Indications and Contraindications for Space Maintenance course for Dental Practice

Speciality
Oral Health
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Time / Duration
20 minutes
Subject matter expert
eLearning for Healthcare
Provider
eIntegrity
Endorsed By
Faculty of Dental Surgery

This session introduces the concept of space maintenance in the developing dentition, and describes the indications and contraindications for space maintenance illustrated with clinical cases.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

  • Define space maintenance
  • Discuss the consequences of space loss and therefore the benefits of space maintenance
  • List clinical situations where consideration to space maintenance should be given
  • Identify appropriate cases

Constant assessment of the dentition is an essential tool for any dental practitioner.

There are many situations in which space maintainers can be beneficial, where preservation of arch length is vital .


PRM123
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

Before commencing this session you should:

  • Have basic knowledge of the stages of dental development
  • Have completed the e-Den session 7 Management of Developing Dentition/Assessment for Interceptive Treatment/The Development of the Normal Occlusion, Primary, Mixed and Permanent (141-0282)
Instructors / Speakers
Halla Zaitoun,
Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Halla Zaitoun graduated with honours from Newcastle Dental School in 2000.

Following vocational training in the Northeast and Senior House Officer posts in Manchester, Halla completed MFDS (2002).

In 2003, she started SpR training in Paediatric dentistry in Liverpool where she attained MPaedDent (2006) and MClinDent (2007). Having completed the last part of FTTA training in Sheffield, she attained ISFE in Nov 2008.

Halla is now working as a fulltime NHS consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield.

Fiona Dyer,
Consultant Orthodontist

Fiona Dyer BChD (Hons) FDS RCS (Eng) MOrth RCS, MClinDent (Sheffield) FOrth RCS trained at Leeds Dental School and graduated in 1989 with Distinction.

After house jobs and Senior house jobs in Maxillofacial Surgery, she spent 18 months in NHS practice in Bradford. She subsequently completed orthodontic training in 1997 in the South Yorkshire rotations, and Senior Registrar training between Sheffield, Chesterfield and Rotherham.

Fiona was a recipient of the MOrth Gold Medal Prize (1997) and Maurice Berman Prize (2001).

She was appointed as part-time Consultant Orthodontist in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in 2001, where she is currently the Training Programme Director for Orthodontics South Yorkshire and East Midlands. Since 2008, she has taken up one day per week in NHS orthodontic specialist practice.

She is currently Clinical Sub-editor for the Journal of Orthodontics and involved in two multicentre randomised controlled clinical trials.

Type
Course
Delivery
Online
Title
Indications and Contraindications for Space Maintenance course for Dental Practice
Speciality
Oral Health
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Dental, -- DENTAL --
Location
ONLINE
Provider Type
Education Provider
Time / Duration
20 minutes
Location
Online
Posted By
eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
Reference
07_09_001
Access Duration (in months)
12
Modules this course belongs to
Management of the Developing Dentition Module 7 for Denta...Management of the Developing Dentition Module 7 for Dental Practice
Online
11.5 hours
$99.00
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