
Exam Strategy:
- Cover Paediatric Dentistry Notes 1 & 2, followed by the Feedback & Revision Points file.
- Prioritize understanding pulpal therapies, behavioural management techniques, paediatric sedation, and trauma guidelines provided.
- Review exam images, dental anomalies, and their management in children under the curriculum section. Attempt the MCQ test and mock exams by the end.
- Familiarize yourself with tooth eruption timings and interceptive orthodontic approaches.
- Watch Mentors Video lecture explaining Paediatric exam concepts.
- Review the Paediatric Dentistry chapter from the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry for comprehensive coverage.
Exam High-Yield Topics:
Pulpal Therapies:
Pulpotomy: Indications, procedure, materials used
Pulpectomy: Indications, procedure, materials used
Indirect pulp capping: Indications, procedure, materials used
Direct pulp capping: Indications, procedure, materials used
Apexification: Indications, procedure, materials used
Apexogenesis: Indications, procedure, materials used
Behavioral Management:
Tell-Show-Do. Positive reinforcement. Desensitization. Voice control. Nitrous oxide sedation. General anesthesia (indications and contraindications)
Dental Anomalies:
Microdontia: Definition, types (e.g., generalized, localized), clinical significance
Macrodontia: Definition, types (e.g., generalized, localized), clinical significance
Dens in dente: Definition, clinical features, management
Taurodontism: Definition, clinical features, management
Amelogenesis imperfecta: Types (e.g., hypoplastic, hypomature, hypocalcified), clinical features, management
Tooth Trauma:
Classification of tooth injuries (e.g., avulsion, luxation, fracture)
Management of avulsed teeth: Extra-oral time, storage media, replantation techniques
Splinting times for different types of injuries
Trauma guidelines: International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) guidelines
Tooth Eruption:
Normal eruption sequence and timing of primary and permanent teeth
Delayed eruption: Causes, evaluation, management
Interceptive Orthodontics:
Indications for early intervention (e.g., crossbite, crowding). Common appliances used (e.g., removable appliances, space maintainers)
Space Maintainers:
Types (e.g., fixed, removable, unilateral, bilateral) & Indications for use
Other Topics:
Hall’s technique for stainless steel crown placement
Serial extractions: Indications, procedure
Pulpal diagnosis in children: Clinical and radiographic assessment
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- Lifetime
- 1. Paediatric Dentistry Exam Notes4
- 2. Additional Exam Topics/ Guidelines6
- 3. Important Exam Images & Tables4
- 4. Feedbacks-Test MCQ’s3
- 5. Mocks4