ECTS credits ECTS credits: 12
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 50 Interactive Classroom: 58 EEES Clinics: 64 Total: 176
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
Areas: Stomatology
Center Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Call: Annual
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
To provide students with the knowledge and skills to recognise the physical and psychological characteristics of children that differentiate them from adults in the field of dentistry. To learn to identify the different evolutionary stages of the stomatognathic system as growth and development take place. Likewise, to provide the student with the resources to establish preventive measures and the ability to diagnose the oral pathology of the paediatric patient. Students will also develop the skills and abilities necessary to carry out treatments through pre-clinical and clinical activities.
THEORETICAL PROGRAMME (didactic teaching)
IIntroduction to paediatric dentistry: concept and purpose. Historical evolution
THEMATIC UNIT I: Child development and behavioural orientation.
THEMATIC UNIT II: Dental anatomy and anomalies of dental development.
THEMATIC UNIT III: Craniofacial development, stomatognathic system and dentition
THEMATIC UNIT IV: Occlusion, malocclusion, dysfunction and space maintenance
THEMATIC UNIT V: Prevention in Paediatric Dentistry
THEMATIC UNIT VI: Local Anaesthesia
THEMATIC UNIT VII: Cariology and Dental Surgery
THEMATIC UNIT VIII: Dental Pulp Therapy in Immature Primary and Permanent Teeth
THEMATIC UNIT IX: Traumatology of young primary and permanent teeth
THEMATIC UNIT X: Medical-surgical paediatric dentistry
THEMATIC UNIT XI: First visit, diagnosis and treatment plan in Paediatric Dentistry
THEMATIC BLOCK XII: Emergencies and special situations. The child with special needs
PRACTICAL PROGRAMME
Seminars
Evidence-based paediatric dentistry
Dental nomenclature, dental notation systems.
Anatomy of the primary dentition. Structural differences with the permanent dentition
Development and chronology of eruption. Phases of dentition. Characteristics of occlusion in the primary dentition.
Dental instruments and materials
Radiological diagnosis Interpretation of normal and pathological radiological images.
Behavioural orientation
Dental traumatology
Comprehensive treatment plan in paediatric dentistry
Bibliographical review
During the second term, students, divided into working groups, will prepare a bibliographical review of a topic related to paediatric dentistry. The detailed regulations will be explained in class and will subsequently be available in the Virtual Classroom.
Pre-clinical practicals (the following topics will be covered):
Prevention in Paediatric Dentistry. Identification of the risk of oral pathology.
Prevention in paediatric dentistry. Application of fissure sealants.
Obtaining X-rays
Isolation with rubber dam
Dental surgery
Restoration using metal crowns
Dental traumatology
Clinical Practice
The type of internship will depend on the availability and characteristics of the patients, and will always be of limited complexity. Depending on the number of paediatric patients requesting care at the faculty, they will be carried out in the boxes on the first floor or sharing patients with students in the first floor boxes.
In the second four-month period, on Tuesday mornings, placements will be carried out in the Primary Care Oral Health Units of the Galeras and Fontiñas Health Centres. The schedule of rotations will be established by the subject depending on the number of students enrolled and will be communicated well in advance in class and through the Virtual Classroom.
The basic bibliography allows the student to consolidate the essential knowledge of the subject. The so-called complementary bibliography includes texts for those who wish to study Paediatric dentistry in greater depth. Throughout the course there may be new acquisitions from the USC Library of interest for the subject. If this is the case, they will be communicated through the established channels. In the same way, students who wish to study any specific aspect of Paediatric Dentistry can ask for advice from any of the teachers of the subject.
Basic Bibliography
- USC Paediatric Dentistry practice book (see Teaching Methodology - Seminars).
Books:
- Odontología pediátrica y del adolescente. 10th Ed. Mc Donald RE. & Avery DR., 2018
- Pediatric Dentistry. Cárdenas Jaramillo D., 2017. (accessible online)
- Diagnosis and treatment in Orthodontics. Ustrell JM., 2016
- Paediatric dentistry. Monty D., Cameron A., and Toumba J., 2014. (accessible online)
- Paediatric dentistry: the evolution from child to young adult. Boj JR., 2012
- Handbook of paediatric dentistry. Cameron AC. 2010.
- Atlas of paediatric dentistry. Waes, Hubertus JM., 2002.
Websites:
https://www.odontologiapediatrica.com/
https://www.eapd.eu/index.php/policies-and-guidelines
https://www.aapd.org/research/oral-health-policies--recommendations/
https://www.cochranelibrary.com
Complementary Bibliography
Books:
- Paediatric dentistry: child and adolescent oral health in today's world. Noemí Bordoni, 2010
- Atlas of paediatric dentistry for paediatricians and dentists. Elena Barbería Leache, 2005
- Paediatric dentistry. Elena Barbería Leache, 2002
- Paediatric dentistry. J.R. Pinkham, 2001
Knowledge:
Con34.- Carry out basic treatments for oral-dental pathology in patients of all ages. Therapeutic procedures should be based on the concept of minimal invasion and a global and integrated approach to oral treatment.
Con36.- Take and interpret radiographs and other image-based procedures, relevant to dental practice.
Con37.- Make diagnostic models, mount them and take inter-occlusal records.
Con38.- Determine and identify the patient's aesthetic requirements and the possibilities of satisfying her concerns.
Con39.- Identify the patient who requires special care, recognizing their characteristics and peculiarities.
Con42.- Appropriate prescription of drugs, knowing their contraindications, interactions, systemic effects and repercussions on other organs.
Con43.- Apply loco-regional anesthesia techniques.
Con44.- Prepare and isolate the operating field.
Con45.- Identify, assess and attend to medical emergencies and emergencies that may arise during clinical practice and apply cardio-pulmonary resuscitation techniques.
Con46.- Manage acute infections, including pharmacological prescription and simple surgical aspects.
Con47.- Identify and attend to any dental emergency.
Con48.- Perform both medical and surgical treatment of common diseases of the oral soft tissues.
Con49.- Perform simple surgical procedures: extraction of erupted temporary and permanent teeth, fractured or retained roots and uncomplicated surgical extraction of unerupted teeth and simple pre-prosthetic surgery procedures.
Con50.- Treat dento-alveolar trauma in primary and permanent dentition.
Con52.- Assess and treat the patient with cavities or other non-carious dental pathology and be able to use all materials aimed at restoring the form, function and aesthetics of the tooth in patients of all ages.
Con55.- Perform endodontic treatments and apply procedures to preserve pulp vitality.
Con60.- Carry out the oral treatment of the child patient and recognize their characteristics and peculiarities.
Con61.- Identify and correct oral habits that may cause or exacerbate malocclusions.
Competencies:
Comp01.- Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
Comp02.- Ability to organize and plan.
Comp03.- Oral and written communication in one's own language.
Comp05.- Basic computer handling skills.
Comp06.- Information management skills (ability to search and analyze information from diverse sources).
Comp07.- Problem resolution.
Comp08.- Decision making.
Comp09.- Critical and self-critical capacity.
Comp10.- Teamwork.
Comp11.- Interpersonal skills.
Comp16.- Ethical commitment.
Comp17.- Ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Comp18.- Research skills.
Comp19.- Autonomous learning capacity
Comp20.- Ability to adapt to new situations.
Comp21.- Ability to generate new ideas (creativity).
Comp24.- Ability to work autonomously.
Comp27.- Concern for quality.
Comp28.- Achievement motivation.
Skills
H/D01.- Know the essential elements of the dental profession, including ethical principles and legal responsibilities
H/D03.- Know how to identify the patient's concerns and expectations, as well as communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing, with patients, family members, the media and other professionals.
H / D06.- Understand the importance of developing a professional practice with respect to the patient's autonomy, beliefs and culture.
H/D07.- Promote autonomous learning of new knowledge and techniques, as well as motivation for quality.
H/D16.- Understand the basis of action, indications and effectiveness of drugs and other therapeutic interventions, knowing their contraindications, interactions, systemic effects and interactions on other organs, based on the available scientific evidence.
H/D20.- Obtain and prepare a medical history that contains all relevant information.
H/D21.- Know how to perform a complete oral examination, including the appropriate radiographic and complementary examination tests, as well as obtaining appropriate clinical references.
H/D22.- Have the ability to make an initial diagnostic judgment and establish a reasoned diagnostic strategy, being competent in recognizing situations that require urgent dental care.
H/D23.- Establish the diagnosis, prognosis and adequate therapeutic planning in all clinical areas of Dentistry, being competent in the diagnosis, prognosis and preparation of the dental treatment plan of the patient who requires special care, including medically compromised patients. (such as diabetics, hypertensives, immunosuppressed, anticoagulated, among others) and patients with disabilities.
H/D25.- Know and apply the basic treatment of the most common oral-dental pathology in patients of all ages. Therapeutic procedures should be based on the concept of minimal invasion and a global and integrated approach to oral treatment.
H/D26.- Know how to plan and carry out multidisciplinary, sequential and integrated dental treatments of limited complexity in patients of all ages and conditions and patients who require special care.
H/D27.- Pose and propose preventive measures appropriate to each clinical situation.
Virtual Classroom
This is a teaching and communication tool that is used in this subject in all teaching and assessment modalities. It is recommended to consult it frequently, at least weekly. It is used to provide documents, guidelines and regulations, schedule tasks, communicate incidents, etc. that affect the subject.
Didactic Teaching (theoretical contents)
These will be given in the classroom assigned to 3rd year in a single group.
Seminars
They will be given in the classroom assigned to 3rd year, dividing the class into 2 seminar groups. They will begin approximately from the third week of the course, since it is necessary to have a series of previous knowledge through the expository lessons.
The subject has designed a Practice Notebook. This includes information on the seminars and practicals (tasks to be carried out, necessary material and instruments, etc.), graphic support materials and, in some specific seminars, the data collection sheet.
Pre-clinical and clinical practicals
These enable the acquisition of skills and abilities related to the contents of the subject. They will take place in the Clinical Simulation Classroom (first floor) and in the Clinical Boxes on the first and/or first floor, depending on the practice. The practicals will start at the same time as the seminars at the same timetable. As with the seminars, complementary information on the development of the practicals, materials and instruments needed, etc., can be found in the Practicum Notebook.
Tutorials
The pre-established timetable for tutorials is Fridays from 16:00 to 21:00. They will preferably be held in person, unless by mutual agreement between teacher and student it is considered appropriate to do them online (via the TEAMS platform). It is advisable to request a tutorial beforehand via institutional mail or the Virtual Classroom.
The evaluation of the subject includes both theoretical and practical content, weighted as follows:
- Theoretical content 40% of the final grade for the subject.
- Practical content 60% of the final grade of the subject.
IMPORTANT: Both theoretical and practical content of the subject must be passed independently (achieving a mark of 5,0 or higher) in order to carry out the weighting. In other words, a fail in one of the parts will not be compensated by a good mark in the other.
THEORETICAL CONTENT
It will be assessed by means of a final test at the end of the course in accordance with the Centre's Examination Calendar. This test will consist of 35 multiple-choice questions and 5 short-answer questions. In the case of the multiple-choice questions, there will be four answer options, only one of which is true. Each failed question will subtract 0.333
The exam will take place in person at the Centre through the Virtual Classroom. Students must bring their laptop to take the exam. If they do not have or do not meet the technical requirements, they must notify the subject coordinator sufficiently in advance so that they can borrow one from the USC.
For the second or extraordinary call, the exam will follow the same format and development as in the first call.
PRACTICAL CONTENT
Practicals and seminars are continuously assessed throughout the course.
Attendance at practicals and seminars is compulsory, and they cannot be made up outside the day they are held. Three unexcused absences from these activities will result in a failure in this part of the course, and a practical exam must be taken at the second sitting. The validity or invalidity of a practical exam will be determined by the lecturers of the subject. An excused absence does not imply the acquisition of the competences, so the teaching staff will determine how to compensate for this aspect.
Seminars
Attendance, participation and active use of the knowledge previously taught in class are evaluated. Some seminars have a specific data collection sheet (Practical notebook) that students must hand in at the end of the seminar.
Literature review work
Its evaluation is indicated in the specific rules published in the Virtual Classroom.
Preclinical and Clinical Internships
They are evaluated on a daily basis taking into account, among other aspects:
1. Punctuality
2. Participation
3. Instruments (sufficient, adequate and in good condition for the practice).
4. Knowledge of the practice to be carried out
5. Execution of the practice (tidiness, cleanliness, use of time).
6. Result of the work carried out
7. Care of the facilities
The mark for the practical part at the first sitting is the result of the continuous assessment. If a pass mark is not achieved through continuous assessment, the student must sit a practical exam at the second sitting.
CALCULATION OF THE FINAL MARK FOR THE SUBJECT
It will be the result of weighting the evaluation of the theoretical content (40%) and practical content (60%).
The latter is subdivided into: seminars and revision work (15%) and pre-clinical and clinical practicals (45%).
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises and tests, the provisions of the USC Regulations on the evaluation of students' academic performance and revision of grades will apply.
In addition to attending all the activities of the subject, it is recommended to dedicate at least 90 hours of personal work with the following indicative distribution:
Individual study of the contents of lectures and seminars 45 hours
Preparation of pre-clinical practice 20 h
Preparation of clinical practice 15 h
Recommended reading, library activities or similar 10 h
It is recommended to review the previous contents of subjects such as Anatomy (especially head and neck), Paediatrics, and Psychology.
The subject works with a continuous assessment system in which the work done in seminars, practice, etc. is assessed. It is advisable to bring the subject up to date and, through non-classroom work, to prepare the contents to be developed in the practice and seminars in order to make the most of the classroom work.
It is recommended that all students who have difficulties or doubts about their progress request a tutorial. This will allow us to know more directly about the evolution and, if necessary, to give indications to improve performance.
The subject urges that the preferred means of communication between teaching staff and students should be the Virtual Classroom messaging system and the USC corporate email. Those students who prefer to use their personal e-mail are recommended to redirect the USC e-mail to the personal one to not lose any information that may be sent through these channels. The email addresses of the teaching staff can be found in the corresponding section of the subject on the USC website.
Javier Fernández Feijoo
- Department
- Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
- Area
- Stomatology
- javier.fernandez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
José Ramón García Iglesias
- Department
- Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
- Area
- Stomatology
- joser.garcia [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) Associate University Professor
Jacobo Limeres Posse
Coordinador/a- Department
- Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
- Area
- Stomatology
- jacobo.limeres [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Juan Manuel Seoane Romero
- Department
- Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
- Area
- Stomatology
- juanmanuelseoane.romero [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) Associate University Professor
| Friday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:30 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Spanish | Dentistry-Classroom 3 |
| 09:00-10:30 | Grupo /CLI_EEES06 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.6 |
| 09:00-10:30 | Grupo /CLI_EEES07 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.7 |
| 09:00-10:30 | Grupo /CLI_EEES08 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.8 |
| 09:00-10:30 | Grupo /CLI_EEES09 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.9 |
| 10:45-12:15 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Dentistry-Classroom 3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Spanish | Dentistry-Classroom 3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES01 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.1 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES02 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.2 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES03 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES04 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.4 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES05 | Spanish | Dentistry-Box 1.5 |
| 05.30.2025 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Dentistry-A. Suárez Nuñez |
| 05.30.2025 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Dentistry-Classroom 3 |
| 06.27.2025 09:30-11:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Dentistry-A. Suárez Nuñez |