Impacted Wisdom Teeth Management Clinical Certificate

Programme Overview & Schedule

Introduction
One of the most common problems that a dentist faces is managing patients with impacted wisdom teeth. Management of the patients requires an appropriate risk assessment that leads to a decision of either to extract it or not. Moreover, management might require a referral of the patient to a specialist when the case is outside the scope of practice of a general dentist.

Aim 
To enable dentists to manage patients with problems related to impacted wisdom teeth. 

Competencies
By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Diagnose patients with problems related to impacted wisdom teeth
• Formulate a treatment plan for patients with impacted wisdom teeth
• Assess the risk associated with surgical removal of impacted wisdom teeth
• Perform surgical extraction of soft tissue impacted wisdom teeth
• Manage complications associated with surgical removal of impacted wisdom teeth

Content

• What is impacted wisdom teeth?
• Classification of impacted wisdom teeth
• Risk assessment and radiographic interpretation of CBCT
• Indications and contraindications for removal
• Surgical removal of impacted wisdom teeth
• Surgical instruments and materials required
• Post-surgical complications
• Nerve injury and its classification
• Medico-legal aspects of relevance to wisdom teeth surgery

Target Audience

• GP Dentists
• Other Specialist Dentists
• Dental Students – undergraduates are allowed to participate 
• Dental Interns 

Teaching and Learning Methods

• Lectures
• Case-based discussions
• Live patient treatments under the supervision 

Overall Schedule
The programme consists of 10 days – 4 theoretical days and 6 live patient clinical sessions performed by the participants. Each participant will manage a minimum of 6 patients with impacted teeth under the supervision of the faculty members.

Theory Schedule (4 Days)

• 04 November 2021 | Thursday
• 11 November 2021 | Thursday
• 18 November 2021 | Thursday
• 25 November 2021 | Thursday

Live Patient Surgical Schedule (6 days)

• 12-13 November 2021 | Friday & Saturday
• 19-20 November 2021 | Friday & Saturday
• 28 November 2021 | Sunday
• 05 December 2021 | Sunday

Live Patient Surgical Consists of:

• Patient examination
• Request and interpretation of CBCT
• Surgical removal of the impacted tooth
• Providing postoperative instructions
• Prescribing the required medications

Faculty

Key Facts & Benefits

• Starts on 04 November 2021 
• The Impacted Wisdom Teeth Management Clinical Certificate programme consists of 10 days – 4 theoretical days and 6 live patient clinical sessions
• Each participant will manage a minimum of 6 patients with impacted teeth under the supervision of the faculty members. Patients will be provided (participants can bring their own if they wish to)
• The theoretical part of the course can be covered either face-to-face or 100% online
• The live patient clinical sessions will take place in Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE
• The theoretical part of the course will take place in a hotel in Dubai, UAE
• Target audience: GP Dentists, Dental Students, Dental Interns and other Specialist Dentists
• This is a non-commercial and non-sponsored educational course. The speakers are not sponsored or have any commercial interests with any company
• The course delivers only high quality and evidence-based education
• Participants will be exposed to dozens of different products and equipment from various dental companies throughout the course
• Accredited for est. 30 CME points
• Special attention to each single participant
• The certificate is awarded by the Gulf Medical University

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