Master of Dental Surgery ( Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry )

Curriculum:
1. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT: Prenatal and postnatal development of cranium face jaws teeth and supporting structures. Chronology of dental development and development of occlusion. Dimensional changes in dental arches. Cephalometric evaluation of growth.
2. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY: Development & Classification of behavior, personality intelligence in children, theories of child psychology, stages of psychological child development, fear anxiety, apprehension & its management.
3. BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT: Non-pharmacological & Pharmacological methods.
4. Dental Neglect & Child Abuse
5. Conscious sedation. Deep sedation & General Anesthesia in pediatric dentistry: (Including other drugs, synergetic & Antagonistic actions of various drugs used in children)
6. PREVENTIVE PEDSODONTICS: Concepts chair side preventive measures for dental diseases. High-risk caries including rampant & extensive caries - recognition. Features & Preventive management pit & fissures sealants, Oral Hygienic measures correlation of brushing with dental caries & periodontal diseases. Diet & Nutrition as related to dental caries diet counseling.
7. DENTAL PLAQUE: Definition, Initiation, Pathogenesis, Biochemistry, Morphology & Metabolism.
8. MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY AS RELATED TO ORAL DISEASES IN CHILDREN: Basic concepts, immune system in human body, auto immune diseases, histopathology, pathogenesis, immunology of dental caries, periodontal diseases, tumors, oral mucosal lesions etc.
9. GINGIVAL & PERIODONTAK DISEASES IN CHILDREN:
* Normal Gingiva & periodontium in children
* Gingival & Periodontial diseases - Etiology, Pathogenesis, Prevention & Management.
10. PERDISTRIC OPERATIVE DENMTRISTRY:
* Principle of pediatric operative dentistry along with modifications of materials/past, current & latest including tooth colored materials.
* Modifications required for cavity preparation in primary and young permanent teeth.
* Various isolation techniques.
* Restorations of decayed primary, young permanent and permanent teeth in children using various restorative material like Glass ionomer, composites silver, amalgam & latest material (gallium)
* Stainless steel polycarbonate & resin crowns/veneers & crowns.
11. PERDIATRIC ENDODONTICS:
* Primary dentition:- Diagnosis of pulpal diseases & their management - pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy (Materials & Methods), controversies & recent concepts.
* Young permanent teeth & permanent teeth, pulp capping, pulpotomy, Apexogenesis, Apexification. Concepts Techniques and materials used for different procedures.
* Recent advances in pediatrixc endodontics.
12. TRAUMATIC INJURIES IN CHILDREN:
* Classifications & importance.
* Sequelae & reaction of teeth to trauma
* Management of traumatized teeth with latest concepts
13. INTERCEPTIVE ORTHODONTICS:
* Concepts of occlusion and esthetics: Structure and function of all anatomic components of occlusion, mechanics of articulations, recording of masticatory function, diagnosis of occlusal dysfunction, relationship of TMJ anatomy & pathology and related neuromuscular physiology.
* A comprehensive review of the local and systemic factors in the causation of malocclusion.
* Recognition and management of normal and abnormal developmental occlusions in primary, mixed and permanent dentitions in children (Occlusal Guidance)
* Biology of tooth movement: A comprehensive review of the principles of teeth movement. Review of contemporary literature. Histopathology of bone and periodontal liagament, molecular and ultra cellular consideration in tooth movement.
* Myorunctional appliances: Basic principles, contemporary applicances: Design & fabrication.
* Removable applicances: Basic principles, contemporary appliances; Design & fabrication.
* Case selection & diagnosis in interceptive orthodontics (Cephalometrics, image processing, tracing, radiation hygiene, video imaging & advance cephalometric techniques)
* Space management: Etiology, diagnosis of space problems, analysis, Biomechanics, serial extractions.
14. ORAL HABITS IN CHILDREN:
* Definition, Actiology, classification
* clinical features of digit sucking, tongue thrusting, mouth breathing & various other secondary habits.
* Management of oral habits in children
15. DENTAL CARE OF CHILDREN WITH APECIAL NEEDS:
Definition, Actiology, classification, behavioural, clinical features & management of children with:
* Physically handicapping condition.
* Mentally compromising condition
* Medically compromising condition
* Genetic disorders.
16. Oral manifestations of systemic conditions in children & their management
17. Management of Minor oral surgical procedures in children
18. Dental radiology as related to pediatric dentistry
19. CARIOLOGY:
* Historical background
* Definition, Aethiology & Pathogenesis.
* Caries pattern in primary, young permanent and permanent teeth in children
* Rampant caries, early childhood caries and extensive caries: Definition, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, complications & Management
* Role of diet and nutrition in dental caries
* Dietary modifications & Diet counseling
* Caries activity tests, caries prediction, caries suspectability & their clinical applications.
20. PEDIATRIC ORAL MEDICINE & CLINICAL PATHOLOGY: Recognition & management of developmental dental anomalies, teaching disorders, stomatological conditions. Mucosal lesions, viral infections etc.
21. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES IN CHILDRE: Definition, classification, clinical features & Management.
22. Dental Emergencies in children & their management
23. Dental materials used in pediatric dentistry
24. PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY:
* Definition. Principles & Scope, Types of prevention
* Different preventive measures used in pediatric dentistry including tissues sealants and caries vaccine.
25. DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION & SCHOOL DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES:
Dental health concepts, effects of civilization and environment dental health delivery system, public health measures related to children along with principles of children's preventive dentistry.
26. FLUORIDES:
* Historical background
* Systemic & Topical fluorides
* Mechanism of action
* Toxicity & management
* Deflouridation technique
27. CASE HISTORY RECORDING:
Outline of principles of examination, diagnosis & Treatment planning.
28. EPIDEMIOLOGY: Concepts, methods of recording & evaluation of various oral diseases. Various national & global trends of epidemiology of oral diseases.
29. COMPREHENSIVE INFANT ORAL HEALTH CARE:
30. PRINCIPLES OF BIO-STATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY:
31. SETTING UP OF PEDODONTICS & PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY CLINIC:

PRECLINICAL WORK
1. Carving of all deciduous permanent teeth.
2. Basic wire bending exercises.
3. Fabrication of
4. Basic soldering exercise 1 - making of a lamp post of stainless steel wire pieces of different gauges soldered on either side of heavy gauge main post.
5. Fabrication of space maintainers:
o Removable type / Fixed type
o Maxillary bite plate/ Hawleys
o Maxillary expansion screw appliance
o Canine retractor appliance
o All habit breaking appliance
1)Removable type 2) Fixed type3)Partially fixed & removable
o Two my functional appliances
o Making of inclined plane appliance
o Active
* For guiding the eruption of first permanent molar
* Arch holding device
* Functional space maintainer
6. Basic for spot welding exercise
7. Collection of extracted deciduous and permanent teeth
* Sectioning of the teeth at various levels and planes.
* Drawing of sections and shapes of pulp
* Performing ideal cavity preparation for various restorative materials for both deciduous and permanent teeth
* Performing pulpotomy, root canal treatment and apexification procedure.
* Fabrication of various temporary and permanent restorations on fractured
* anterior teeth
* Preparation of teeth for stainless steel crowns teeth.
8. Performing of behavioral rating and I.Q. tests for children
9. Computation of-
* Caries index and performing various caries activity test
* Oral hygiene index
* Periodontal index.
* Taking of peri-apical occlusal bite wing radiographs of children
* Tracing of soft tissue dental and skeletal landmarks as observed on
* cephlometric radiographs and drawing of various planes and angles