Paeds textbook Flashcards
Contains fc from: BDS3- Special needs Fissure sealants Fluoride use Prevention Treatment planning. Paeds behaviour BDS4- treatment of discolouration
Compare dental fear/ anxiety and phobia?
Anxiety- a reaction due to a previous negative experience.
Fear- Emotional response to a specific threat
Phobia- Persistent and extreme fear of objects or situations which interfere with daily life.
Discuss the physiological changes common in a child experiencing anxiety?
Breathlessness
Perspiration
Palpitations
Fealing of unease.
Discuss the cognitive changes in a child experiencing anxiety.
Interference in concentration
Hypervigilance
Inability to remember certain events
Imaging the worst that could happen.
Discuss the behavioural reactions of a child experiencing anxiety.
Avoidance- Postponing appointments/ constantly speaking/ closing thir mouth/ asking lots of quesitions/ asking to go to the toliet frequently. Older children may complain of headaches/dizziness/ or can’t be bothered.
Running away
Aggresive behaviour( will need to discuss these feelings)
The patient’s eyes are screwed up and their eyebrows are lowered.
What is this a sign of?
Pain.
The patient’s eyes are wide and their eyebrows are raised.
What is this a sign of?
Fear
What is the letter to dentist?
This collects the worry and pain expectations of the child’s dental treatment.
It also decides on the stop signal that is vital for patient control .
How do we assess dental fear and anxiety (DFA)
- Assess the patient’s desire to influence the course of treatment (give back control e.g. rest breaks/ stop signals)
- Find out the relevant health history questions.
- Use the MCDAS- modified child dental anxiety scale.
Why do we restore upper teeth before lowers?
Because it is easier to anaesthetise upper teeth & it is more comfortable.
What do we start with for child patients.
We start with the painless treatment to get the child used to the dental environment.
Compare social and non-social re-inforcers
Social reinforcers are facial expressions/ verbal praise/ appropriate physical contact.
Non social reinforcers are stickers or certificates.
e.g. a brave certificate or a clever certificate.
What is acclimitisation?
Gradually introducing children to the dental environment such as:
- showing the child on a stuffed animal
- introducing suction by letting the child suck water from a cup.
What is systematic desensitisation?
The idea that repeated non distressing exposure to a stimulus will reduce anxiety
e.g. systematic needle desensitisation (when the patient is calm show them a needle)
How does role modelling work to manage behaviour?
If a patient sees someone else doing a similar proedure and mastering it, they will imitate them
How does hypnosis work for behaviour management?
The patient is relaxed and asked to concetrate on ideas and images. The hypnotist communicates with the patient to get their subconcious brain more open to the ideas.
Describe the fight or flight response for a child
We have calm (p/s) and panic (S) mode.
Panic mode would be switched on if someone steps infront of you while you are riding a bike.
Your imagination can also switch panic mode on. (i.e. worrying about the dentist)
What is the applied tension relaxation technique?
You raise blood pressure to prevent fainting by:
- Tensing the muscles of the arms/ chest and keeping them tense until they feel the heat rising in their face.
- Releasing the tension (goes back to normal)
- Repeat 5 times.
When do we use the applied tension technique and why?
Used for patients with a fainting tendency and blood injury related phobia.
As fainting is caused by a rapid drop in blood pressure and blood injury injection related phobia is characteristic of causing fainting.
Discuss the relaxation technique of matching and pacing
You match your breathing with your patients so that you can begin to lead the pace yourself.
This ensures the pace is as slow as you want it to be.
Discuss progressive muscle relaxation.
You relax the body starting from the top and working down.
Through tensing the area, holding the tension and then releasing to relax.
How do you relax a child using the space exercise?
Breathe in for 3, hold and breathe out for 5.
Then ask the patient to repeat each phrase that you say in their head while they are breathing out.
How do you relax the child using controlled breathing?
- breathe in for 3
- hold
- Breathe out for 5.
This gets the child to focus on their breathing.
List the caries risk factors
Clinical evidence
Diet
Fluoride use
Plaque control
Saliva
Social history
Medical history.
What must your treatment plan include?
Prevention
Behaviour management/ Acclimatisation
Operative procedures
Regular reassessment.
How do we use the knee to knee examination?
- You need the parents to help
- Have all equipment ready before starting.
- Sit opposite your parent with your legs together (knee to knee)
- Patient should face the parent with legs on either side of their waist.
- Get the parent to hold the child’s hand
- Lay the patient back on your lap and have a look.
What are we using radiographs to check in the primary dentition?
If trauma to primary incisors has damaged the permanent successors.
For foreign bodies in the lips/cheeks.
Developmental status
Caries.
How often do we complete radiographs in the mixed dentition?
Bitewings :
every 6 months for high risk
Every 1-2 years for low risk.
What are the additional considerations for permanent dentition patients?
Increased awareness of appearance.
3rd molar development
Eating disorders and non carious tooth substance loss.
What is review and recall and why is it needed?
Review is an assessment with intent to change if neccesary e.g reviewing clinical treatments and radiographic findings.
Recall- patient’s are brought back in after primary care for a checkup.
Normal patients every 6 months
High risk caries patients- every 4 months.
WHY? All behavioural changes need re-iteration and encouragement.
What are the aims for each visit?
- Establish the caries risk level of each child
- Decide the treatment goals.
- Devise a preventative programme
- Decide the appropriate recall interview
What are the arrows pointing to?
The Dentine layer showing through non-carious enamel
The bluish- grey colour due to dentine thinning towards the incisal edge. This colour is due to the shadow at the back of the mouth.
Compare the appearance of the enamel lesion on the surface and in transmitted light.
Enamel lesion on the surface will appear matte/ opaque and chawky white.
In transmitted light- the lesion will appear darker than healthy enamel.
What clinical feature indicates dentinal involvement?
Opalescent enamel beside stained fissures.
What are we looking for in a radiograph ?
If the carious lesion extends into the dentine and if so, what part of the dentine (outer/ middle/ inner)
Where does the colour of the tooth come from?
dentine
Why does a caries cause the tooth to appear more matte?
Caries dissolves the prisms sheaths, creating pores- these pores refract light back instead of letting it through.
How do we prevent via recall appointments?
Provide oral hygiene advice
Provide diet advice
Closely monitor any lesions you are treating with prevention.
Check fissure sealants are still intact
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, How often should you book a checkup?
Every 6 months
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, How often should you book a checkup?
Every 3 months
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, How often should take radiographs?
Every 2 years
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, How often should take radiographs?
Every 6-12 months
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, How often should you provide toothbrushing instruction.
Every year
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, How often should you provide toothbrushing instruction.
At every recall appointment
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, what strength of toothpaste should you advise?
1350-1500ppm
Your patient is deemed high caries risk and aged >10 what strength of toothpaste should you advise?
2800ppm
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, how often should you apply fluoride varnish?
Twice a year
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, how often should you apply fluoride varnish?
4 times a year
What fluoride supplements would you give high risk patients?
Alcohol free fluoride mouthwash.
(for patients over the age of 7)
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, how often should you provide diet advice?
Once a year
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, how often should you provide diet advice?
At every recall visit.
Use food and drink diaries
Your patient is deemed normal caries risk, which teeth should you fissure sealant
1st permanent molars after eruption.
Buccal pits of lower 1st permanent molars
Palatal fissures of upper 1st permanent molars
Your patient is deemed high caries risk, which teeth should you fissure seal.
All permanent molars and premolars sealed on eruption.
palatal pits on upper lateral incisiors
Occlusal and palatal surfaces of the D/E.
What does the fluoride varnish consist of?
5% sodium fluoride.
What children are at risk of an allergy to duraphat and why?
Those who :
- have recently been hospitalised due to asthma or an allergy
- are allergic to sticking plaster.
Because duraphat contains colophony.
Discuss the cocentration of duraphat varnish and the volume used.
22,600 ppm.
We use 0.25ml on children aged 2-5 (nursery & P1)
We use 0.4ml on primary 2 and above
How much fluoride needs to be ingested to cause toxicity and what factors impact this?
5mg/kg for toxicity.
The concentration of the toothpaste and the weight of the child affect this
How do you manage a child who has swallowed <5mg/kg of toothpaste?
Give them milk and monitor them for a few hours.
How do you manage a child who has swallowed 5-15mg/ kg of toothpaste?
Give them calcium orally and take them to hospital.
How do you manage a child who has swallowed >15mg/ kg.
Admit them to hopsital immediately
For: cardiac monitoring
Life support
Intravenous Calcium glucon
What is a fissure sealant?
It is a protective plastic coating that is used to seal fissures and pits of a tooth to prevent food or bacteria getting stuck.
Why are fissures more vulnerable to caries?
- They are less protected by fluoride than other tooth surfaces.
- A toothbrush cannot reach the whole way into a fissure.
What material is a fissure sealant made of?
Normally BIS gma resin
sometimes RMGIC
What teeth do we fissure seal for children with disabilities,
All teeth.
What teeth do we fissure seal for high risk children with learning difficulties
all teeth
What teeth do we fissure seal for high risk children who are medically compromised.
All teeth
What preventative action should you take if a child presents with caries in 1 permanent molar?
Fissure seal the other 3 1st permanent molars.
If the caries is occlusal- seal the 2nd permanent molars on erruption.
What are the SDCEP guidelines for all children no matter their risk.
All permanent molars should be sealed as soon as possible after eruption.
What surfaces should you ensure to seal on upper molars?
Occlusal surface and palatal pits.
What surfaces should you ensure to seal on lower molars?
Occlusal surface and buccal pits.
What surfaces should you ensure to fissure seal on the upper incisors.
Cingulum pits.
Why do we not want to overfill the fissure sealant?
overfilling decreases long term retention.
How should you check a fissure sealant after application?
Check for:
- adhesion
- air bubbles
- Material interproximally
- Excess material distal to the tooth.
- for opaqueness.
How often do we review fissure sealants?
Every 4-6 months.
What should we look for when checking the fissure sealant at recall meetings?
Visual check- Is there opalescence visible- this indicates leaking and demineralisation.
Physical check- use a probe to try and lift away the fissure sealant.
When do we chose a glass ionomer fissure sealant?
When good moisture control cannot be achieved.
If the patient has very sensitive teeth (so drying would be painful)
As a temporary sealant on primary and secondary molars until they fully erupt.
Covid- this doesn’t require an AGP.
Discuss glass ionomer cement as a fissure sealant.
adv- they release fluoride
Disadv- they are poorly retained
they require regular re-application.
What barriers can children with special needs have to attending appointments?
- Challenging behaviour & anxiety (so acclimitisation is crucial)
- Access/ parking
- Other appointments- collaborate and plan
- Parental attitudes- we want to promote good knowledge.