- Author: Dr Chris Waith
- Hours of CPD: 6
- Learning Outcomes: C, D
- Dentist Fee: £75
- DCP Fee: £75
Online course to support dentists delivering oral surgery in general practice
This course contains video lectures talking through simple and surgical extraction techniques (including sectioning, flap design and raising, bone removal and suturing), avoiding and dealing with complications, relevant medical history (including bleeding and bisphosphonates), local anaesthesia (including treating hot teeth), and pharmacy in oral surgery.
(This course is available at no charge for all the delegates on our hands on courses. The fee will give 12months access and 6 hours of verifiable CPD, although the videos can be watched again without the CPD allocation. The videos are updated regularly- you’ll be notified of any changes and will be able to watch the updates at no extra cost)
Aims
To describe the instruments and techniques we use to facilitate tooth extraction and the factors that might make this process more difficult
To describe the process of sectioning a tooth in order to facilitate its removal
To describe the instruments and techniques we use to facilitate root removal and the factors that might make this process more difficult
To describe the instruments and techniques we use to facilitate raising a flap and removing bone as part of a surgical extraction process
To describe the instruments and techniques we use to suture a mucoperiosteal flap or extraction socket
To describe some of the general terms used in assessing a patient's general health
To describe the processes involved with patients taking those medications that might make them bleed more
To describe the management of patient taking antiresorptive medication
To look at some of the more common medical problems we'll encounter in our oral surgery patients
To describe the most common drugs we use in oral surgery
To describe when we should and shouldn't prescribe them
To look at the use of analgesics, antibiotics and steroids
To look at antibiotic stewardship
To describe the most common local anaesthetics used in dentistry
To describe how to use these solutions as consistently as possible
To describe reasons why our local anaesthetic might fail
To describe some of the more common complications we encounter during an extraction
To describe the risk factors for these complications, ways to plan at avoiding them and ways to treat them should they occur
To look at some of the unwanted side effects of local anaesthetic
Objectives
At the end of this video the delegate should feel more comfortable describing the processes involved with a dental extraction, what instruments we can use to facilitate it and how they would successfully use those instruments in a safe way
At the end of this video the delegate should feel more comfortable with using a drill in a safe manor in order to section a tooth to ease the extraction process
At the end of this video the delegate should feel more comfortable describing the processes involved with a root removal, what instruments we can use to facilitate it and how they would successfully use those instruments in a safe way
At the end of this video the delegate should feel more comfortable designing a suitable flap for a surgical extraction, how to raise that flap and protect it in order to carry out safe and effective bone removal
At the end of this video the delegate should feel more comfortable selecting a suitable suture for an oral surgery procedure and performing simple suturing work
At the end of this video the delegates should be more familiar with the ASA rating and concept of physical reserve
At the end of this video the delegates should be aware of the management of those patients who are prone to bleeding
At the end of this video the delegates should be aware of the management of those patients taking antiresorptive medication
At the end of this video the delegates should feel more comfortable managing some of the more common medical problems we'll encounter in our oral surgery patients
At the end of this video the delegates should know the most useful analgesics to prescribe, when to prescribe them and the correct doses needed
At the end of this video the delegates should know the most useful antibiotics to prescribe, when to prescribe them and the correct doses needed
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to talk to their patients about the medicines we might use for them and be able to outline when and why they are and aren't appropriate
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to consider the most suitable local anaesthetic solution for a treatment
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to consider the most suitable local anaesthetic technique for a treatment
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to consider some of the alternative techniques they might use when our primary techniques may have failed
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to plan an extraction in a way to minimise the likelihood of encountering an extraction complication
At the end of this video the delegates should be able to consider ways of dealing with some common extraction complications