University certificate
The world's largest faculty of dentistry”
Description
You are in front of a postgraduate diploma with quality multimedia teaching material that you can access at any time from your computer or tablet"
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Good oral habits in the population are key to proper oral health. Transferring this information to the patient is one of the outstanding roles of the dental professional, especially in the care of people with special needs. This program, aimed at professionals in this field, will deepen over 6 months in the diagnosis and most appropriate treatments in patients with caries and those who have a mental or sensory disability.
A program that will help dental professionals to update their knowledge through multimedia resources (video summaries, videos in detail, interactive summaries) in which they will delve into the pediatric patient, preventive pediatric dentistry and dental caries, or patients in infancy who require special care due to different pathologies such as cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma or diabetes. The simulations of clinical cases will be very useful, as they will put the students in a situation where they will face problems or difficulties that they may encounter in their daily practice.
A 100% online education that gives professionals the opportunity to acquire a postgraduate diploma comfortably, wherever and whenever they wish. It only requires an electronic device with internet connection to access the complete syllabus from the first day. In this way, students can distribute the teaching load according to their needs, and there are no fixed timetable sessions. An ideal flexibility for professionals seeking to pursue a high-level educational program without neglecting other areas of their work or personal life.
In addition, you will be supported by a faculty of the highest level, chaired by an internationally recognized figure in pediatric dental care. To round off an unparalleled educational experience, graduates will be able to enjoy 10 exclusive masterclasses prepared by this expert. Therefore, during more than an hour and a half of teaching in video format, they will be able to update their practice based on the recommendations of an eminence in their professional field.
A postgraduate diploma that will bring you up to date with the most recent studies in the treatment of medically compromised patients"
This postgraduate diploma in Pediatric Dentistry Treatment for Patients with Special Needs contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most notable features are:
- Practical cases presented by experts in Dentistry
- The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
- Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
- Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
- Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
- Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
A 100% online program where you will be immersed in the care of patients with immunological pathology or disorders of hemostasis”
The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.
The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive knowledge programmed to learn in real situations.
This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.
A university program without attendance or schedules. Access 24 hours a day to the complete syllabus of this program"
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It delves into the main fundamentals of pediatric dentistry and methods of prevention of dental caries and its application at different ages"
Objectives
The main objective of this postgraduate diploma is that, at the end of this program, the professional will have achieved a review of their knowledge in the field of pediatric dentistry, particularly in the care of patients with special needs. Therefore, at the end of this online program, students will have renewed their knowledge of the advantages and risks inherent to the pharmacological sedation procedure, the origin and consequences of alterations in dental number and size, and the treatment plans used in patients with functional diversity.
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An online program whose clinical cases will be very useful in your daily dental practice”
General Objectives
- Update the professional's knowledge in the different areas covered by comprehensive dental care in pediatric patients from birth to 14 years of age, with data-based scientific evidence
- Promote work strategies based on a comprehensive approach to the patient and individualized attention to each child according to their age and medical, dental and emotional needs
- Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities, through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
- Encourage professional stimulation through continued specialization and research
- Promote understanding of the integral and multidisciplinary nature of pediatric dentistry, the importance of orderly, systematized and ethical teamwork and the role of the dentist working with the pediatric population as a health educator for children and their families
Specific Objectives
Module 1. Pediatric Dentistry: Basics
- Identify and describe the stages of cognitive, emotional and social development of children and adolescents
- Recognize the psychological profile of the child and adolescent
- Assess possible patient behavior in the dental clinic
- Analyze the factors that impact the child’s behavior
- Establish the different classifications of patients according to their behavior
- Describe non-pharmacological behavior management techniques
- Explain pharmacological management alternatives for uncooperative children
- Distinguish the different levels of sedation from each other and from general anesthesia
- Explain the action protocols in each case
- List the most commonly used drugs for sedation and their antagonists
- Describe the inherent advantages and risks in the pharmacological sedation procedure
- Perform adequate basic behavioral guidance in patients according to their ages and cognitive and emotional capacities
- Explain the different stages of dental learning and their chronology
- Define the evolution of the different teeth during childhood and adolescence and their characteristics
- Identify and name temporary and permanent teeth
- List the differences between primary and permanent teeth and their clinical implications
Module 2. Preventive Pediatric Dentistry
- Recognize the structures that make up the healthy mouth of an edentulous infant and its physiology
- Reflect on the rationale and basics of baby dentistry
- Value an early establishment of the dental home
- Explain the multifactorial nature of caries and the multifaceted approach to caries prevention
- Explain the various methods of preventing dental caries and their application at different ages
- Develop appropriate prevention and maintenance plans for each patient
- Identify the most frequent deviations from normality in relation to tooth number and size, enamel, alterations and dentin structure alterations
- Identify the origin and consequences of alterations in tooth number and size, enamel structure and dentin structure alterations
- Define the criteria for the selection of complementary tests to correctly diagnose these disorders
- Explain the criteria for selecting the appropriate therapeutic option in each case
Module 3. Pediatric Patients with Special Care Needs. Medically Compromised Patients
- Describe the most important causes and consequences of the premature loss of primary teeth
- Explain the reasons behind the importance of space maintenance
- Define what a space maintainer is and what types exist
- Acquire criteria to justify the choice of a certain type of space maintainer on an individual basis
- Explain the reasons behind the importance of the early treatment of harmful habits
- Define the main types of harmful oral habits
- Describe the main causes of oral habits and their most important consequences
- Apply the different therapy protocols against oral habits and their justification
- Describe some systemic diseases that impact the oral cavity
- Define the oral and dental disorders associated with the conditions discussed on this topic
- Know what modifications need to be added to the treatment plan of a patient with a mental or sensory disability
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With this postgraduate diploma, you will be aware of the therapeutic protocols currently applied in pediatric patients"
Postgraduate Diploma in Pediatric Dentistry Treatment of the Patient with Special Needs
The dental care of pediatric patients stands out as one of the most relevant fields of dentistry today, with frequent research, innovations and studies developed in the search for the improvement of the processes in the area. This situation has allowed the progress of several subspecialties within the field of pediatric dentistry, highlighting, among others, the care of minor patients with special needs as a sector of great evolution in recent years. Due to this continuous progress, there is a growing interest, on the part of professionals specialized in this field, for the approach of academic updating programs that allow an optimal training in the innovations of this field. Understanding this fact, at TECH Global University we have prepared our Postgraduate Diploma program in Pediatric Dentistry Treatment of Patients with Special Needs. In this postgraduate course, special emphasis will be placed on the development of new practical, communicative and methodological trends of recent insertion in the area, at the same time that the following aspects will be updated: knowledge of the protocol established by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry for the approach of a dental care process in patients with autism spectrum disorder; and the identification of the particularities and dental considerations to be taken into account in the care of pediatric diabetic patients.
Study an online Postgraduate Diploma in Pediatric Dentistry Treatment of Patients with Special Needs
The great challenges and vicissitudes that surround the modern processes of pediatric dental care require for their optimal resolution and approach the presence of expert professionals with a high degree of preparation. In our program you will approach the care of pediatric patients with special needs from the identification of its multiple paths and fields of development, contemplating the current particularities of the sector, as well as the modernization of the following topics: knowledge of the different approaches to dental approach applied in the care of patients with intellectual disabilities; and the various dental considerations to be taken into account in the management of patients with hearing and visual disabilities.