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DENT5034: Restorative Paediatric Dentistry Part 1
2025 unit information
This unit covers all the clinical aspects of prevention, repair and maintenance of the primary and permanent dentition in children and adolescents. The importance of evidence-based diagnostic criteria for rational treatment plans with the importance of flexibility in treatment techniques to coincide with the advances in dental materials is emphasised. This unit will be the foundation of clinical practice in this discipline. The students will develop a sound understanding of differing treatment philosophies, the uses and limitations of restorative and endodontic materials used in paediatric dentistry. It will aim to ensure that students have a best practice approach to clinical paediatric dentistry and are experts in the delivery of clinical care in the restoration of the primary and young permanent dentition.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Discipline of Orthodontic and Paediatric Dentistry |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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| Prohibitions:
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate proficient knowledge of restorations of the primary and young permanent dentitions
- LO2. demonstrate proficient knowledge of pulp therapy
- LO3. demonstrate proficient knowledge of evidenced-based practice
- LO4. demonstrate proficient knowledge of delivery of care in relation to disease risk
- LO5. assess success and to critically self-assess
- LO6. demonstrate knowledge in materials used in paediatric dental practice: amalgam, glass ionomers, composite resins for anterior and posterior teeth, stainless steel crowns, fissure sealants, advanced prosthodontics
- LO7. demonstrate clear knowledge in concepts in minimal intervention dentistry and a preventive approach to practice
- LO8. demonstrate clear knowledge in the social factors that influence success
- LO9. demonstrate clear knowledge in the restorative options in the care of the medically compromised patient.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
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