Pedodontics deals with complex preventive and curative care of the oral cavity of a growing and developing
individual (from the birth to the age of 18), which requires following knowledge:
Development of deciduous and permanent dentition and development of jaws. Principles of communication with a
child patient, behavior management of a child during the dental treatment. Examination of a child including the
evaluation of the dental age and basic orthodontic diagnosis.
Diagnostics of the most common diseases of the orofacial area in children and adolescents, assessment of a
treatment plan. Complex dental treatment for teeth in deciduous and permanent dentition in all of their
developmental stages in children and adolescents.
Basic restorative procedures, treatment of dental caries, dental pulp diseases and their complications (filling, vital
pulpotomy, pulpectomy, stepwise excavation). Basic epidemiological terminology of dental caries and periodontal
diseases in children and adolescents. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in terms of dental care for
children. Fluorides and other chemical substances in prevention of dental caries in children and adolescents.
Practical performance of preventive procedures (including fissure sealing and preventive fillings). Providing
information about dental caries prevention to children and their parents, giving practical instructions and training of
appropriate tooth brushing techniques for all particular age groups. Basic surgical procedures (extraction, incision,
decapsulation, exstirpation, excision), their indications and carrying out in a child patient. Knowledge of
interceptive dentistry principles in children and adolescents. Symptoms of infectious diseases and other systemic
diseases in the oral cavity in children and in adolescents. Diseases of oral mucosa and periodontal pathology.
Indications of mucogingival surgical procedures in children and in adolescents. Selection of patients with
orthodontic anomalies and cooperation with orthodontists, basic orthodontic-surgical procedures. Principles of
prosthodontic treatment in children and in adolescents, indications of preformed crowns and space maintainers in
children. Management of pain during dental treatment in children, indications for the use of local anesthesia
including practical procedure. Knowledge of premedication, conscious sedation, analgosedation and general
anesthesia indications. Dental traumatology in children. Basic classification of dental trauma injuries, types of
treatment and sequels of dental trauma. Pedodontic management of children with special needs requirements
(children with disabilities, systemic diseases, oncological disease), cooperation of pediatric dentist with other
related medical specialities.
Syllabus
Last update: Jana Kolářová (24.02.2022)
1. Examination of a child patient, imaging techniques in pedodontics. Principles of communication with a child, psychological approaches, treatment plan
2. Treatment of children using pharmacological support
3. Tooth development, eruption of teeth, pathology of tooth eruption
4. Dental anomalies
5. Treatment options in patients with early childhood caries, filling materials, ECC, occult caries, interceptive dentistry
6. Local anesthesia and surgical procedures in children
7. Dental trauma injuries in children, therapeutical options
8. Periodontal pathology in children, mucogingival surgery
9. Endodontic treatment of deciduous teeth, treatment of teeth with incompleted development, differences between treatment of deciduous and permanent teeth
10. Prosthodontic treatment in children, space maintainers
11. Developmental disorders of hard dental tissues
Literature - Czech
Last update: Jana Kolářová (08.02.2021)
Povinná:
Welbury, Richard Duggal, Monty S. Hosey, Marie Thérèse (eds.). Paediatric dentistry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 389 s. ISBN 978-0-19-878927-7.
Dean, Jeffrey A. Avery, David R. McDonald, Ralph E., (eds.). Dentistry for the child and adolescent. : Elsevier, 2016, 700 s. ISBN 0-323-28745-X.
Koch, Göran Poulsen, Sven (eds.). Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach, 3rd Edition. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2017, 408 s. ISBN 978-1-118-91349-9.
