Pediatric Dentistry I - FDP059
Title: Pediatric Dentistry I
Guaranteed by: Department of Dentistry (15-550)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:15/30, C [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Romana Koberová Ivančaková, CSc.
Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 2nd year Dentistry (2019->)}, FDP035, FDP036
Co-requisite : FDP051
Incompatibility : FZ10059
Interchangeability : FA0207230, FA0208230
Is pre-requisite for: FDP073
In complex pre-requisite: FDP077, FDP078
Is complex co-requisite for: FDP078
SS schedule   
Annotation
As part of the course, students will become familiar with the issues of developmental anomalies of teeth and hard dental tissues, the management of dental caries and pulp in children, and pain management during dental treatment of paediatric patients.
Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)
Aim of the course

Introduction of students to the issues of pediatric dentistry:

  • acquiring basic knowledge and practical skills related to the diagnosis of oral diseases in children,
  • morphology of primary teeth, differences between primary and permanent teeth,
  • examination of a child in dental office,
  • management of dental caries,
  • pain management during dental procedures in children,
  • extraction of primary/permanent teeth,
  • diagnosis of developmental disorders of hard dental tissues,
  • management of dental pulp in children.
Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)
Literature

Compulsory literature

  1. Koch, Poulsen. Pediatric Dentistry - A Clinical Approach. 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-6100-8
  2. Welbury, Duggal, Hosey. Paediatric Dentistry. 4th ed., Oxford, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-957491-9
  3. Andreasen, Andreasen, Bakland Flores. Traumatic Dental Injuries. 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1405111089

 Recommend literature

  1. Fejerskov, Ekstrand, Burt. Fluorides in Dentistry. 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-6100-8
  2. Limeback. Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN 978-0-8138-2168-9
Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Credit

  1. Full attendance at all practical classes. 
  2. Every absence must be fully compensated.
  3. Student must prove satisfied knowledge during practical training.
  4. Student has to pass successfully the credit test (achieve min. 75 % of points).

In case of repeating the subject, the student is required to complete the study obligation in its entirety.

Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)
Syllabus

Lectures

  1. Morphology of primary teeth. Differences between primary and permanent teeth. Characteristics of permanent teeth with undeveloped root. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  2. Examination of the child in dental office, radiographic examination. (Koberova Ivancakova 2)
  3. Developmental defects of the hard dental tissues (number, shape, eruption). (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  4. Developmental defects of the hard dental tissues – hereditary. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  5. Developmental defects of the hard dental tissues – acquired. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  6. Pain control in paediatric dentistry. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  7. Extraction of the teeth in children, extraction of the teeth in medically compromised children, complications. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  8. Dental caries in children – aetiology and diagnostic criteria. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  9. Dental caries of primary teeth – clinical characteristics, management. (Koberova Ivancakova 2)
  10. Minimally invasive caries treatment. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  11. Diseases of dental pulp in children. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  12. Endodontic treatment of primary teeth. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)
  13. Endodontic treatment of immature permanent teeth. (Koberova Ivancakova 1)

 

 Practical courses & seminars

 Lecturers

  • Prof. Romana Koberova Ivancakova, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Tereza Suchánková, D.D, Ph.D
  • Assoc. Prof. Jakub Suchanek, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Practical courses

  1. Examination of paediatric dental patient.
  2. Morphology of primary and permanent dentition, differences, practical application.
  3. Initial enamel lesion.
  4. Oral hygiene instruction, motivation.
  5. Eruption and shedding of the teeth.
Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)
Entry requirements

Complementary subjects of the second year. Clinical dentistry I. Clinical dentistry II.

Last update: Koberová Ivančaková Romana, prof. MUDr., CSc. (09.06.2025)