MODULE 12: CLINICAL TIPS & SITUATIONS
(2 AGD/PACE CE Hours)
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Thankfully most days dentistry is pretty routine, but every so often, a patient sits in your chair with situation that doesn't appear in the textbook! This module aims to give you insights on how to manage issues like teeth that are super crowded and don't adapt to your usual forceps or those which are resorbing. With these tips the unusual and unexpected will no longer phase you!
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Module 12 Videos:
(23 Accelerated Topics | 2 AGD / PACE CE Hour)
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Protecting the Airway
Diagnosing & Managing Pericoronitis
Buccal & Lingual Decay
Extracting Malaligned Teeth
Partially Soft Tissue Covered Roots
Impacted Third Behind a Mandibular Second
Endodontically Treated Teeth
Hypercementosis
Internal & External Resorption
Ankylosis
Fused Upper Molar Roots
Removing Fully Covered Roots (Edentulous)
Sectioning Tips
Sectioning Primary Molars
Extraction of Retained Primary Teeth
Impaction vs. Primary & Secondary Retention
Managing Root Tips
Oroantral Communications
Extracting the Wrong Tooth
Tips for Multiple Extractions
Proper Gauze Placement
Iatrosedation
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization
Module 12 Objectives
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- Pericoronitis: Recognize signs/symptoms and diagnose & definitively treat it.
- Incision & Drainage: Know when I&D is necessary, why it’s beneficial, and the general approach.
- Referral: Appreciate when infections should be referred to an oral surgeon.
- Large Decay: Predictably extract teeth with large buccal or lingual decay.
- Malaligned Teeth: Manage extractions with limited instrument access.
- Root Tips: Extract decayed or partially soft-tissue–covered root tips.
- Second Molar Difficulty: Explain how lower third molars complicate second molar removal.
- Endodontic Teeth: List complications unique to endodontically treated teeth and how to avoid them.
- Indications: List reasons for extracting endodontically treated teeth.
- Hypercementosis: Discuss your general approach to these extractions.
- Resorption: Confidently extract teeth with internal or external resorption.
- Ankylosis: Diagnose true ankylosis, list etiologies, and recall methods for more predictable extraction.
- Fused Roots: Manage and section a maxillary molar with fused roots.
- Failed Sectioning: Recover from an unsuccessful attempt at sectioning a tooth.
- Primary Teeth Sectioning: Understand risks when sectioning primary teeth.
- Retained Primary Teeth: Discuss nuances in extracting retained primary teeth.
- Retention Types: Distinguish primary retention, secondary retention, and impaction.
- Management: Understand strategies to resolve retention in children & adolescents.
- OAC: List causes of oroantral communications and describe proper management.
- Wrong Tooth: List tips to avoid accidentally extracting the wrong tooth.
- Multiple Extractions: Recall strategies for removing multiple teeth in one appointment.
- Gauze Placement: Place gauze properly after extraction.
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