Teaching content in pediatric dentistry should provide the student with knowledge about the specifics of growth and development of dental and orofacial structures, the specifics of pathology, pathogenesis and course of treatment of teeth and mouth of patients of childhood and adolescence. A special task is to master the knowledge necessary to work with children with disabilities, with special emphasis on the specifics of pathology and treatment of persons with different types of physical, mental or emotional handicap. Students must also acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to apply various procedures to control a child's behavior and basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the treatment of hard and soft tissue diseases in deciduous and permanent dentition. They should also master the procedures for diagnosing and treating the most common dental injuries in children as well as the available methods for their prevention.
Developmental changes in the number and shape of teeth and their treatment
Developmental defects of hard dental tissues and their therapy
Morphological and mineralization defects of teeth in children
Non-carious lesions of hard dental tissues in children
Radiology in pediatric dentistry: indications for radiological imaging, dental imaging techniques in children
Exfoliation of deciduous and eruption of permanent teeth
Anesthesia and sedation in pediatric dentistry
Treatment of children with developmental disabilities
Tooth trauma in children: etiology and classification
Traumatic injury monitoring and prognosis in deciduous teeth
Traumatic injuries monitoring and prognosis in permanent teeth
Tooth trauma in children: examination and emergency procedures
Restorative procedures in traumatized teeth
Prevention of traumatic tooth injuries
Prosthetic treatment in childhood
Tooth extractions and small oral surgical procedures in children
Diseases of the oral mucosa in children
Emergencies in pediatric dentistry
Required course materials:
- Jurić i sur. Dječja dentalna medicina. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap; 2015.
- Andreasen FM, Andreasen JO, Bakland LK, Flores MT. Traumatske ozljede zubi. Zagreb: Naklada Slap; 2008.
Supplemental course materials:
- Koch G, Poulsen S. Pedodoncija - Klinički pristup. Ur. hrv. izdanja: Olga Lulić Dukić. Naklada Slap, Jastrebarsko 2005.
- Welbury R, Duggal MS, Hosey MT. Paediatric Dentistry. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2018.
- McDonald RE, Avery DR, Dean JA. Dentistry for the child and adolescent. 8th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2004.
- Zarevski P, Škrinjarić I, Vranić A. Psihologija za stomatologe. Zagreb: Naklada Slap; 2005.
- Fejerskov O, Kidd E. Zubni karijes. Zagreb: Naklada Slap; 2010.
- Škrinjarić I. Trauma zuba u djece. Zagreb: Globus; 1988.
- Dabar-srce (https://dabar.srce.hr/ )
- Hrčak (https:hrcak.srce.hr/)
- Sonda (http://sonda.sfzg.hr/)